Originally Posted by Anonymous
The burden when you give everyone an extra year falls disproportionately on the 2022 class. The 2021 class is already largely committed, but the 2022's will lose a ton of scholarship money AND more importantly roster spots. Even if 10% of the current college sophomores take a fifth year, that's 10% less spots available - equal to losing 10 plus college PROGRAMS. These high school sophomores have also lost an ENTIRE year of lacrosse why should they be impacted doubly?

I'm all for there to be limited relief for college seniors and even those who are not seniors if they can show that they lost big opportunity by a fifth year returning (e.g., the junior goalie who now has a 5th year goalie returning) but to take away 10% (conservatively) of the roster spots for the 2022 kids is simply absurd.


I wonder if this will have a big impact on the 2021s? Many of them have verbally committed but as we all know a verbal is not binding. They have not signed their LOI yet so there’s nothing to say their offers might change. It’s a crazy time all around for all athletes.