Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous

Never happen with current system in place. To much influence by private schools and Clubs on USL. The HQ is in heart of Holdback Country.

Most of top Clubs all along the East Coast are littered with holdbacks. And it is not going away. South and West are now getting into act and bringing teams with hodbacks too.

Take something that I cant even think of to change lacrosse at this time. Hope it is out there. Just isnt right what is going on now.
Right now it seems the advantage goes to the kids born in July& Aug. Let's go to year born & give the advantage to the Jan & Feb kids. It seems that the age Gap would still be the same (anywhere from one to eleven months). I guess it all comes down to what month your kid was born.

You must be thick. No one is complaining about age based ONE year leagues. As many have said, Just pick a date Sept/Jan whatever and stick with it. Everyone is within a year and some are on younger side and some are on older side, but majority are within 3-4 months of each other. And if my son happens to be on the younger side , so be it.

The grade based system is broken. To many taking advantage of holding back or reclassing along with the prefist private school kids. Way to many players over a YEAR or MORE older ( not one month-11 months) than others, and it is easy to get advantage ( hold you kid back) . If it was a few here or there, no one would care. At this time it is an out of control with many clubs having 50-75% of starters holdbacks, Crazy

The Lacrosse Club system is broken and ruined at this time. Giving select kids an advantage in youth sports goes completely against everything we are taught and told as it pertains to the youth.

well said - it's pretty embarrassing. Every parent that says "my kid wants to play with his friends".... right, keep telling yourself that to make yourself feel better about CHEATING

What clubs have 50-75% starter holdbacks ??? This is a way over the top exaggeration.


You obviously must have you head in the sand , have a son that doesnt play in top level tournaments or anything to do with Under Armour. UA is another story with out of control holdbacks from many regions. Even the supposed guru of recruiting Ty Xanders stated something had to be done with UA teams in the Media ( Two years ago) as it was so many holdbacks on some UA teams and was out of control. Of course like always he was taken to woodshed by Clubs and Private schools and never mentioned it again.

Crabs, Edge, DC Express, Madlax, FL Sweetlax, MD 91, HHH, and MANY MORE Clubs.. Many of these Clubs have multiple teams with over 50% holdback starters, Some have one team with over 50%. But all these Clubs have many holdbacks/prefirsts/reclass or whatever you want to call them on their multiple club grade based teams thru out their program.