All over the news today.LSU football and Clemson football. Several players tested positive for Covid. The teams are quarantining now. Good chance there may not be football in the fall. Youth sports is supposed to be a happy, fun, enjoyable atmosphere. To play or try to play in this environment just feels wrong.
I am surprised nobody has really picked up on the little gems in this US Lax Magazine article...for example:
“The issue is incredibly complex,” Danowski said. .....(shortened to end of paragraph).......If football doesn’t happen in the fall, we won’t even be worried about recruiting. There will be no lacrosse at the Division 1 level. They make the money that allows the rest of us to do what we do.”
Tell that to the folks still wanting to drive to Delaware for a modified tournament.
By far the best post here...there are only (2) sports that make money for college athletic programs, Basketball and Football. They already lost Basketball in March when the NCAA tournament was cancelled. If college football is cancelled it will be such a big double whammy that you will see so many of these peripheral sports cancelled for the year and perhaps for good.
Think about it, are the colleges more worried about their athletics programs or getting their tuition for school? I agree with these possible make shift summer tournaments. Travel lacrosse is a big business and the money train effects a lot of pockets. Those that usually make money in the summer are just trying to get something out of this summer.
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