[quote=Anonymous]"The level of racism at games this spring has been horrible among the parents. The league needs to address this and clean up its act. Truly depressing to watch."
Wut? I haven't heard anything. What did you hear?
Just some NY Troll. Don’t be alarmed folks. They try this stuff all the time.
Not sure what specific incident this refers to, but anyone who has a non-white player on their team has surely noticed that the reaction to hits, penalties, and the like take a very different tone depending on the player at issue. There are some teams in particular where this is really bad. Never seen it from a player, but you see way more often than you would think from parents and occasionally coaches on the other teams. It’s much worse than other area sports honestly.
I have been watching games at HOCO for 4 years and have never once seen or heard what you are mentioning. The only thing I hear parents getting upset and angry with are when a 6 kid hits a 5 foot kid. Never once a racial issue.
It is there. If people want lacrosse to grow beyond the point where the pinnacle of the sport gets lower TV ratings than a random NCAA softball game, the sport needs to grow beyond its head in the sand on this issue.
You are looking to start an issue that isn't there. I am also a long time parent and coach in the HoCo league. I also have never once heard or witnessed anything. A complaint has never been filed within the league, nothing has ever been brought to the leagues attention before your post on an anonymous forum.[/quote
It doesn’t do anyone any good to report specific teams because that unnecessarily puts the kid(s) and teams in the spotlight. The point is that people need to do better to make this a more inclusive sport. Denying it could ever happen just because you haven’t seen it and people don’t want the hassle that goes along with reporting it and the inevitable denials from the people involved is a bad look.
Just when I thought you couldn't say anything fooler......YOU TOTALLY RESEEM YOURSELF
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