Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
is it Bethesdas Lacrosse club (Elementary) turns into Stars (Middle School) turns into Capital (High School)

Used to be like that but Bethesda is now going through Middle school.

This is correct and has really affected a few programs on this. BLC, Stars and Capital are no longer as strong as a result.

They would definitely be stronger if they could make the merger happen again. Stars, BLC, Next Level and MC elite would make 2 very successful middle school programs, instead of 4 average ones.

Yes, couldn't agree more. Not sure why these talks aren't occurring. All of the programs are suffering as a result and competing for the same pool of talent. Other than BLC 27s (who got blown out in the 27 championship), I don't see any of those 4 programs succeeding in the A brackets for the next 3-4 years of MS.

Unfortunately, I think it is all money driven. Instead of consolidating to be competitive, they are all expanding and even adding B teams. The Pride B teams at 27 and 28 were worse than rec teams, but they were full and paying customers. It would have to come down to the couple of top players from one of those programs leaving to go to another one to have an impact and make that team strong. Once that happened some trickle down might occur after the success is seen. But I don't see any of the directors merging completely.