Why would you ever play for many of those schools if you were able to get into a high academic school and get athletic money?? Let’s just take Georgetown for example. The school is ranked 40 in regards to lacrosse but academically it is in the top 12. Why would anyone possibly choose a state school over an opportunity like Georgetown… let’s remember we got into lacrosse to get into the best academic school not to play in a tournament. Did you not get your fill with all the meaningless tournaments over the past 8 years…
LMAO. You’re assuming the kid can get into Georgetown. If that’s the case a kid should go to only IVY leagues or top schools regardless of lax.
Sports get you in to schools that you could not get in otherwise. Ivies do not give athletic scholarships but schools like Stanford, Northwestern, Georgetown do.
The sports get you into schools comment doesn’t apply for certain schools. Marylands top Freshman last year had committed to Stanford her junior year but then couldn’t get in academically so she went to Maryland. Whether it happens in men’s sports I don’t know, but I know for a fact the top recruit in NJ and top 10 in the country was going to Stanford before admissions didn’t let her in. And her grades were great. Just not Stanford great.
