All this back and forth is entertaining. End of the day, lacrosse ends after college. The AU “professional” league is a joke and will soon fold. Nobody cares and why would you want to share a room for weeks for barely any money when you could have a real job. I know we all love lacrosse, but c’mon, use it to go to the best possible school and get a great job. The smartest girls use lacrosse for this purpose. Selling your soul to these top 5 lacrosse programs where the coach could basically care less about you 90% of the time when you could have gotten a much better degree elsewhere is just silly. They are using you! Be smart and use them to get into a school you would never had a chance to attend. This opens doors. Those girls are the real winners!
Why do you assume that the players at the Top programs are not going to get a great job or a degree from a great school?
Why do you assume that the coaches at less competitive programs care more about their players?
Why do you say "sell your soul" when talking about the players at the competitive programs?
Why do you assume that players from less competitive programs will earn a much better degree?
Why do you assume that the players at the most competitive programs did not use lacrosse to get into the best school possible?
Why do you assume that all of the players from the strongest programs all choose to play in the AU Pro League?
In no particular order: Best Programs over the past 5 - 10 years.
Top 5 Caliber Programs - Maryland - Northwestern - North Carolina - Boston College - Syracuse
Top 10 Caliber Programs - JMU - Folrida - Stony Brook - Virginia - Princeton - Notre Dame - Penn - Loyola
Top 20 Caliber Programs - Denver - Stanford - Duke - Penn State - USC - Umass - Colorado - Navy - Hopkins
I'm sure there are 2 or 3 other programs that could be listed as well but the above programs seem to be the programs that consistently finish the season ranked in the Top 20 in the past 5 - 10 years.
The above are all good schools. It is possible to have both a good academic school as well as a good lacrosse program.
The views expressed in your post are one sided and narrow.
I agree with your top 5 lax schools, the rest of the list is interchangeable any given year, no real difference between let’s say a Penn State and a Princeton or a Penn and a UMass, except with one you get a highly selective top 10 school degree, the other you don’t. You may not think that matters but it absolutely does in the job search. Big degree =Big job. And I stand by my statement that AU is complete joke. Only ladies who play are looking for coaching careers. I love college lacrosse, but the “professional” game is unwatchable. Once you graduate college, lacrosse is over, move on
Did you even read their post?
The post that you are responding to clearly says "in no particular order" when referencing the best programs over the past several years. A bit redundant to state "the list is interchangeable" don't you think?
Why do you care if some enjoy playing in the AU Pro league? Why is it a "Joke"? Why are you trying to knock the women who want to continue playing? Why does lacrosse have to end when kids graduate? Considering we are talking about a relatively very small number of players, why do you care?
My guess is that you are trying to indirectly belittle a particular player or players for some reason (we can all speculate as to why). Why else would you be focusing on tearing down the league and the women who compete in the league? Most of the players who are lucky enough to have the opportunity to play in the league would play for free. Do you also condemn adults who play tennis or golf? How about those who ski, jog, run, lift, etc..., do you knock them as well? Should they all move on? We will not hold our breath waiting for answer since you didn't answer any of the questions asked in the other post. Instead of answering, you just popped off with nonsense while trying to bash young women for doing what they love (and for being really great at it).
As far as academics go, all of the schools listed above are good schools and if the student athlete does well in the classroom they will all find a good/great job to start their career. Oh yeah, maybe, just maybe that career will involve coaching.
Congratulations to all of the women who are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to continue playing the game that they love.
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