Originally Posted by Anonymous

I think part of the issue involves the pinch and pop being a techinically specific skill that allows some smaller, quicker kids to succeed as FOGOs. If that goes away face-offs may morph into even more of a slugfest. As a result, teams may gravitate towards bigger, stronger kids to handle face-offs and these highly technical FOGO specialists could lose out.. The trend towards bigger and stronger is well underway anyway, but this just takes away another avenue for kids who may not have the physical size to outmuscle others.


I also think that this is what is getting a lot of these parents bent out of shape. This was one of the last spots for small kids that aren't superstar attackman. Lax like all the other sports is going the route of the bigger athletes.