Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
What US based lacrosse program is registering entire teams down an age group?


Birth year based is the way to go. I just found this site, I'm in CO and every single sophomore who has committed in my state (that I am aware of) is age appropriate with the exception of one, and as some can guess he is the one with the dad who is a big lax name. IMHO he would be committed anyway. There are now several 2016s playing as 2017s, but they are currently juniors, and none have been picked up. At least one is academically motivated, but his GPA is extremely low (1.something) so I question the prudence of trying to attend any D1 school to play lacrosse if you cannot maintain even a D average, (heck I would not let my kid do it if he was under a B average) another year will not change that.


9/1/14-8/30/15 seems to be the norm in the majority of the states, and are also the US Lax recommended eligibility dates.

Make these the requirements, along with photo IDs. Have US Lax require IDs be checked prior to all games or the US Lax insurance coverage is void for that tourney.

This may be the only way to get tourney directors to adhere to age verification regulations.


It will also stop organizations from sliding kids around from other teams at the youth level to win. Bad situation in Vail a few years back when a team brought kids from other teams in for the U15 championship game, boys were literally on the sidelines switching out jerseys. The same organization got DQ'd at U17 for unrostered kids. Meanwhile, parents of kids who paid to be on the team were asking the opposing team to complain because their kids were on the bench after paying and traveling. Funny thing is that Vail is just for fun, not really a recruiting thing but cheaters gonna cheat, right? In that case the coach was a well-known guy and everyone was afraid to say anything.