Bottom line, look at college rosters. Kids playing today graduating high school are going away to schools as 18 year olds. Most kids go away to schools in august. US lacrosse aug 31 cutoff seems to be the norm for 95 percent of the kids. I was an end of the year kid when i went to school, way back when, I was 17. You don't see that much in college lax anymore. Kids are 18 when they go away to school as lacrosse players. Its not cheating, its the US lax cutoff . Now using that US Lax cutoff also seems to be the norm in club lacrosse as well . Again its not cheating.Thats the cutoff almost everyone uses. Parents want their kids to start kindergarden at 5 yrs old , not 4, is not cheating. Those kids graduating high school at 19 or in some cases 20, having 9 yr old kids, playing 7 yr old kids. This is cheating.