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Just to clarify.... Bill Smith was a multi sport athlete at West Babylon HS. He won awards in football and was an accomplished lacrosse player. Please check facts before posting.

Wasn't he a NYC firefighter as well?

Absolutely true, I heard he was a 9/11 responder. He has also lost some weight recently, but regardless it is none of anyone's business. Looking around the sidelines of Lacrosse events there are many parents who need to drop a few.

Please the last thing BS or any retired member of the FDNY wants is for people to be discussing their involvement that horrible day. Please move on to something else. Thank you

Is TG invited to the G-10 in Morristown?

what is the G 10? Is there a link for it?

Is TG invited to the G-10 in Morristown?

Are the purple and white teams equal talent?

It's an unproven new tournament that's calling itself elite. (If you write it it must be true) started by the director of Steps NJ. It might be great, it might fade away...I would stress too much whether you're going there or another tournament

It's an unproven new tournament that's calling itself elite. (If you write it it must be true) started by the director of Steps NJ. It might be great, it might fade away...I would stress too much whether you're going there or another tournament

It's an unproven new tournament that's calling itself elite. (If you write it it must be true) started by the director of Steps NJ. It might be great, it might fade away...I would stress too much whether you're going there or another tournament

Step it up TG or else!

The elite 120 does such a good job of gathering the very top talent, coaches are begging for the next step, and this is it. From a recruiting coaches standpoint, what could be better? Most any and all other tournaments are all about making money, they take any and all. They try to bracket it out but many brackets and pools are useless games against bad competition. If your a recruiter, do you really want to deal with all the extra noise. Trim the fat away, get only the top teams in a single venue, surrounded by quality players, dream come true.

Don't kid yourself. Elite 120 is all about the money. They capitalize on the fact that not much else goes on over the winter for girls. Not so elite when you invite well over 120 and then it is first come first serve for invites. If they truly want to be elite perhaps invite what they feel truly is the top 120, wait for turn downs and fill in from there. The bottom line in this sport (as any other sport) it comes down to the almighty dollar!!!! I agree with above poster, they have given themselves the title "Elite"

Don't kid yourself. Elite 120 is all about the money. They capitalize on the fact that not much else goes on over the winter for girls. Not so elite when you invite well over 120 and then it is first come first serve for invites. If they truly want to be elite perhaps invite what they feel truly is the top 120, wait for turn downs and fill in from there. The bottom line in this sport (as any other sport) it comes down to the almighty dollar!!!! I agree with above poster, they have given themselves the title "Elite"

Don't kid yourself. Elite 120 is all about the money. They capitalize on the fact that not much else goes on over the winter for girls. Not so elite when you invite well over 120 and then it is first come first serve for invites. If they truly want to be elite perhaps invite what they feel truly is the top 120, wait for turn downs and fill in from there. The bottom line in this sport (as any other sport) it comes down to the almighty dollar!!!! I agree with above poster, they have given themselves the title "Elite"

Its always about the money. If your daughter is truly top 120 she doesn't need this or any other particular event to be recruited.

Its always about the money. If your daughter is truly top 120 she doesn't need this or any other particular event to be recruited.

You make no sense at all. They invite a very small group of select teams, how is that all about the money? Look at ALL the other tournaments and even U15, it is a free for all. If there was ever one tournament that was not all about the money, this is it. If your team is not going to this and your daughter isn't going to 120, tell yourself whatever you need to be able to sleep at night, but spare the rest of us.

This is true but don't minimize the Elite 120 event. It was excellent with a lot of top girls, well run, and a lot of top coaches. Agree it wash;t free but felt better about spending the money after seeing the event than many other events out there.

No recluse at all.just a lax parent with a few more dollars in my pocket.

If you have to call yourself elite ....... Are you really elite?

It"s not even a question of a extra money in your pocket, it is more a question of how the club your daughter plays for spends your money, the quality of tournaments the club picks out for your team. ALL the clubs have several cheesy tournaments they attend, especially the lower teams. When many of the teams in an age group are not up to snuff, it is not good business to bring to all tournaments where they take a beating. So yes, if these clubs are going to have 3, 4, 5 teams per age group, they better provide several feel good tournaments. If your a parent involved with the clubs top team from one of the top clubs, you want quality tournaments. The only problem with an elite team tournament like this is it causes internal strife as only the top teams in the club go. Look at the mess u15 causes internally at TG.

Only the very top girls are ever going to pay back on their investment. For everyone paying 4 grand or so a year for 8 years people are in for $30-$40 thousand.

Now my kid is getting looks from $55,000 a year schools offering $7,000 a year to play lax. That's still $48,000 a year!!!

Pay for tutors instead of personal "wall ball training" and go to Stony Brook or Binghampton

Let me take this post a bit further. I agree with this post, and to look deeper, parents need to understand that colleges and universities are businesses and not in the business of giving away money.

Lacrosse, soccer, and other sports are revenue producing sports for these institutions like basketball and football. Big time scholarships are very rare. partials are not worth taking if the school's academic rank is out of the top 50 IMO.

My youngest had two full scholarships for soccer and we turned them down because non of those schools came close to Duke where she was accepted.

The choice for her education between Duke or "P on U" was a no-brainer!!