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Rumor is you are making things up...he isn't the reason any of those kids left. Daddy ball and 28 man roster more like it.. Isn't he the "daddy" though? I think its more about the kids that have been on the team for years that probably shouldn't be....good news for other programs if some of the top talent moves on though... In these situations it's always the top talent that leaves, not the bench warmers. It is not because of TS the kids are leaving. It is actually because of the head coach and not enough playing time because of a 28 man roster and Haverford bias. 4 kids on Mesa jumping to BL and Sons 2 best players. BL the team to beat next year. Sounds like they traded one 28 man roster for another 28 man roster
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Rumor is you are making things up...he isn't the reason any of those kids left. Daddy ball and 28 man roster more like it.. Isn't he the "daddy" though? I think its more about the kids that have been on the team for years that probably shouldn't be....good news for other programs if some of the top talent moves on though... In these situations it's always the top talent that leaves, not the bench warmers. It is not because of TS the kids are leaving. It is actually because of the head coach and not enough playing time because of a 28 man roster and Haverford bias. 4 kids on Mesa jumping to BL and Sons 2 best players. BL the team to beat next year. Sounds like they traded one 28 man roster for another 28 man roster Because winning trophies and T-shirts is the most important thing for their lacrosse futures.
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BL had 18 kids on the roster last year going to 22 this year so imagine that you are wrong again.
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Well if that's the case then it sounds like the BL roster will be a lot more like the BLA roster and they'll be a very solid team moving forward.
BUT, what does that mean for the extra money that BLA is charging? Why bother playing "BLA" games if the BL roster is almost the same?
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Well if that's the case then it sounds like the BL roster will be a lot more like the BLA roster and they'll be a very solid team moving forward.
BUT, what does that mean for the extra money that BLA is charging? Why bother playing "BLA" games if the BL roster is almost the same? Is Academy even running at the High School level?
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Well if that's the case then it sounds like the BL roster will be a lot more like the BLA roster and they'll be a very solid team moving forward.
BUT, what does that mean for the extra money that BLA is charging? Why bother playing "BLA" games if the BL roster is almost the same? To continue to steal kids from other clubs, that was the purpose from the beginning. It’s what big 5 did for Mesa. Now it just backfired on Mesa
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But was BLA even a real "nationals" team? Instead of seeking out top matchups against Hawks, Crabs, Express, the better variations on Team 91, etc., they just played down in normal club tournaments. It's easy to go undefeated if you carefully avoid all the teams that can defeat you...
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But was BLA even a real "nationals" team? Instead of seeking out top matchups against Hawks, Crabs, Express, the better variations on Team 91, etc., they just played down in normal club tournaments. It's easy to go undefeated if you carefully avoid all the teams that can defeat you... BLA couldn't go into an elite tournament like Naptown and win so they choose tournaments they can. It's unfortunate because, while winning appears to help your brand, it's superficial at best. Kind of like Duke's Nationals winning a B tournament - it ultimately does more harm than good.
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance..
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Everyone has a chance but Summer is different than Fall
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Then why didn't you attend Naptown?
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Then why didn't you attend Naptown? Probably same reason's 3/4 of the other top AA team attend?
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Everyone has a chance but Summer is different than Fall It was just a few weeks ago not in the fall.....it was after they beat Sweetlax and Igloo at NAL
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Everyone has a chance but Summer is different than Fall It was just a few weeks ago not in the fall.....it was after they beat Sweetlax and Igloo at NAL Given that a bunch of Mesa/Academy kids have been playing for BL, how can you be so sure Academy would fair better? The line between Brotherly Love and Academy got pretty blurry at the beginning of the summer.
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Then why didn't you attend Naptown? Probably same reason's 3/4 of the other top AA team attend? Elite teams should be playing in elite tournaments against elite competition. If Academy wants to compare itself to the likes of other National teams, they should seek out that level of competition.
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Everyone has a chance but Summer is different than Fall It was just a few weeks ago not in the fall.....it was after they beat Sweetlax and Igloo at NAL You mean the tournament when Hawks barely beat Looneys and got smoked by DCDogs. You think they weren’t missing kids?
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Well if that's the case then it sounds like the BL roster will be a lot more like the BLA roster and they'll be a very solid team moving forward.
BUT, what does that mean for the extra money that BLA is charging? Why bother playing "BLA" games if the BL roster is almost the same? To continue to steal kids from other clubs, that was the purpose from the beginning. It’s what big 5 did for Mesa. Now it just backfired on Mesa Big 5 was an opportunity to give kids a chance to play at the WSYL. The only players that went to Mesa from Big 5 were part of the blowup of RS. Please don't equate the 2. Academy is purely a money making and recruiting hammerhead
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Well if that's the case then it sounds like the BL roster will be a lot more like the BLA roster and they'll be a very solid team moving forward.
BUT, what does that mean for the extra money that BLA is charging? Why bother playing "BLA" games if the BL roster is almost the same? To continue to steal kids from other clubs, that was the purpose from the beginning. It’s what big 5 did for Mesa. Now it just backfired on Mesa Big 5 was an opportunity to give kids a chance to play at the WSYL. The only players that went to Mesa from Big 5 were part of the blowup of RS. Please don't equate the 2. Academy is purely a money making and recruiting hammerhead You were laughing to your self the entire time you typed that. They thought that Big 5 squad would stick together and they would be the team to beat in Philly.....obviously that backfired
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At least they didn't play down and compete in the A division
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Big 5 was an opportunity to give kids a chance to play at the WSYL. The only players that went to Mesa from Big 5 were part of the blowup of RS. Please don't equate the 2. Academy is purely a money making and recruiting hammerhead You were laughing to your self the entire time you typed that. They thought that Big 5 squad would stick together and they would be the team to beat in Philly.....obviously that backfired[/quote] I'm sure SOME of the people involved hoped that some of the better kids would stay with Big 5 but plenty of kids/parents involved with that team knew exactly what it was--a chance to play at the WSYL. Period.
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Speaking of HHH, did 2020 leave NLF a day early? They p[layed in no games on Sunday.
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Speaking of HHH, did 2020 leave NLF a day early? They p[layed in no games on Sunday. I don't think they left, some teams didn't have games that day based on the tourney layout.
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Saw a press release that NXT 2023 has two new coaches. Anyone know anything about this? My son wasn't thinking of trying out for NXT but with a few heavy hitter coaches at the 23 level, it might be a good move.
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Saw a press release that NXT 2023 has two new coaches. Anyone know anything about this? My son wasn't thinking of trying out for NXT but with a few heavy hitter coaches at the 23 level, it might be a good move. Same as it ever was
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Everyone has a chance but Summer is different than Fall It was just a few weeks ago not in the fall.....it was after they beat Sweetlax and Igloo at NAL You mean the tournament when Hawks barely beat Looneys and got smoked by DCDogs. You think they weren’t missing kids? Hawks had all their kids except their face off guy - who was replaced by a ringer (err....guest player) from Long Island.
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Everyone has a chance but Summer is different than Fall It was just a few weeks ago not in the fall.....it was after they beat Sweetlax and Igloo at NAL You mean the tournament when Hawks barely beat Looneys and got smoked by DCDogs. You think they weren’t missing kids? Hawks had all their kids except their face off guy - who was replaced by a ringer (err....guest player) from Long Island. Stud FOGO= 4-5 goal difference and I guess “Academy” kids aren’t guests/ringers?
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Yeah guess they were scared...Hawks won Naptown and only beat Zues by a goal so the Academy team had no chance.. Everyone has a chance but Summer is different than Fall It was just a few weeks ago not in the fall.....it was after they beat Sweetlax and Igloo at NAL If you haven't figured it out yet, the Brotherly Love team that played this summer looks a lot more like the Brotherly Love team that will be playing this coming fall, and that Brotherly Love team is a combination of legacy BL kids as well as some Academy kids (mostly from Mesa). The only time that was not true was when Mesa was also playing in the tournament (like at Crabfeast)
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Hawks had all their kids except their face off guy - who was replaced by a ringer (err....guest player) from Long Island. Is that the same "ringer" I saw at Crabfeast and Millen as well? Does he classify as a "ringer" if he is the one playing that position the entire tournament season? Or is the complaint that he's from LI instead of MD?
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imagine thinking that pa isn't one of the best lacrosse areas. clown
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The only "holdbacks" in the Philly area are kids that went to kindergarten a year late without lacrosse in mind. You aren't allowed to reclass in Philly due to eligibility rules. You're just saying this because you are butthurt about losing to one of the Philly teams.
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The only "holdbacks" in the Philly area are kids that went to kindergarten a year late without lacrosse in mind. You aren't allowed to reclass in Philly due to eligibility rules. You're just saying this because you are butthurt about losing to one of the Philly teams. Just curious, what part of the eligibility rules prevents re-classing in Philly, are they capped age-wise in high school like LI?
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The only "holdbacks" in the Philly area are kids that went to kindergarten a year late without lacrosse in mind. You aren't allowed to reclass in Philly due to eligibility rules. You're just saying this because you are butthurt about losing to one of the Philly teams. Just curious, what part of the eligibility rules prevents re-classing in Philly, are they capped age-wise in high school like LI? You can't be older than 19 on June 30th before the start of the academic year. So technically a true summer birthday who is a holdback but also reclassed is age eligible. However, PIAA rules also say: Your athletic eligibility extends only until you have reached the end of your fourth consecutive year (8th consecutive semester or the equivalent) beyond the eighth grade. Therefore, if you repeat a grade after eighth, you will be ineligible as a senior.
Additionally, you may participate in (1) a maximum of six seasons in each sport during grades seven through twelve, (2) a maximum of four seasons in each sport during grades nine through twelve, and (3) a maximum of three seasons in each sport during grades seven through nine.
You may participate in only one season in each sport during each school year.
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Yes, but how would this impact private schools. Same rules also apply in MD and VA public schools, however the club teams are mostly private school kids. The public school kids are generally on age.
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The only "holdbacks" in the Philly area are kids that went to kindergarten a year late without lacrosse in mind. You aren't allowed to reclass in Philly due to eligibility rules. You're just saying this because you are butthurt about losing to one of the Philly teams. Just curious, what part of the eligibility rules prevents re-classing in Philly, are they capped age-wise in high school like LI? You can't be older than 19 on June 30th before the start of the academic year. So technically a true summer birthday who is a holdback but also reclassed is age eligible. However, PIAA rules also say: Your athletic eligibility extends only until you have reached the end of your fourth consecutive year (8th consecutive semester or the equivalent) beyond the eighth grade. Therefore, if you repeat a grade after eighth, you will be ineligible as a senior.
Additionally, you may participate in (1) a maximum of six seasons in each sport during grades seven through twelve, (2) a maximum of four seasons in each sport during grades nine through twelve, and (3) a maximum of three seasons in each sport during grades seven through nine.
You may participate in only one season in each sport during each school year.Interesting, but I guess the question, assuming that the birthday part does not create an issue, is repeating a grade. The rule prevents a player from repeating after 8th grade (i.e. a high school grade), but does not seem to disqualify a player who repeats eighth grade or any prior grade, again assuming that the birthday is not an issue. As witnessed over and over, most kids just delay high school for a year by repeating 8th grade.
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The only "holdbacks" in the Philly area are kids that went to kindergarten a year late without lacrosse in mind. You aren't allowed to reclass in Philly due to eligibility rules. You're just saying this because you are butthurt about losing to one of the Philly teams. Just curious, what part of the eligibility rules prevents re-classing in Philly, are they capped age-wise in high school like LI? You can't be older than 19 on June 30th before the start of the academic year. So technically a true summer birthday who is a holdback but also reclassed is age eligible. However, PIAA rules also say: Your athletic eligibility extends only until you have reached the end of your fourth consecutive year (8th consecutive semester or the equivalent) beyond the eighth grade. Therefore, if you repeat a grade after eighth, you will be ineligible as a senior.
Additionally, you may participate in (1) a maximum of six seasons in each sport during grades seven through twelve, (2) a maximum of four seasons in each sport during grades nine through twelve, and (3) a maximum of three seasons in each sport during grades seven through nine.
You may participate in only one season in each sport during each school year.Interesting, but I guess the question, assuming that the birthday part does not create an issue, is repeating a grade. The rule prevents a player from repeating after 8th grade (i.e. a high school grade), but does not seem to disqualify a player who repeats eighth grade or any prior grade, again assuming that the birthday is not an issue. As witnessed over and over, most kids just delay high school for a year by repeating 8th grade. I think the game is to transition from public to private sometime before 9th grade and repeating whatever grade you finished. PIAA rules limit the number of years you can play, so you would need to sit out games for that second round of 8th grade.
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The only "holdbacks" in the Philly area are kids that went to kindergarten a year late without lacrosse in mind. You aren't allowed to reclass in Philly due to eligibility rules. You're just saying this because you are butthurt about losing to one of the Philly teams. Just curious, what part of the eligibility rules prevents re-classing in Philly, are they capped age-wise in high school like LI? You can't be older than 19 on June 30th before the start of the academic year. So technically a true summer birthday who is a holdback but also reclassed is age eligible. However, PIAA rules also say: Your athletic eligibility extends only until you have reached the end of your fourth consecutive year (8th consecutive semester or the equivalent) beyond the eighth grade. Therefore, if you repeat a grade after eighth, you will be ineligible as a senior.
Additionally, you may participate in (1) a maximum of six seasons in each sport during grades seven through twelve, (2) a maximum of four seasons in each sport during grades nine through twelve, and (3) a maximum of three seasons in each sport during grades seven through nine.
You may participate in only one season in each sport during each school year.Interesting, but I guess the question, assuming that the birthday part does not create an issue, is repeating a grade. The rule prevents a player from repeating after 8th grade (i.e. a high school grade), but does not seem to disqualify a player who repeats eighth grade or any prior grade, again assuming that the birthday is not an issue. As witnessed over and over, most kids just delay high school for a year by repeating 8th grade. I think the game is to transition from public to private sometime before 9th grade and repeating whatever grade you finished. PIAA rules limit the number of years you can play, so you would need to sit out games for that second round of 8th grade. "The only "holdbacks" in the Philly area are kids that went to kindergarten a year late without lacrosse in mind. You aren't allowed to reclass in Philly due to eligibility rules." This isn't true - the Inter-Ac allows reclassifying as long as you turn 19 prior to senior year. The best time to reclass is before HS - makes it a lot smoother with NCAA because they never know about it. Reclassing during HS can still get through NCAA but it's a bit trickier. One way to avoid all of this is to graduate with your class and then PG.
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The only "holdbacks" in the Philly area are kids that went to kindergarten a year late without lacrosse in mind. You aren't allowed to reclass in Philly due to eligibility rules. You're just saying this because you are butthurt about losing to one of the Philly teams. Just curious, what part of the eligibility rules prevents re-classing in Philly, are they capped age-wise in high school like LI? You can't be older than 19 on June 30th before the start of the academic year. So technically a true summer birthday who is a holdback but also reclassed is age eligible. However, PIAA rules also say: Your athletic eligibility extends only until you have reached the end of your fourth consecutive year (8th consecutive semester or the equivalent) beyond the eighth grade. Therefore, if you repeat a grade after eighth, you will be ineligible as a senior.
Additionally, you may participate in (1) a maximum of six seasons in each sport during grades seven through twelve, (2) a maximum of four seasons in each sport during grades nine through twelve, and (3) a maximum of three seasons in each sport during grades seven through nine.
You may participate in only one season in each sport during each school year.Interesting, but I guess the question, assuming that the birthday part does not create an issue, is repeating a grade. The rule prevents a player from repeating after 8th grade (i.e. a high school grade), but does not seem to disqualify a player who repeats eighth grade or any prior grade, again assuming that the birthday is not an issue. As witnessed over and over, most kids just delay high school for a year by repeating 8th grade. I think the game is to transition from public to private sometime before 9th grade and repeating whatever grade you finished. PIAA rules limit the number of years you can play, so you would need to sit out games for that second round of 8th grade. "The only "holdbacks" in the Philly area are kids that went to kindergarten a year late without lacrosse in mind. You aren't allowed to reclass in Philly due to eligibility rules." This isn't true - the Inter-Ac allows reclassifying as long as you turn 19 prior to senior year. The best time to reclass is before HS - makes it a lot smoother with NCAA because they never know about it. Reclassing during HS can still get through NCAA but it's a bit trickier. One way to avoid all of this is to graduate with your class and then PG. I think you mean as long as you DON'T turn 19 prior to senior year
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Does anyone care about your age if you take a pg year though?
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