Dead in the water. Maybe one of the local Tourney Organizers will step up and create a Tourney our here: "East Coast Supremacy"....do it local, over 2 days...same outcome, alot cheaper. Play it on Channel 12 , News Long Island. HAAAAAAA
seriously....Is there really a need for everybody to fly to denver? I guess it is nice for the kids from the flyover states to see what real lacrosse looks like, but quite frankly it just doesn't make sense for us from the East Coast. Do people think this has the same prestige as the LLWS (news flash, it doesn't). Take the familiy to Italy and Spain...way better than flying to Denver to lose to Long Island Express or Team 91.
Sounds like a holdback team making excuses why they are not there. LIE going to bring it home this year with style
I went last year. Most prestigious youth lacrosse event, bar none. None are remotely close. Phenomenal experience. All the best of the best are there. But the treatment they give the kids is like movie star status. And there is no competitive team anywhere that isn’t going, unless they don’t qualify based on age or quality. Winning it is a boon to business, like nothing else. And it costs the clubs absolutely nothing. So trust me, if a club thinks they can qualify, they will be there. You won’t be disappointed. ,
Nope, it is very far from prestigious. Is it fun for the kids? Sure. It is not a good measuring stick for quality though.
U ALL REALLY WANT TO FIX THE "CHEATING"? BOYCOTT THE WSYL.... You all sit here posting about it but will still write your checks, pack your bags and play a Long Island tourney in Denver. The T shirts should be given to the parents and say 'Sucker" on them. The only way to cure what ails youth lacrosse is to cut off the source of infection. Dont like "cheating"? THEN DONT PARTICIPATE...PROBLEM SOLVED! Or write your check and close your yaps
U ALL REALLY WANT TO FIX THE "CHEATING"? BOYCOTT THE WSYL.... You all sit here posting about it but will still write your checks, pack your bags and play a Long Island tourney in Denver. The T shirts should be given to the parents and say 'Sucker" on them. The only way to cure what ails youth lacrosse is to cut off the source of infection. Dont like "cheating"? THEN DONT PARTICIPATE...PROBLEM SOLVED! Or write your check and close your yaps
Such a dense post. You may feel that it is not worth it to travel to Denver and play a lot of money to play many LI teams and that opinion has some validity. But how is there cheating involved with the WSYL? They have a product and they advertise the product fairly (a U13 lacrosse tournament with clear age rules). People can then make an informed decision whether to participate or not. That's entirely different than what you cheaters from MD and PA do. You enter team in a tournament under the guise that its kids the same ages playing each other but you have your holdbacks that are older. That is cheating. Maybe it works out in that your kids get recruited in college but don't come on this board pretending its something its not. And you can take your $4k per year scholarship to college but the lesson you are teaching your kid - if you can't compete fairly then figure out a way to bend the rules - is weak.
Stop with the "cheating"..."You Play to win the game" Herm Edwards 3:16 And they win. There are those that win and those that point fingers....Which one are you?