Back of THE CAGE Forums NORTHEAST LACROSSE BOTC MAIN FORUM NLF Rankings VS Inside Lacrosse

This was not debatable a few years ago as NLF was only NLF teams and Inside lacrosse was competent with player rankings. It is pretty obvious Inside lacrosse is being out worked and out performed With recent player comittments the NLF is the only place with actual information on players. Nice thing too is the player evaluations are for players from everywhere not just Maryland.

When you explore the actual coverage of HS players it is amazing how IL and TZ has fallen and have to a degree abandoned it. I have had a few kids go through it and it is not top secret he only cares and largely covers Maryland and a strong dislike for LI players and will stick it to a LI kid when he can in favor of a MIAA player. He will only attend MIAA games and turns his back on rest of HS lacrosse which is fine as long as he isn’t trying to fairly evaluate players key part is fair and this has been happening for years but deteriorating as of the past few.
Nephew plays for A very strong HS outside LI or MD and they are top 10 but are rarely covered
As far as the rankings go and visibility at events and evaluation of players from all areas is dominated by NLF rankings while IL has a few college coaches and a few club coaches that strongly influence the rankings. One side working one not
None of it matters but since you asked it got me going

NLF players is basically NLF teams. Ratings are not accurate.

NLF Used to be that way when they first started but they have been much more thorough actually covering players from everywhere WATCHING players and evaluating them multiple times . Everyone knows Ty only covers MD and really knows nothing about others areas, hardly shows up at any events and has a very select group of college coaches and club coaches that do his work and he rewards them. He also dislikes LI guys and usually screws them. (St Anthony’s freshman at Duke getting moved down in his latest ranking for a UVA player ). Bad look for IL tough evaluating on a barstool

Prerequisites to make player rankings: 2 year holdback. Must start showing DOB..

IL did DOB with their rankings a few years ago with 2022 class. It is true And eye opening when you think about the drop off in coverage of Inside Lacrosse as they are asleep at the wheel. When they actually out a recruiting article it’s either local (MD) or click bait. Ty hates LI and he does what he can to prove that. NLF is much more detailed and complete than IL who barely attends non IL events

What is the point of showing DOB now?

The NLF rankings are just a puppet for the NLF management and used as purely a marketing piece for their players. Plenty of non nlf summer teams thumping NLF teams and not even ranked, the HS ranking ended when the catholic league was over in NY and didn't bother to continue to the end of the season. NLF has a ton of good players so the player rankings have them all but earlier boasts to include all players never materialized.

It originally was only NLF but is now open to all and the coverage has really expanded . That’s said a large majority of the top players are NLF players so it makes sense. The lack of LI acknowledgment from the original 2023 inside lacrosse rankings is consistent with similar in the 22 class. Ty will do whatever he can to skip over a LI player it’s not a secret . Most recent was AM freshman at Duke starting who TY pushed to 2 and we all know why .

How many 2023 ranked boys are from non-nlf playing teams? In addition, how many 2023 teams are non-NLF playing teams?

Prerequisites: 1) Coaches kid 2) Attend a paid NLF showcase vs subpar composition 3) holdback

Yes I agree TY has really hurt Inside lacrosse image with his anti LI sentiment and laziness and while NLF is improving still has a ways to go but is at least fair for the most part

20-22/25 are from NLF teams. Ridiculous. As for the Virginia player now number 1. Well deserved and being number 2 ain’t too shabby. The Virginia kid is a man among boys. I can’t speak to the IL bias but clearly NLF is biased as well. The one advantage for IL is they are not seeking to promote their teams.

OH NO! not number 2 in the country!

lol who cares you nerd

NLF more biased. They only care about their teams. They also intentionally exclude teams from their invite only tournaments.

Both are flawed but everyone knows how NLF operates.