We all enjoy grade-based tournaments. In the real world kids in the same grade are, for the most part basically the same age, and I think that's what most people expect to see. In the bizarro lacrosse world, grade-based has lost its meaning. 2020 could mean anything from 12-15, and that's when kids get hurt unnecessarily.

In other sports, better kids play up. In lacrosse, regular kids play down so they can be better, and everyone thinks this is normal. Again...bizarro world.

If clubs and tournaments won't govern themselves then someone has to govern them, right now US Lacrosse is all we have.