The real question is when is Howard County going to step up to the plate and follow USL guidelines and make their leagues age based? Holdbacks are ruining the sport. Lacrosse will always just be a rich white man's game until the playing field is level.
Have you seen the USL rules?
They have different rules for every single age which are different than NCAA and high school rules.
No one wants to deal with that.
USL doesn't have or make rules, rather, they offer opinions that are popular with people that donate money. Leagues have and make rules. USL sells stickers and builds fancy stadiums near the CEO's house.
Let me guess you two have reclassed sons or own club lacrosse teams. USL is the governing body of lacrosse. End of story.
No they are not. Are you even trying anymore? Literally govern nothing! Just for our own comic relief, give us an example of what they govern..
Not promote, but govern.
The one important thing they're in charge of is the NFHS Rule Book. But no youth league or state high school association is obligated to use NFHS rules. They can, and most state associations do use NFHS rules (though Texas HS football uses NCAA rules instead).
Youth leagues in other states may, to varying degrees, adopt US Lacrosse rules, but here in MD I'm not sure anyone is really doing that. Even the rec leagues don't use the LADM stuff except at the youngest ages.
So while US Lacrosse may call itself the "governing body of lacrosse," at this point they really govern very little.
