Some states have different cut-off dates for entering school so it may seem some kids are being held back when in reality they were not.That being said they should simplify it in both boys and girls lacrosse and make it year of birth instead of year of graduation making birth certificates checks mandotory.
could not agree more. US lax should have start to have a picture and proof of birth, along with US lax # sent into US lax. Then, they should issue a card back to the player, which in turn, would prove that hte player is of age and there are not older girls on the team. Showing proof before a game takes no more than a minute for each ref to check a team roster. there were some tournys where there were girls that were older playing on teams a year below them to win it.
I have a simpler solution. Players last 4 number of their US Lacrosse ID should be their graduation year (or Birthdate). Then when registering the teams, a tournament director can easily look at the US Lacrosse ID #'s to make sure they are age appropriate. To have refs checking cards at tournaments would be a joke - too slow. The kids are there to play not be part of an administrative process. If coaches get caught putting players who are not age/grade appropriate in games then they should be reported. However, we can't have parents on the sidelines questioning kids ages because of size. That is not fair to the kids.
Refs check player cards at every soccer tournament. It's not a big, time-consuming thing.
again,could not agree more. checking a card before a game is not a big thing. it should take more than a minute, you have 2 refs..each check a team and cards of players. anyone who would object to this make you wonder what they are hiding....the card would have a player picture, us lax #, DOB, grad year. This would allow a player to play for any team. it proof of age. i know people who have asked a player before a game "what age are you" and the kid would honestly answer there age which was older than the team you are playing. people dont mind loosing, they want a FAIR game. I really don't see how anyone would object to this simple process. if you do, why. what's up.
