It is important to show the brackets because when you actually read them you find out very few if any people are cheating.
In grade based tournaments teams go with the highest grade of their players. Comments to the contrary are attempts to spark controversy.
In age based tournaments it is nearly impossible for teams to cheat with the exception of 7th grade/U13 and 5th grade/U11. The two year age cutoff for US Lacrosse makes it so.
Also, following up a bunch of inflammatory statements with the words "case closed" does not actually close the case!!!
I don't live in Maryland, but the obsession you NY folks have with that state and the supposed ubiquity of "older" kids per grade is beyond bizarre.
Not bizarre, nut job. If all tournaments go age based and verified by birth certificate, this whole argument goes away. MD teams have been doing this garbage for years... It's a fact, not an obsession. Also, to the guys who keep posting the U age brackets... Stop. The problem is in grade based tournaments, teams drop down to lowest grade on the team. (i.e. U-15 into 2017)grade repeaters and hold back teams have huge advantage. Where I come from, that's cheating, and until the sport does something about it certain teams from certain states will continue to game the system. Case closed!!!
