Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by CageSage
Originally Posted by Anonymous
No. Other 2017 teams have caught up to them AND they are playing in a fraudulent U15 tournament that not only allows rising sophomores to compete, but it's basically mandatory to have a rising sophomore team in order to be competitive.
You are incorrect when you say that it is a fraudulent U15 tournament. You have the wrong definition of U15 when making that accusation. The current U15 age group was born on or after September 1st, 1997 - that is the exact definition of U15 until the U-brackets roll forward in August.

09/01/97 - 11/30/97 ... Class of 2015 ... 10th Grade ... U/15
12/01/97 - 08/31/98 ... Class of 2016 ... 9th Grade .... U/15
09/01/98 - 11/30/98 ... Class of 2016 ... 9th Grade .... U/14
12/01/98 - 08/31/99 ... Class of 2017 ... 8th Grade .... U/14
09/01/99 - 11/30/99 ... Class of 2017 ... 8th Grade .... U/13


I think what irks people is the "U" piece. What does that mean? In essence there is the probability that boys turning 16 as soon as 36 days (give or take a day) from now are playing in this turnament. So, this is really a 15 years + 329 days or younger tournament. To clear up the confusion they should really just call it a U16 - meaning "U"nder 16.


No. The old US Lacrosse rules made sense. You should not have rising sophomores playing against rising freshmen. The former has been exposed to HS coaching, competition, peers, facilities, etc.

U15 tournaments should not have kids who've played in HS. It is all about US Lacrosse trying to make extra bucks.