Coaches do not care how old children are. Hopkins would run Rabil back out there if he had eligibility.
Coaches want to win , period! No shame in their game as far as how old players are. It’s not against any rules. The more experience, the better.
If rules do not change at the youth level, be prepared for a lot more double holdbacks at very young ages. Start Kindergarten year later, repeat a grade a little later and you got yourself a kid maybe 2 years older than the others! It’s getting fool.
However, it is not against the rules, and the older kid starts to dominate the younger players at youth age. There are major lacrosse advantages as far as developmental goes to it. Plus, if kid wants to play High level D1 in college, almost have to do it. Check out the commits.
If rules don’t change, this is going to get more out of hand. Let’s get back to some normalcy in youth sports and stop trying to game the system and get clear advantages. Lacrosse needs to go the way soccer does it. Period!
Stop all the holdback/re-class stuff at the youth level and let kids develop in the sport “on age”. Stop the clear advantages to the wealthy families who can afford to play the holdback card.
