Next year will be too late for a lot of those girls to find new homes and to develop
This is a ridiculous comment. There are many paths to lacrosse success. Tell Katie Schwarzmann that 9th grade is too late to develop your lacrosse game.
Just do the math--around 110 girls play for the top 5 Baltimore clubs. There is a growing list of 117 Division 1 women's lacrosse programs and almost 300 more D3 programs. Over two-thousand girls from across the country will get to pick a college where they can play lacrosse while pursuing their education. Even if you look at the top 25 alone, the notion that you have to be on a Baltimore big 5 team in 8th grade to get there is manifestly false. Looks like NY, Connecticut, Jersey, and PA are all doing pretty well. Recruiting is national now.
All a comment like yours does is make good parents who are trying to give the best opportunities to their kids, while balancing academics, life, culture, etc., nervous they are missing something. Give it a rest.
