Originally Posted by CageSage
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Fourth, Which really should be number one! Someone needs to come up with a governing system with regard to age. Most of these top super teams are littered with kids playing down a year. Look at the top 2018 teams right now (Express & 91). Many, but not all the top tier kids should be, by age, in 7th grade. It's just a fact. It's been going on in this sport for years. In soccer, they have validated the kids age. Older kids play up, regardless of thier "grade"! You get caught cheating the system your club is banned. It's the only way we're going to level the playing field.
BOTC agrees that a US Lacrosse (or other organization) Player Photo-ID and Pass System which clearly identifies the player age and associates that player with a specific club for the duration of the playing season would be a major step forward. This would be an absolute requirement for the proper formation of a premier elite league as discussed.


I agree !! My son plays soccer and you have to provide proof of age and photo to the soccer club. Before everygame the ref's check every Photo-ID. I know of several kids that are playing down in lacrosse. The parents should be ashamed of themselves. I know of a couple of (sports) parents that actually held their kid back starting school so they would have an edge. It happens in all sports except soccer. My son also wrestles and I can not tell you how many times my son wrestled a kid that was his weight, but clearly had man muscles and found out later that he was a year or more older then my son.