Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by CageSage
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Just keep everything to the weekends and IMLCA would not have a problem with 175. Pretty simple.
You purposely avoid the question : Why does the IMLCA allow Division III coaches to attend on a Tuesday, but not Division I and II coaches? You have skipped answering my question three times now which is clear evidence that you cannot defend their position.


I don't have an anser to that. So, do you have an answer as to why this event was not scheduled for a Saturday/Sunday? You seem to be dancing around this multiple times too - clear evidence you cannot defend 175's position. While you are thinking about this answer, please also answer for us whether the 175 organizers have paid you to advertise on your site either this showcase or other club related advertising. your answer to this second point may help us understand your non-answer about the Saturday/Sunday question. Thanks.
Potential reasons why this was set for a Tuesday:
  • Mitchel Field permits were already taken out for both Saturday and Sunday during November through the Thanksgiving week.
  • Centrally located, Mitchel affords lighted fields which allows for the event to extend beyond 4:00pm-4:15pm when it will be dusk.
  • In order to adequately handle 200 players or more, you need at least two fields and with game play, you need closer to four fields which are colocated.
  • The NCAA Calendar clearly establishes Tuesday, November 26th as an open recruiting date. Starting Wednesday, November 27th, the NCAA established a Thanksgiving Dark Period. This made the Tuesday date as the only viable Thanksgiving week recruiting event.
The bottom line is that Long Islanders have requested - and deserve - more showcase events located here on the Island as opposed to enhancing the tourism economy of other areas. In order to host the volume of demand, the locations are limited. While the IMLCA established this policy earlier this year, apparently this event was already in process.

Please remember that BOTC really has no interest in this particular event since they were not sponsoring with us. However, the IMLCA is screwing with our lacrosse constituency here on the Island and BOTC believes that they are wrong. Effectively, they are trying to control their member coaches as a block, outside of the domain of the NCAA.

Let us go one step further. If the IMLCA can exhibit control over this recruiting situation, how long before they introduce other rules which name "specific" weekends on which their member coaches can attend events? Would those specific weekends be tied to specific recruiting events that are somehow sponsored with the IMLCA? Think about the resulting position for consumers.