What is the perception of a lacrosse player?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL if you think only rich kids play lax, maybe you should step outside the DC bubble. You ever been to one of the hot beds of lax upstate NY. FAR from rich buddy. I grew up and played there. Blue collar kids and maybe that's why so many of these kids are so good. Public school kids who are not rich all over New York play lacrosse and beat the crap out of private schools.

Exactly. The negative posters on this thread need to get out a little bit more. The sport is exploding in popularity because it is being made availabe to all economic strata, both in inner cities and country high schools. And the notion that only rich white kids play is ridiculous, go or watch a game on TV and you'll see. Lacrosse teams (youth rec, high school, and club) emphasize character, integrity, and high academic achievment. And that's not lip service, the coaches will yank a player for failure to demonstrate good behavior on or off the field. The unfortunate actions of a few in recent years has tainted the overall perception of lacrosse players, but the players and coaches today are working hard to dispell the myth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:More important than this nonsense, lacrosse moms tend to be hot. Seriously. So many of my son's teammates' mothers are thin and attractive.

You're gross. Typical lax dad.

That was not the question, start your own thread on that if you wish this was about lax players and perceptions!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL if you think only rich kids play lax, maybe you should step outside the DC bubble. You ever been to one of the hot beds of lax upstate NY. FAR from rich buddy. I grew up and played there. Blue collar kids and maybe that's why so many of these kids are so good. Public school kids who are not rich all over New York play lacrosse and beat the crap out of private schools.

Exactly. The negative posters on this thread need to get out a little bit more. The sport is exploding in popularity because it is being made availabe to all economic strata, both in inner cities and country high schools. And the notion that only rich white kids play is ridiculous, go or watch a game on TV and you'll see. Lacrosse teams (youth rec, high school, and club) emphasize character, integrity, and high academic achievment. And that's not lip service, the coaches will yank a player for failure to demonstrate good behavior on or off the field. The unfortunate actions of a few in recent years has tainted the overall perception of lacrosse players, but the players and coaches today are working hard to dispell the myth.

They have the highest graduation rate of any other cohort in college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL if you think only rich kids play lax, maybe you should step outside the DC bubble. You ever been to one of the hot beds of lax upstate NY. FAR from rich buddy. I grew up and played there. Blue collar kids and maybe that's why so many of these kids are so good. Public school kids who are not rich all over New York play lacrosse and beat the crap out of private schools.

Exactly. The negative posters on this thread need to get out a little bit more. The sport is exploding in popularity because it is being made availabe to all economic strata, both in inner cities and country high schools. And the notion that only rich white kids play is ridiculous, go or watch a game on TV and you'll see. Lacrosse teams (youth rec, high school, and club) emphasize character, integrity, and high academic achievment. And that's not lip service, the coaches will yank a player for failure to demonstrate good behavior on or off the field. The unfortunate actions of a few in recent years has tainted the overall perception of lacrosse players, but the players and coaches today are working hard to dispell the myth.

They have the highest graduation rate of any other cohort in college.

Yeah, rich white kids with no respect for women who grew up privileged enough to know they have to graduate from college to be as rich as daddy to breed their own lax players.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think in general lacrosse is looked at as a sport played by privileged kids. Rich, white, affluent and upwardly mobile with sights on getting into an equally elitist college to play lacrosse and cohort with fellow privileged kids. That is my perception. I don't think it applies to all but many.

I don't think where you are from has much relevance.

yup this is my perception. Growing up the only kids I knew who played lacrosse went to expensive private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think in general lacrosse is looked at as a sport played by privileged kids. Rich, white, affluent and upwardly mobile with sights on getting into an equally elitist college to play lacrosse and cohort with fellow privileged kids. That is my perception. I don't think it applies to all but many.

I don't think where you are from has much relevance.

yup this is my perception. Growing up the only kids I knew who played lacrosse went to expensive private schools.

Exactly. This was the world according to you, and you are entitled to your perception. But this is not the reality of lacrosse today. Only a very few make it into an "elitist" college, and if you truly want to play lacrosse there and graduate, there is very little "cohorting".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL if you think only rich kids play lax, maybe you should step outside the DC bubble. You ever been to one of the hot beds of lax upstate NY. FAR from rich buddy. I grew up and played there. Blue collar kids and maybe that's why so many of these kids are so good. Public school kids who are not rich all over New York play lacrosse and beat the crap out of private schools.

Exactly. The negative posters on this thread need to get out a little bit more. The sport is exploding in popularity because it is being made availabe to all economic strata, both in inner cities and country high schools. And the notion that only rich white kids play is ridiculous, go or watch a game on TV and you'll see. Lacrosse teams (youth rec, high school, and club) emphasize character, integrity, and high academic achievment. And that's not lip service, the coaches will yank a player for failure to demonstrate good behavior on or off the field. The unfortunate actions of a few in recent years has tainted the overall perception of lacrosse players, but the players and coaches today are working hard to dispell the myth.

This may be true in Upstate NY but not in the MD/VA/DC area. I've seen plenty of examples of poor character and behavior. Lacrosse players are not known for being the top academics in the class. Never once have I seen HS coaches yank kids for poor behavior off the field. It is usually admin that has to do it. Yes there are a few examples of lacroose kids who are good students but in many cases it is the lacrosse part that gets these kids into princeton, harvard, cornell, duke etc. If they did not get recruited, they never would get in to these schools.

[Anonymous]

EVERY sport has their share of jerks. I find that its no more prevalent with lacrosse than it is with football, basketball, soccer or any other sport. A few high profile media crazy incidents allows people to start stereotyping. Please do not let the media brainwash you. Tons of great kids play lacrosse. End of story.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A sport for white boys ~ long tradition of being able to avoid competition from more gifted African American athletes.

This. Rich people see it as their kid's ticket because there is no competition from anyone but privileged white kids who, let's face it, aren't good athletes in general. In every other sport there is competition from kids from all over the country and various socio-economic backgrounds, not so for lacrosse. It lets rich white kids excel at a sport when they otherwise wouldn't. Hopefully it will spread to poorer schools and areas so those folks can take advantage of the scholarship money and easier admission standards.

Pretty much. Plus, murderers. (UVA)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL if you think only rich kids play lax, maybe you should step outside the DC bubble. You ever been to one of the hot beds of lax upstate NY. FAR from rich buddy. I grew up and played there. Blue collar kids and maybe that's why so many of these kids are so good. Public school kids who are not rich all over New York play lacrosse and beat the crap out of private schools.

Exactly. The negative posters on this thread need to get out a little bit more. The sport is exploding in popularity because it is being made availabe to all economic strata, both in inner cities and country high schools. And the notion that only rich white kids play is ridiculous, go or watch a game on TV and you'll see. Lacrosse teams (youth rec, high school, and club) emphasize character, integrity, and high academic achievment. And that's not lip service, the coaches will yank a player for failure to demonstrate good behavior on or off the field. The unfortunate actions of a few in recent years has tainted the overall perception of lacrosse players, but the players and coaches today are working hard to dispell the myth.

This may be true in Upstate NY but not in the MD/VA/DC area. I've seen plenty of examples of poor character and behavior. Lacrosse players are not known for being the top academics in the class. Never once have I seen HS coaches yank kids for poor behavior off the field. It is usually admin that has to do it. Yes there are a few examples of lacroose kids who are good students but in many cases it is the lacrosse part that gets these kids into princeton, harvard, cornell, duke etc. If they did not get recruited, they never would get in to these schools.

That hasn't been my experience. When I coached lacrosse, most of the parents were highly educated, several were doctors, dentists, and lawyers. Their kids were also straight A students and could have gotten into schools are their own without lacrosse.

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the typos. Was using my phone.

[Anonymous]

Rich, cocky, white with no respect for people. I immediately think of the UVA case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rich, cocky, white with no respect for people. I immediately think of the UVA case.

SERIOUSLY? Do you live in a vacuum? You are attributing ONE case as a prejudice against the entire sport. Can't wait to see other posters on this thread chime in about athletes in other sports where crimes, even murder, were committed.

[Anonymous]

Sad that there are so many close minded people. My sons all play lacrosse and I can say that nearly all of their friends and teammates are truly exceptional young men. All smart, athletic and do good things for our community. To lump every lacrosse player in with two or three unfortunate events is just ridiculous. That is like saying every baseball player takes steroids because A rod did or every golfer cheats because Tiger did or every football player has a violent streak because Aaron Hernandez was convicted. COME ON. I presume you all to be educated.....get real.

Lacrosse is THE fastest growing sport in all socioeconomic groups. Please educate yourself before you spew hatred.

[Anonymous]

Lacrosse player + private school = Success