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Anonymous wrote:There may be some second tier M&D or Hero’s girls trying out. Girls in the 13-20 range that can’t get playing time. Those girls are just as good if not better than what the DMV produces. Capital’s equal playing time is very attractive to someone that may only play a quarter or less currently.

Well, does anyone know if any showed up?

Be happy those players aren’t showing up as they’d all take spots away from your DD. The average Pride and Stars parents are celebrating this morning.

Other way around bro … be happy the best of Pride isn’t competing for Md teams or you’d be sweating thru your HUK shirts.

Maybe you should look a little closer at the Maryland practice fields over the past month

The 1/3 DBG may be on to something about stats but it’s for the top DMV players landing on MD teams. Worst kept secret.

I can’t make sense of this. Are top DMV players showing up at MD practices or not?

Yes

Even a DMV insider might struggle to put together a list of "top" players from the various DMV teams, so I am a bit skeptical of reports of top DMV players at MD practices. I suppose their could be some hedging of bets going on by certain players who are unsure of their standing with Capital. Over/under on a "top" player from a DMV team picking an MD team over Capital is 0.5.

While I think some of us probably believe we could actually put together a good list--I would agree that there is some hedging of bets and a few hoping to fill a niche. I would say that is the right over under for players who make Blue.

I think there and lots of very good players on the area teams, but picking the “top” ones would be difficult for me and I have watched many of these girls play for years. Capital will have to make the same assessment after a 4 hour tryout. This is why most people are so uncertain of what comes next. There are more than enough very good players to fill the top team, so some are not going to make it. Hedging bets is a good idea for pretty much everyone.

Between the multiple tryout clinics, private lessons and healthy ballers clc has a pretty good idea who the strong players are going into tryouts. The reality is they have a good idea on 70-80% of who they want on clc b.

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Folks, the cycle rinses and repeats annually. Do you really believe Capital is going to pick a team based on a 3-4 hour tryout?

Capital knows most of the players who will make the Blue team long before the tryout. Maybe 4-5 spots are open for players who standout at the tryout. If you are not aware of the system and working it the odds are long.

Parents, be realistic with yourselves and your daughters about their skill level. Set proper expectations early. Sending them to a tryout with 140 players vying for 4-5 spots is tough.

I don't get this board. This person is telling you how the system works and the replies are a couple of snarky comments. This post is 100% spot on. These coaches have already done their HW on the girls that will be on the team. Of course they will miss a player that belongs from time to time, but I've been to enough tryouts to know that the selection process starts way before.

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Anonymous wrote:There may be some second tier M&D or Hero’s girls trying out. Girls in the 13-20 range that can’t get playing time. Those girls are just as good if not better than what the DMV produces. Capital’s equal playing time is very attractive to someone that may only play a quarter or less currently.

Well, does anyone know if any showed up?

Be happy those players aren’t showing up as they’d all take spots away from your DD. The average Pride and Stars parents are celebrating this morning.

Other way around bro … be happy the best of Pride isn’t competing for Md teams or you’d be sweating thru your HUK shirts.

Maybe you should look a little closer at the Maryland practice fields over the past month

The 1/3 DBG may be on to something about stats but it’s for the top DMV players landing on MD teams. Worst kept secret.

I can’t make sense of this. Are top DMV players showing up at MD practices or not?

Yes

Even a DMV insider might struggle to put together a list of "top" players from the various DMV teams, so I am a bit skeptical of reports of top DMV players at MD practices. I suppose their could be some hedging of bets going on by certain players who are unsure of their standing with Capital. Over/under on a "top" player from a DMV team picking an MD team over Capital is 0.5.

While I think some of us probably believe we could actually put together a good list--I would agree that there is some hedging of bets and a few hoping to fill a niche. I would say that is the right over under for players who make Blue.

I think there and lots of very good players on the area teams, but picking the “top” ones would be difficult for me and I have watched many of these girls play for years. Capital will have to make the same assessment after a 4 hour tryout. This is why most people are so uncertain of what comes next. There are more than enough very good players to fill the top team, so some are not going to make it. Hedging bets is a good idea for pretty much everyone.

Between the multiple tryout clinics, private lessons and healthy ballers clc has a pretty good idea who the strong players are going into tryouts. The reality is they have a good idea on 70-80% of who they want on clc b.

This ^

Folks, the cycle rinses and repeats annually. Do you really believe Capital is going to pick a team based on a 3-4 hour tryout?

Capital knows most of the players who will make the Blue team long before the tryout. Maybe 4-5 spots are open for players who standout at the tryout. If you are not aware of the system and working it the odds are long.

Parents, be realistic with yourselves and your daughters about their skill level. Set proper expectations early. Sending them to a tryout with 140 players vying for 4-5 spots is tough.

I don't get this board. This person is telling you how the system works and the replies are a couple of snarky comments. This post is 100% spot on. These coaches have already done their HW on the girls that will be on the team. Of course they will miss a player that belongs from time to time, but I've been to enough tryouts to know that the selection process starts way before.

The point has been made about 1000 times already.

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Anonymous wrote:There may be some second tier M&D or Hero’s girls trying out. Girls in the 13-20 range that can’t get playing time. Those girls are just as good if not better than what the DMV produces. Capital’s equal playing time is very attractive to someone that may only play a quarter or less currently.

Well, does anyone know if any showed up?

Be happy those players aren’t showing up as they’d all take spots away from your DD. The average Pride and Stars parents are celebrating this morning.

Other way around bro … be happy the best of Pride isn’t competing for Md teams or you’d be sweating thru your HUK shirts.

Maybe you should look a little closer at the Maryland practice fields over the past month

The 1/3 DBG may be on to something about stats but it’s for the top DMV players landing on MD teams. Worst kept secret.

I can’t make sense of this. Are top DMV players showing up at MD practices or not?

Yes

Even a DMV insider might struggle to put together a list of "top" players from the various DMV teams, so I am a bit skeptical of reports of top DMV players at MD practices. I suppose their could be some hedging of bets going on by certain players who are unsure of their standing with Capital. Over/under on a "top" player from a DMV team picking an MD team over Capital is 0.5.

While I think some of us probably believe we could actually put together a good list--I would agree that there is some hedging of bets and a few hoping to fill a niche. I would say that is the right over under for players who make Blue.

I think there and lots of very good players on the area teams, but picking the “top” ones would be difficult for me and I have watched many of these girls play for years. Capital will have to make the same assessment after a 4 hour tryout. This is why most people are so uncertain of what comes next. There are more than enough very good players to fill the top team, so some are not going to make it. Hedging bets is a good idea for pretty much everyone.

Between the multiple tryout clinics, private lessons and healthy ballers clc has a pretty good idea who the strong players are going into tryouts. The reality is they have a good idea on 70-80% of who they want on clc b.

This ^

Folks, the cycle rinses and repeats annually. Do you really believe Capital is going to pick a team based on a 3-4 hour tryout?

Capital knows most of the players who will make the Blue team long before the tryout. Maybe 4-5 spots are open for players who standout at the tryout. If you are not aware of the system and working it the odds are long.

Parents, be realistic with yourselves and your daughters about their skill level. Set proper expectations early. Sending them to a tryout with 140 players vying for 4-5 spots is tough.

I don't get this board. This person is telling you how the system works and the replies are a couple of snarky comments. This post is 100% spot on. These coaches have already done their HW on the girls that will be on the team. Of course they will miss a player that belongs from time to time, but I've been to enough tryouts to know that the selection process starts way before.

Agree it's a good and accurate post. Maybe the challenge is that there are dozens of pages on this topic going back a full year, so a lot of it is well understood.

The second aspect is that much of the prior dialogue verged into territory that was intended to troll or scare people that weren't "playing the game" or "working the room" for years in advance. It was more than a bit much. It was insiders-only, IYKYK stuff (not to be confused with IYKYK guy), that didn't provide any real information on how to position for the process and rubbed a lot of posters the wrong way. My two cents.

Plus with this much stress and stray voltage out there (for another 11 days or so), snark is easy; thinking and engagement are harder.

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Is 28 Mnd West folding? Saw something in another board.

[Anonymous]

When is the big day? As with any tryout, but particularly one as large is this will likely be, best bet for a newbie is figure out who the top dogs are and look to get matched up on them. The draw, 1 on 1's, half field, etc. Make some plays. Best way to not get lost in a very large shuffle is not be in it.

If you don't know who they are at the outset, you can probably figure it out pretty quick.

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Anonymous wrote:There may be some second tier M&D or Hero’s girls trying out. Girls in the 13-20 range that can’t get playing time. Those girls are just as good if not better than what the DMV produces. Capital’s equal playing time is very attractive to someone that may only play a quarter or less currently.

Well, does anyone know if any showed up?

Be happy those players aren’t showing up as they’d all take spots away from your DD. The average Pride and Stars parents are celebrating this morning.

Other way around bro … be happy the best of Pride isn’t competing for Md teams or you’d be sweating thru your HUK shirts.

Maybe you should look a little closer at the Maryland practice fields over the past month

The 1/3 DBG may be on to something about stats but it’s for the top DMV players landing on MD teams. Worst kept secret.

I can’t make sense of this. Are top DMV players showing up at MD practices or not?

Yes

Even a DMV insider might struggle to put together a list of "top" players from the various DMV teams, so I am a bit skeptical of reports of top DMV players at MD practices. I suppose their could be some hedging of bets going on by certain players who are unsure of their standing with Capital. Over/under on a "top" player from a DMV team picking an MD team over Capital is 0.5.

While I think some of us probably believe we could actually put together a good list--I would agree that there is some hedging of bets and a few hoping to fill a niche. I would say that is the right over under for players who make Blue.

I think there and lots of very good players on the area teams, but picking the “top” ones would be difficult for me and I have watched many of these girls play for years. Capital will have to make the same assessment after a 4 hour tryout. This is why most people are so uncertain of what comes next. There are more than enough very good players to fill the top team, so some are not going to make it. Hedging bets is a good idea for pretty much everyone.

Between the multiple tryout clinics, private lessons and healthy ballers clc has a pretty good idea who the strong players are going into tryouts. The reality is they have a good idea on 70-80% of who they want on clc b.

This ^

Folks, the cycle rinses and repeats annually. Do you really believe Capital is going to pick a team based on a 3-4 hour tryout?

Capital knows most of the players who will make the Blue team long before the tryout. Maybe 4-5 spots are open for players who standout at the tryout. If you are not aware of the system and working it the odds are long.

Parents, be realistic with yourselves and your daughters about their skill level. Set proper expectations early. Sending them to a tryout with 140 players vying for 4-5 spots is tough.

I don't get this board. This person is telling you how the system works and the replies are a couple of snarky comments. This post is 100% spot on. These coaches have already done their HW on the girls that will be on the team. Of course they will miss a player that belongs from time to time, but I've been to enough tryouts to know that the selection process starts way before.

Agree it's a good and accurate post. Maybe the challenge is that there are dozens of pages on this topic going back a full year, so a lot of it is well understood.

The second aspect is that much of the prior dialogue verged into territory that was intended to troll or scare people that weren't "playing the game" or "working the room" for years in advance. It was more than a bit much. It was insiders-only, IYKYK stuff (not to be confused with IYKYK guy), that didn't provide any real information on how to position for the process and rubbed a lot of posters the wrong way. My two cents.

Plus with this much stress and stray voltage out there (for another 11 days or so), snark is easy; thinking and engagement are harder.

How has the NCAA ruling on paying athletes impacted, if at all, everyone’s approach to recruiting moving forward? Do you continue to invest the time and money into the process like previous classes?

It’s been reported by some with players in college that all rostered athletes will be paid now. This has the potential to impact non-revenue sport roster sizes because schools will not be ably to afford the big payouts to football and basketball and also to large non-revenue generating sports rosters. Several P5 schools have apparently already reported they will be cutting rosters by 30% to meet budgets.

If this does happen, rosters of 40+, which many women’s lacrosse teams have today, will be cut down into the low 30s. Across 128 D1 teams that may mean 1280 fewer roster spots moving forward. This will probably also mean more roster turnover each year as coaches will not be able to afford to keep and develop marginal players.

As you approach the recruiting years is this something people are taking into consideration when thinking about pursuing college lacrosse?

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The big impact is that It may be better for those with top talent to look at schools ranked 20-50 where they can play right away or sooner, rather than top 20 where they may find themselves middle of the pack or lower. Better to be a top level recruit at one of those schools vs part of the pack at a higher level that may need to cut.

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BTW, fans of this thread - the 2030s only have a little under 40 pages but I think they’re the best candidates for entertainment after the 28’s parents.

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Anonymous wrote:There may be some second tier M&D or Hero’s girls trying out. Girls in the 13-20 range that can’t get playing time. Those girls are just as good if not better than what the DMV produces. Capital’s equal playing time is very attractive to someone that may only play a quarter or less currently.

Well, does anyone know if any showed up?

Be happy those players aren’t showing up as they’d all take spots away from your DD. The average Pride and Stars parents are celebrating this morning.

Other way around bro … be happy the best of Pride isn’t competing for Md teams or you’d be sweating thru your HUK shirts.

Maybe you should look a little closer at the Maryland practice fields over the past month

The 1/3 DBG may be on to something about stats but it’s for the top DMV players landing on MD teams. Worst kept secret.

I can’t make sense of this. Are top DMV players showing up at MD practices or not?

Yes

Even a DMV insider might struggle to put together a list of "top" players from the various DMV teams, so I am a bit skeptical of reports of top DMV players at MD practices. I suppose their could be some hedging of bets going on by certain players who are unsure of their standing with Capital. Over/under on a "top" player from a DMV team picking an MD team over Capital is 0.5.

While I think some of us probably believe we could actually put together a good list--I would agree that there is some hedging of bets and a few hoping to fill a niche. I would say that is the right over under for players who make Blue.

I think there and lots of very good players on the area teams, but picking the “top” ones would be difficult for me and I have watched many of these girls play for years. Capital will have to make the same assessment after a 4 hour tryout. This is why most people are so uncertain of what comes next. There are more than enough very good players to fill the top team, so some are not going to make it. Hedging bets is a good idea for pretty much everyone.

Between the multiple tryout clinics, private lessons and healthy ballers clc has a pretty good idea who the strong players are going into tryouts. The reality is they have a good idea on 70-80% of who they want on clc b.

This ^

Folks, the cycle rinses and repeats annually. Do you really believe Capital is going to pick a team based on a 3-4 hour tryout?

Capital knows most of the players who will make the Blue team long before the tryout. Maybe 4-5 spots are open for players who standout at the tryout. If you are not aware of the system and working it the odds are long.

Parents, be realistic with yourselves and your daughters about their skill level. Set proper expectations early. Sending them to a tryout with 140 players vying for 4-5 spots is tough.

I don't get this board. This person is telling you how the system works and the replies are a couple of snarky comments. This post is 100% spot on. These coaches have already done their HW on the girls that will be on the team. Of course they will miss a player that belongs from time to time, but I've been to enough tryouts to know that the selection process starts way before.

Agree it's a good and accurate post. Maybe the challenge is that there are dozens of pages on this topic going back a full year, so a lot of it is well understood.

The second aspect is that much of the prior dialogue verged into territory that was intended to troll or scare people that weren't "playing the game" or "working the room" for years in advance. It was more than a bit much. It was insiders-only, IYKYK stuff (not to be confused with IYKYK guy), that didn't provide any real information on how to position for the process and rubbed a lot of posters the wrong way. My two cents.

Plus with this much stress and stray voltage out there (for another 11 days or so), snark is easy; thinking and engagement are harder.

How has the NCAA ruling on paying athletes impacted, if at all, everyone’s approach to recruiting moving forward? Do you continue to invest the time and money into the process like previous classes?

It’s been reported by some with players in college that all rostered athletes will be paid now. This has the potential to impact non-revenue sport roster sizes because schools will not be ably to afford the big payouts to football and basketball and also to large non-revenue generating sports rosters. Several P5 schools have apparently already reported they will be cutting rosters by 30% to meet budgets.

If this does happen, rosters of 40+, which many women’s lacrosse teams have today, will be cut down into the low 30s. Across 128 D1 teams that may mean 1280 fewer roster spots moving forward. This will probably also mean more roster turnover each year as coaches will not be able to afford to keep and develop marginal players.

As you approach the recruiting years is this something people are taking into consideration when thinking about pursuing college lacrosse?

Dude. My DD loves the sport; wants to keep playing through and after high school. Best club in the area is Capital. Makes sense to try and make it. That's enough to know for now.

The future of college sports is not going to be clear for years, and won't be figured out on this board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BTW, fans of this thread - the 2030s only have a little under 40 pages but I think they’re the best candidates for entertainment after the 28’s parents.

Thank you, will check out. Hope the angst on Cap tryouts has started or will soon.

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Anonymous wrote:There may be some second tier M&D or Hero’s girls trying out. Girls in the 13-20 range that can’t get playing time. Those girls are just as good if not better than what the DMV produces. Capital’s equal playing time is very attractive to someone that may only play a quarter or less currently.

Well, does anyone know if any showed up?

Be happy those players aren’t showing up as they’d all take spots away from your DD. The average Pride and Stars parents are celebrating this morning.

Other way around bro … be happy the best of Pride isn’t competing for Md teams or you’d be sweating thru your HUK shirts.

Maybe you should look a little closer at the Maryland practice fields over the past month

The 1/3 DBG may be on to something about stats but it’s for the top DMV players landing on MD teams. Worst kept secret.

I can’t make sense of this. Are top DMV players showing up at MD practices or not?

Yes

Even a DMV insider might struggle to put together a list of "top" players from the various DMV teams, so I am a bit skeptical of reports of top DMV players at MD practices. I suppose their could be some hedging of bets going on by certain players who are unsure of their standing with Capital. Over/under on a "top" player from a DMV team picking an MD team over Capital is 0.5.

While I think some of us probably believe we could actually put together a good list--I would agree that there is some hedging of bets and a few hoping to fill a niche. I would say that is the right over under for players who make Blue.

I think there and lots of very good players on the area teams, but picking the “top” ones would be difficult for me and I have watched many of these girls play for years. Capital will have to make the same assessment after a 4 hour tryout. This is why most people are so uncertain of what comes next. There are more than enough very good players to fill the top team, so some are not going to make it. Hedging bets is a good idea for pretty much everyone.

Between the multiple tryout clinics, private lessons and healthy ballers clc has a pretty good idea who the strong players are going into tryouts. The reality is they have a good idea on 70-80% of who they want on clc b.

This ^

Folks, the cycle rinses and repeats annually. Do you really believe Capital is going to pick a team based on a 3-4 hour tryout?

Capital knows most of the players who will make the Blue team long before the tryout. Maybe 4-5 spots are open for players who standout at the tryout. If you are not aware of the system and working it the odds are long.

Parents, be realistic with yourselves and your daughters about their skill level. Set proper expectations early. Sending them to a tryout with 140 players vying for 4-5 spots is tough.

I don't get this board. This person is telling you how the system works and the replies are a couple of snarky comments. This post is 100% spot on. These coaches have already done their HW on the girls that will be on the team. Of course they will miss a player that belongs from time to time, but I've been to enough tryouts to know that the selection process starts way before.

Agree it's a good and accurate post. Maybe the challenge is that there are dozens of pages on this topic going back a full year, so a lot of it is well understood.

The second aspect is that much of the prior dialogue verged into territory that was intended to troll or scare people that weren't "playing the game" or "working the room" for years in advance. It was more than a bit much. It was insiders-only, IYKYK stuff (not to be confused with IYKYK guy), that didn't provide any real information on how to position for the process and rubbed a lot of posters the wrong way. My two cents.

Plus with this much stress and stray voltage out there (for another 11 days or so), snark is easy; thinking and engagement are harder.

How has the NCAA ruling on paying athletes impacted, if at all, everyone’s approach to recruiting moving forward? Do you continue to invest the time and money into the process like previous classes?

It’s been reported by some with players in college that all rostered athletes will be paid now. This has the potential to impact non-revenue sport roster sizes because schools will not be ably to afford the big payouts to football and basketball and also to large non-revenue generating sports rosters. Several P5 schools have apparently already reported they will be cutting rosters by 30% to meet budgets.

If this does happen, rosters of 40+, which many women’s lacrosse teams have today, will be cut down into the low 30s. Across 128 D1 teams that may mean 1280 fewer roster spots moving forward. This will probably also mean more roster turnover each year as coaches will not be able to afford to keep and develop marginal players.

As you approach the recruiting years is this something people are taking into consideration when thinking about pursuing college lacrosse?

It'll be really dicey for schools to be cutting back on #s in women's sports. I'll believe it when I see it. Schools have been living on "expanding opportunities" as their prong for Title IX, not proportionality. If they start cutting that growth of rosters, etc. that goes away. And they're now clearly in violation. Guess we'll see.

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Anonymous wrote:There may be some second tier M&D or Hero’s girls trying out. Girls in the 13-20 range that can’t get playing time. Those girls are just as good if not better than what the DMV produces. Capital’s equal playing time is very attractive to someone that may only play a quarter or less currently.

Well, does anyone know if any showed up?

Be happy those players aren’t showing up as they’d all take spots away from your DD. The average Pride and Stars parents are celebrating this morning.

Other way around bro … be happy the best of Pride isn’t competing for Md teams or you’d be sweating thru your HUK shirts.

Maybe you should look a little closer at the Maryland practice fields over the past month

The 1/3 DBG may be on to something about stats but it’s for the top DMV players landing on MD teams. Worst kept secret.

I can’t make sense of this. Are top DMV players showing up at MD practices or not?

Yes

Even a DMV insider might struggle to put together a list of "top" players from the various DMV teams, so I am a bit skeptical of reports of top DMV players at MD practices. I suppose their could be some hedging of bets going on by certain players who are unsure of their standing with Capital. Over/under on a "top" player from a DMV team picking an MD team over Capital is 0.5.

While I think some of us probably believe we could actually put together a good list--I would agree that there is some hedging of bets and a few hoping to fill a niche. I would say that is the right over under for players who make Blue.

I think there and lots of very good players on the area teams, but picking the “top” ones would be difficult for me and I have watched many of these girls play for years. Capital will have to make the same assessment after a 4 hour tryout. This is why most people are so uncertain of what comes next. There are more than enough very good players to fill the top team, so some are not going to make it. Hedging bets is a good idea for pretty much everyone.

Between the multiple tryout clinics, private lessons and healthy ballers clc has a pretty good idea who the strong players are going into tryouts. The reality is they have a good idea on 70-80% of who they want on clc b.

This ^

Folks, the cycle rinses and repeats annually. Do you really believe Capital is going to pick a team based on a 3-4 hour tryout?

Capital knows most of the players who will make the Blue team long before the tryout. Maybe 4-5 spots are open for players who standout at the tryout. If you are not aware of the system and working it the odds are long.

Parents, be realistic with yourselves and your daughters about their skill level. Set proper expectations early. Sending them to a tryout with 140 players vying for 4-5 spots is tough.

I don't get this board. This person is telling you how the system works and the replies are a couple of snarky comments. This post is 100% spot on. These coaches have already done their HW on the girls that will be on the team. Of course they will miss a player that belongs from time to time, but I've been to enough tryouts to know that the selection process starts way before.

Agree it's a good and accurate post. Maybe the challenge is that there are dozens of pages on this topic going back a full year, so a lot of it is well understood.

The second aspect is that much of the prior dialogue verged into territory that was intended to troll or scare people that weren't "playing the game" or "working the room" for years in advance. It was more than a bit much. It was insiders-only, IYKYK stuff (not to be confused with IYKYK guy), that didn't provide any real information on how to position for the process and rubbed a lot of posters the wrong way. My two cents.

Plus with this much stress and stray voltage out there (for another 11 days or so), snark is easy; thinking and engagement are harder.

How has the NCAA ruling on paying athletes impacted, if at all, everyone’s approach to recruiting moving forward? Do you continue to invest the time and money into the process like previous classes?

It’s been reported by some with players in college that all rostered athletes will be paid now. This has the potential to impact non-revenue sport roster sizes because schools will not be ably to afford the big payouts to football and basketball and also to large non-revenue generating sports rosters. Several P5 schools have apparently already reported they will be cutting rosters by 30% to meet budgets.

If this does happen, rosters of 40+, which many women’s lacrosse teams have today, will be cut down into the low 30s. Across 128 D1 teams that may mean 1280 fewer roster spots moving forward. This will probably also mean more roster turnover each year as coaches will not be able to afford to keep and develop marginal players.

As you approach the recruiting years is this something people are taking into consideration when thinking about pursuing college lacrosse?

It'll be really dicey for schools to be cutting back on #s in women's sports. I'll believe it when I see it. Schools have been living on "expanding opportunities" as their prong for Title IX, not proportionality. If they start cutting that growth of rosters, etc. that goes away. And they're now clearly in violation. Guess we'll see.

If athletes are determined to be paid employees of the school I don’t know if Title IX will apply. I do think this will hurt the non-revenue mens sports harder than women. When it hits the mens sports it’s bound to hit the women’s side. Reduced rosters will be the reality moving forward and sadly some programs will fold under financial constraints.

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Anonymous wrote:There may be some second tier M&D or Hero’s girls trying out. Girls in the 13-20 range that can’t get playing time. Those girls are just as good if not better than what the DMV produces. Capital’s equal playing time is very attractive to someone that may only play a quarter or less currently.

Well, does anyone know if any showed up?

Be happy those players aren’t showing up as they’d all take spots away from your DD. The average Pride and Stars parents are celebrating this morning.

Other way around bro … be happy the best of Pride isn’t competing for Md teams or you’d be sweating thru your HUK shirts.

Maybe you should look a little closer at the Maryland practice fields over the past month

The 1/3 DBG may be on to something about stats but it’s for the top DMV players landing on MD teams. Worst kept secret.

I can’t make sense of this. Are top DMV players showing up at MD practices or not?

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Even a DMV insider might struggle to put together a list of "top" players from the various DMV teams, so I am a bit skeptical of reports of top DMV players at MD practices. I suppose their could be some hedging of bets going on by certain players who are unsure of their standing with Capital. Over/under on a "top" player from a DMV team picking an MD team over Capital is 0.5.

While I think some of us probably believe we could actually put together a good list--I would agree that there is some hedging of bets and a few hoping to fill a niche. I would say that is the right over under for players who make Blue.

I think there and lots of very good players on the area teams, but picking the “top” ones would be difficult for me and I have watched many of these girls play for years. Capital will have to make the same assessment after a 4 hour tryout. This is why most people are so uncertain of what comes next. There are more than enough very good players to fill the top team, so some are not going to make it. Hedging bets is a good idea for pretty much everyone.

Between the multiple tryout clinics, private lessons and healthy ballers clc has a pretty good idea who the strong players are going into tryouts. The reality is they have a good idea on 70-80% of who they want on clc b.

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Folks, the cycle rinses and repeats annually. Do you really believe Capital is going to pick a team based on a 3-4 hour tryout?

Capital knows most of the players who will make the Blue team long before the tryout. Maybe 4-5 spots are open for players who standout at the tryout. If you are not aware of the system and working it the odds are long.

Parents, be realistic with yourselves and your daughters about their skill level. Set proper expectations early. Sending them to a tryout with 140 players vying for 4-5 spots is tough.

I don't get this board. This person is telling you how the system works and the replies are a couple of snarky comments. This post is 100% spot on. These coaches have already done their HW on the girls that will be on the team. Of course they will miss a player that belongs from time to time, but I've been to enough tryouts to know that the selection process starts way before.

Agree it's a good and accurate post. Maybe the challenge is that there are dozens of pages on this topic going back a full year, so a lot of it is well understood.

The second aspect is that much of the prior dialogue verged into territory that was intended to troll or scare people that weren't "playing the game" or "working the room" for years in advance. It was more than a bit much. It was insiders-only, IYKYK stuff (not to be confused with IYKYK guy), that didn't provide any real information on how to position for the process and rubbed a lot of posters the wrong way. My two cents.

Plus with this much stress and stray voltage out there (for another 11 days or so), snark is easy; thinking and engagement are harder.

How has the NCAA ruling on paying athletes impacted, if at all, everyone’s approach to recruiting moving forward? Do you continue to invest the time and money into the process like previous classes?

It’s been reported by some with players in college that all rostered athletes will be paid now. This has the potential to impact non-revenue sport roster sizes because schools will not be ably to afford the big payouts to football and basketball and also to large non-revenue generating sports rosters. Several P5 schools have apparently already reported they will be cutting rosters by 30% to meet budgets.

If this does happen, rosters of 40+, which many women’s lacrosse teams have today, will be cut down into the low 30s. Across 128 D1 teams that may mean 1280 fewer roster spots moving forward. This will probably also mean more roster turnover each year as coaches will not be able to afford to keep and develop marginal players.

As you approach the recruiting years is this something people are taking into consideration when thinking about pursuing college lacrosse?

It'll be really dicey for schools to be cutting back on #s in women's sports. I'll believe it when I see it. Schools have been living on "expanding opportunities" as their prong for Title IX, not proportionality. If they start cutting that growth of rosters, etc. that goes away. And they're now clearly in violation. Guess we'll see.

If athletes are determined to be paid employees of the school I don’t know if Title IX will apply. I do think this will hurt the non-revenue mens sports harder than women. When it hits the mens sports it’s bound to hit the women’s side. Reduced rosters will be the reality moving forward and sadly some programs will fold under financial constraints.

The classes that may be impacted the most are the 24/25/26 classes. It would not be a great experience to be recruited and committed with the understanding the team will carry 40+ players on the roster only to learn a year or two later rosters will be significantly cut to accommodate the new NCAA payment rules. At least the 27 class and above will have time to adjust to the realty of much smaller rosters.

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Anonymous wrote:There may be some second tier M&D or Hero’s girls trying out. Girls in the 13-20 range that can’t get playing time. Those girls are just as good if not better than what the DMV produces. Capital’s equal playing time is very attractive to someone that may only play a quarter or less currently.

Well, does anyone know if any showed up?

Be happy those players aren’t showing up as they’d all take spots away from your DD. The average Pride and Stars parents are celebrating this morning.

Other way around bro … be happy the best of Pride isn’t competing for Md teams or you’d be sweating thru your HUK shirts.

Maybe you should look a little closer at the Maryland practice fields over the past month

The 1/3 DBG may be on to something about stats but it’s for the top DMV players landing on MD teams. Worst kept secret.

I can’t make sense of this. Are top DMV players showing up at MD practices or not?

Yes

Even a DMV insider might struggle to put together a list of "top" players from the various DMV teams, so I am a bit skeptical of reports of top DMV players at MD practices. I suppose their could be some hedging of bets going on by certain players who are unsure of their standing with Capital. Over/under on a "top" player from a DMV team picking an MD team over Capital is 0.5.

While I think some of us probably believe we could actually put together a good list--I would agree that there is some hedging of bets and a few hoping to fill a niche. I would say that is the right over under for players who make Blue.

I think there and lots of very good players on the area teams, but picking the “top” ones would be difficult for me and I have watched many of these girls play for years. Capital will have to make the same assessment after a 4 hour tryout. This is why most people are so uncertain of what comes next. There are more than enough very good players to fill the top team, so some are not going to make it. Hedging bets is a good idea for pretty much everyone.

Between the multiple tryout clinics, private lessons and healthy ballers clc has a pretty good idea who the strong players are going into tryouts. The reality is they have a good idea on 70-80% of who they want on clc b.

This ^

Folks, the cycle rinses and repeats annually. Do you really believe Capital is going to pick a team based on a 3-4 hour tryout?

Capital knows most of the players who will make the Blue team long before the tryout. Maybe 4-5 spots are open for players who standout at the tryout. If you are not aware of the system and working it the odds are long.

Parents, be realistic with yourselves and your daughters about their skill level. Set proper expectations early. Sending them to a tryout with 140 players vying for 4-5 spots is tough.

I don't get this board. This person is telling you how the system works and the replies are a couple of snarky comments. This post is 100% spot on. These coaches have already done their HW on the girls that will be on the team. Of course they will miss a player that belongs from time to time, but I've been to enough tryouts to know that the selection process starts way before.

Agree it's a good and accurate post. Maybe the challenge is that there are dozens of pages on this topic going back a full year, so a lot of it is well understood.

The second aspect is that much of the prior dialogue verged into territory that was intended to troll or scare people that weren't "playing the game" or "working the room" for years in advance. It was more than a bit much. It was insiders-only, IYKYK stuff (not to be confused with IYKYK guy), that didn't provide any real information on how to position for the process and rubbed a lot of posters the wrong way. My two cents.

Plus with this much stress and stray voltage out there (for another 11 days or so), snark is easy; thinking and engagement are harder.

How has the NCAA ruling on paying athletes impacted, if at all, everyone’s approach to recruiting moving forward? Do you continue to invest the time and money into the process like previous classes?

It’s been reported by some with players in college that all rostered athletes will be paid now. This has the potential to impact non-revenue sport roster sizes because schools will not be ably to afford the big payouts to football and basketball and also to large non-revenue generating sports rosters. Several P5 schools have apparently already reported they will be cutting rosters by 30% to meet budgets.

If this does happen, rosters of 40+, which many women’s lacrosse teams have today, will be cut down into the low 30s. Across 128 D1 teams that may mean 1280 fewer roster spots moving forward. This will probably also mean more roster turnover each year as coaches will not be able to afford to keep and develop marginal players.

As you approach the recruiting years is this something people are taking into consideration when thinking about pursuing college lacrosse?

It'll be really dicey for schools to be cutting back on #s in women's sports. I'll believe it when I see it. Schools have been living on "expanding opportunities" as their prong for Title IX, not proportionality. If they start cutting that growth of rosters, etc. that goes away. And they're now clearly in violation. Guess we'll see.

If athletes are determined to be paid employees of the school I don’t know if Title IX will apply. I do think this will hurt the non-revenue mens sports harder than women. When it hits the mens sports it’s bound to hit the women’s side. Reduced rosters will be the reality moving forward and sadly some programs will fold under financial constraints.

If they are ruled employees, they'll either be under Title IX (getting federal $$) or under employee laws. They will or would need to move football and basketball outside of the university. Which is possible, but not imminent as the NCAA is trying to string this out as long as possible. And stop the lawsuits, which is what taking away their prong 2 would initiate. 99% of people don't understand how Title IX has been working.

No one has any idea whether reduced women's rosters will be the reality moving forward. That's just one guess.