Based on what you know, would you let your son or daughter play in a lacrosse game?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they wear masks.

Girls are a lot more vulnerable than boys. My concern is primarily the airborne nature of the virus. The helmets the boys wear will at least provide some air disruption around their faces. Running hard / breathing hard will increase the chance of the spread of the virus from asymptomatic players. This will occur quite easily because there is a lot of close play in lax as we all know and observe at every practice and game.

Even though kids on the teams are usually outstanding athletes and in great health condition, so the virus is not quite as deadly dangerous to them, there are players with unknown underlying health conditions. It would be heartbreaking if practicing or playing in a game caused them to catch the virus and die.

This is really speculative. There is not evidence that a boys helmet would lead to any increase or decrease in spreading the virus. So many people just invent things. It is not even common sense. Next you will claim boys are less vulnerable because they have a 6' stick and can defend at a safe social distance. The real question will be if parents like you will let your kids play when the tournaments resume. It may not be June but they will resume this summer. It is easy for posters to state what they think should happen now as it does not matter when there is not yet a choice to be made. What will you do when the tournament is on and you have to decide? If you evaluate risk based on numbers, the cases where a patient died under the age of 25 of the virus compared to dying of sports related concussion complications, unknown cardiac issues, car crash in route to the tournament, food poisoning, ect provide what I feel is a tolerable level of risk. Each will have to make decisions based on individual beliefs. I suggest telling grandma and grandpa to stay home. No open food table and tent. Schedule makers need to spread things out. Coaches and kids keep the gear bags separated. Some company will quickly develop a safer water bottle. It will not be perfect but it will be the future. We now all take our shoes off before getting on a plane. Some parents will opt out. Some girls wear helmets.

[Anonymous]

Girls helmets (ex. goalie) don't have anything to disrupt air around the nose or mouth. ON the other hand, bars won't actually do anything to help.

But, your long pole theory is intriguing. Would love to see a game (girls or boys) with 20/22 poles and 2 goalies.

[Anonymous]

What are you babbling about. Teams often quarantine kids from the rest of the team when they are sick. A friend's daughter was quarantined for mono. It's part of their protocol. It's no different than last year. Navy cancelled a game due to too many sick players. Teams don't need the whole team ill.

I didn't pay for the hotel if you think I'm complaining about that.

You are a flat out liar. Navy cancelled a game but didn't cancel for a month nor did they quarantine those players for a month. And schools don't pay for hotels for sick kids on the team. Please stop posting.

[Anonymous]

Yes, will absolutely allow lacrosse playing grade school son to practice and play in games and tournaments with pot luck tables. No, we won't be bringing our nursing home, meaning in very poor condition grandparents, to the games but will allow our healthy grandparents to make those decisions for themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

What are you babbling about. Teams often quarantine kids from the rest of the team when they are sick. A friend's daughter was quarantined for mono. It's part of their protocol. It's no different than last year. Navy cancelled a game due to too many sick players. Teams don't need the whole team ill.

I didn't pay for the hotel if you think I'm complaining about that.

You are a flat out liar. Navy cancelled a game but didn't cancel for a month nor did they quarantine those players for a month. And schools don't pay for hotels for sick kids on the team. Please stop posting.

I didn't say Navy quarantined for a month but maybe they should have moved sick kids away from healthy kids .... yes, they do pay for hotels to quarantine.

[Anonymous]

Navy cancelled a game due to too many sick players.

Umm, Navy played a game a week later.

[Anonymous]

+1, data does not support those playing in or generally attending lacrosse events are at high risk of severe illness from COVID. will players and attendees get the virus, maybe. based on data to date will these be severe cases, most likely not. building up immune systems is not a bad thing. should those who are older and have underlying health conditions stay home, yes. should those who attend the lacrosse events be responsible when returning home about who and how they interact, yes. do the data support shutting down youth sports, no. should life go on, yes just with some added precautions that make everyone comfortable. people need to make their own decisions about the risks and act responsibly. if you and your son/daughter choose not to attend that is understandable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Girls helmets (ex. goalie) don't have anything to disrupt air around the nose or mouth. ON the other hand, bars won't actually do anything to help.

But, your long pole theory is intriguing. Would love to see a game (girls or boys) with 20/22 poles and 2 goalies.

Every game I have ever watched had two goalies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they wear masks.

Girls are a lot more vulnerable than boys. My concern is primarily the airborne nature of the virus. The helmets the boys wear will at least provide some air disruption around their faces. Running hard / breathing hard will increase the chance of the spread of the virus from asymptomatic players. This will occur quite easily because there is a lot of close play in lax as we all know and observe at every practice and game.

Even though kids on the teams are usually outstanding athletes and in great health condition, so the virus is not quite as deadly dangerous to them, there are players with unknown underlying health conditions. It would be heartbreaking if practicing or playing in a game caused them to catch the virus and die.

This is really speculative. There is not evidence that a boys helmet would lead to any increase or decrease in spreading the virus. So many people just invent things. It is not even common sense. Next you will claim boys are less vulnerable because they have a 6' stick and can defend at a safe social distance. The real question will be if parents like you will let your kids play when the tournaments resume. It may not be June but they will resume this summer. It is easy for posters to state what they think should happen now as it does not matter when there is not yet a choice to be made. What will you do when the tournament is on and you have to decide? If you evaluate risk based on numbers, the cases where a patient died under the age of 25 of the virus compared to dying of sports related concussion complications, unknown cardiac issues, car crash in route to the tournament, food poisoning, ect provide what I feel is a tolerable level of risk. Each will have to make decisions based on individual beliefs. I suggest telling grandma and grandpa to stay home. No open food table and tent. Schedule makers need to spread things out. Coaches and kids keep the gear bags separated. Some company will quickly develop a safer water bottle. It will not be perfect but it will be the future. We now all take our shoes off before getting on a plane. Some parents will opt out. Some girls wear helmets.

Honey, you need to take a chill pill or tell your mom that you forgot to take your ADHD meds this morning. Go back and reread the post. You've taken one sentence and projectile vomited all over the rest of us.

Learn how to develop an argument. Learn how paragraphs can be your friend. Learn how to effectively rebut points.

That is all.

[Anonymous]

actually don't care if kids play lacrosse but if you reasoning is because they don't touch each other it's a dense reason. They will hug, they will share drinks, they will share food, they will sit with each other between games and on the sidelines.

They can be told not to do that FFS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What are you babbling about. Teams often quarantine kids from the rest of the team when they are sick. A friend's daughter was quarantined for mono. It's part of their protocol. It's no different than last year. Navy cancelled a game due to too many sick players. Teams don't need the whole team ill.

I didn't pay for the hotel if you think I'm complaining about that.

You are a flat out liar. Navy cancelled a game but didn't cancel for a month nor did they quarantine those players for a month. And schools don't pay for hotels for sick kids on the team. Please stop posting.

I didn't say Navy quarantined for a month but maybe they should have moved sick kids away from healthy kids .... yes, they do pay for hotels to quarantine.

Can you provide a link to verify an instance of this? I know MD had a problem with mold and they moved students into a hotel but I'm not aware of athletes getting quarantined/isolated at university expense.

[Anonymous]

And this is when you know the thread has gone dead. The dumb as f--- posters can no longer justify their brain dead positions.

[Anonymous]

No, my kids will not play. They are doing hill sprints instead and challenging themselves with trying one handed pushups, etc. Simple risk-reward equation. Kids are adaptable as are adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, my kids will not play. They are doing hill sprints instead and challenging themselves with trying one handed pushups, etc. Simple risk-reward equation. Kids are adaptable as are adults.

Good luck with that. The future college players will be on display this summer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Girls helmets (ex. goalie) don't have anything to disrupt air around the nose or mouth. ON the other hand, bars won't actually do anything to help.

But, your long pole theory is intriguing. Would love to see a game (girls or boys) with 20/22 poles and 2 goalies.

Every game I have ever watched had two goalies

That’s the point. Goalies in each crease and everyone else with long poles.