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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Are we talking "grow the game" stuff or "create a highly competitive club program"?

The original point was whether lacrosse is growing or not, and if rec programs can continue to exist. People keep referencing competition of club teams. That doesn't grow the game, that's competition for the kids who already play.

Winners lacrosse is the grassroots program in DC trying to get kids to play. Rec programs outside of DC are trying to get kids to play. Club teams are trying to make money off of that.[/quote]

Winners was a good idea but it has been dying a slow death for several years for all the reasons listed by pp above. Lacrosse numbers are down because the people who are trying to grow the game are turned off quickly by the obstacles placed in front of them by lack of fields and government field bureaucracy in cities. It is a real problem and is really evident in DC and in Montgomery County. There is little to no help to grow the game so the rec and development wannabes have to turn to profit very quickly to survive or they just get out (see Matt Breslin's exit to BLC).

If you know someone looking to grow the game, their number one priority should be to find and lock down field space and beg the local government to get behind them. Howard Lacrosse Club might be the best local example of a public private partnership with a great rec and club program. [/quote]

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