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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Growth of lacrosse last year was about 3% according to U.S. lacrosse. Not sure how reliable those stats are, but lacrosse is clearly not an emerging growth sport right now. There are non revenue NCAA sports for men and women which are much more favorable for scholarship money capacity than lacrosse. Tennis teams, soccer, swimming, volleyball and most others have constrained rosters versus the scholarship money. Looking at ratios, 12.6 in mens lacrosse over 45-75 players is the worst sport by far using that ratio as a measure.

If the argument is that lacrosse can get kids into selective colleges, that's a good point. But the economics of the sport (club fees, events travel, instructional or showcase events, prep school tuitions for many) versus the yield potential to play college if that is the be all end all...makes lacrosse players and parents look very stupid. But we already knew that. [/quote]

You must be a lot of fun at cocktail parties.  Aiming to play college lacrosse is the goal for many parents, but the reasons why differ.  Some parents are focused just on maximing playing time/on field success.  Some simply see lacrosse as a way to get into a school their child might not get into otherwise.  Some are just supporting the dream of their kid, no matter what the driving factor is.

As for a roster of 75 players, what are you smoking?  Even the service academies are nowhere near that number.  Navy has 56 on their roster, for example.  Most D1 schools are in the low 40s.

As for the growth rate, you neglect to mention that the 5 year growth rate for HS programs was 27.8%, and no other sport had a growth rate above 10%.  It's easier for lacrosse to show higher growth since it is a smaller base than a sport like baseball, but you know you are playing with stats.[/quote]

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