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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At a tourney this weekend in Aberdeen. The Nike event. My son is a 22, but I watched the DMV 23 team. Heard it was a ton of DC Dogs on the team, so wandered over to watch them. Honest to god, they look like they should be playing in the 21 division. Oldest looking group of “sophomores” I have ever seen. It is so over the top they can’t even hide it.

Does anyone know the percentage of holdbacks or Mater Dei alums on that team? [/quote]

About 70% of those kids are held back one year. 2 of them are held back 2 years. [/quote]

Can you imagine holding back your child for athletics and your child still is just sort of ok. Like not great, but decent. That would be a fun dinner conversation..."Dad, I am a 19 year old Senior and I have committed to play lacrosse at Lafayette...awesome..."[/quote]

You mean Lafayette College, the incredibly well respected academic institution? [/quote]

Yes, I do. Cause we are talking about lacrosse not academics. Pretty sure nobody is thinking "I will hold my kid back, pay an extra year of private school...so his grades get good enough to get into Lafayette and happen to be good enough to play lacrosse."[/quote]

Not to get too side-tracked about Lafayette because that obviously was a random example, but it shows the cluelessness of certain people on the board.  LaFayette is a Division 1 program, and anybody who makes the varsity at ANY Division 1 program (or Division 2 or 3 for that matter) is an extremely elite player relative to their peers in HS and youth lacrosse.   Nobody who is "just sort of ok" at lacrosse, holdback or not, would get anywhere near the roster at a division 1 program.      [/quote]

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