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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like a lot of people on this thread don't have a 15 year old. For a 15 year old who has committed to playing a sport like lacrosse, it is probably his/her whole world. I would get a second, more detailed opinion that just "no more sports". If it is verified by a second doctor, I would enforce quitting high contact sports, but I'd also be ready for a depressed kid who might act out.[/quote]

Without the injury, he had at best two more years of lacrosse, unless he's talented enough for another few years at college. At 18, and high school graduation, his commitment would probably have gone to zero. By 25, how many of his team are going to be playing lacrosse on a weekly basis? Not many. Lots of kids are quitting sports at this age, particularly in high schools where you have to make varsity or junior varsity to keep playing, which is a small percentage of kids at high schools with 2000+ students.

Find out what the other kids who didn't make the cut are doing. He could write a college essay about how he pivoted from lacrosse to drama/band/robotics/coding/service/cross country/writing/video production or whatever when he faced an unexpected challenge.

Sorry if this sounds harsh, but lacrosse wasn't even a thing at my high school. [/quote]

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