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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just read that St. Albans just had a rising junior commit to Yale. Looks like STA till can produce strong players who have the grades to get into top notch schools. Not sure I can say the same about the rest of the teams in the IAC. [/quote]

There are sometimes lots of non-sports reasons for these commit arrangements. The kid is also a legacy and that is a pretty powerful input along with being a strong student of course to make it happen. He didn't even play as a sophomore. [/quote]

In most worlds, but not in the DMV it appears, a young man getting into a top college like Yale would be the subject of much applause and kudos. Instead, the miserable poster above tries to undermine the kid's accomplishment by throwing the legacy card and saying he didn't play as a sophomore. Amazingly petty and wholly unnecessary in my view. The fact is that Yale and the other Ivy League lax programs have +/- 10 spots in every class that are open for commitments. To get a spot in the recruiting class at Yale, the player needs to be one of the top players in the country [u]and[/u] a very accomplished student. The legacy status does not factor into the mix based upon my experience. If the player could get in on his grades and his legacy status, the coach would not need to use a "spot" for him and he could just walk on. Not the case here. Yale made a commitment to this young man because the program wants him as a player and a student.

Seriously folks, try to fight the urge to make yourselves feel better about the lacrosse recruiting process by urinating on someone else's good fortune. The process is hard and taxing on the athlete and his/her family. Knowing that there are critics looking to minimize the accomplishment is one reason why lacrosse gets a bad reputation for the quality of the parents involved. It just doesn't have to be that way. Every kid from the DMV that gets a chance to play D1 lacrosse is opening doors (hopefully) for other players to get a look. Celebrate the successes and keep the vitriolic BS to yourself.  [/quote]

Then tell the pp who decided to insult all the other IAC schools that there are other good students and athletes in the DMV besides St Albans[/quote]

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