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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read it. I "managed to work in" that I made All-American at UVA. It was not in lacrosse. I pointed out to you that it was a running joke that half a dozen lax bros made All-America, which in that era was a pretty light accomplishment considering how sparse the sport was at the D1 level (and still is). Do you have any idea how hard it is to be one of the 2-3 best in America in a real sport like women's basketball or men's soccer, swimming, football, etc.? 300-400 programs in those sports.

This area has a lot of type A need machine parents and rich kids who want a tainted ride to the top fraught with mommy and daddy enablers to get them there. If your son's dream is to play lax at Monmouth or Cleveland State which at D1 or sit on the bench at UVA on a $1000 a year partial ride after you paid two hundred grand for a lacrosse prep school, then to each his own. [/quote]

Interesting response. So if someone chooses a real sport and gets real money, it is worth it? Is that the gist? I know plenty of people who did not make All-American or get real money for playing a sport in college. They played it because they thought it was worth the time and effort. Maybe that opportunity is the driver for many of the local lax wannabes. My son plays d3 lax and does so without any pretense of scholarship or All-American selection. He takes great pride in being on a good d3 team at a strong academic school. Prior poster's disdain for college lacrosse is not a relevant insight for most kids trying to get into a D1 program. The tone and snark indicate someone who finds the rising popularity of lax to be disturbing or even insulting. In truth, outside big time football and basketball, most college athletes will never get a monetary return on the investment of time or money in the sport. [/quote]

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