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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s not enough interest in lacrosse to support this many teams.  A lot of the lesser public schools (in lacrosse terms) are having trouble getting enough players to field a varsity and JV team.  On the private side a lot of the players would be cut from popular sports like basketball based on athleticism.  Part of the draw of lacrosse is that it is a fringe sport that a hardworking moderately athletic kid can successfully play.  As opposed to say soccer or basketball where you have to be pretty athletic to even make the team [/quote]

Wow!  If ever there was a misinformed opinion about lacrosse, this is it.  The athleticism required to play lacrosse is significant.  Can a moderately athletic kid successfully play?  Yes.  But that kid can also play soccer and basketball.  The successful lacrosse players are just as athletic as the successful soccer, basketball, and football players.

VLC having problems fielding youth teams isn't a function of not enough interest.  Admittedly, there is talent dilution in Northern Virginia.  But VLC's problem really came about by not understanding the evolving marketplace and resting on their previous excellent reputation.  They wanted everyone to "trust the process" and weren't responsive to parent (consumer) concerns.  And groups of parents had unrealistic expectations regarding performance as well.  Had VLC been proactive in addressing reasonable parent concerns and adapted, they would have been able to field highly successful and athletic teams at the youth age groups.  It remains to be seen if they can recover.

But the draw of lacrosse isn't that it is a fringe sport.  Check out ESPN, the PLL, and the college game broadcasts.  It is very much mainstream.  Not nearly the numbers of soccer.  But easily on par with hockey.[/quote]

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