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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unpopular opinion. The amount of money wasted for reclassing for a sport like lacrosse is dumb. Going to a private school to enhance your chance to play D1 is also,
Equally, dumb. Generally, the value proposition for lacrosse isn’t there. The likelihood you will make a ROI by reclassing and going private is highly unlikely. Football, baseball, basketball has an argument. Lacrosse? No chance; no real nil dollars, no viable follow on league to go pro and actually pay bills. At best you get some d1 dollars toward tuition, if, you’re a stud. Save your money and your parents, do well in school, continue to play through college and at the end of 4 years get on with life. Anything else is a waste of time and money. [/quote]

If it helps you get into a college you would otherwise be rejected from, it’s worth it. Or at least that’s the calculus for most private school parents. Certainly not because lax is lucrative. Then again, it’s been a virtual pipeline from some D1 and D3 schools lax team programs to a high finance or consulting job. Which, like college itself, may be a dying ecosystem, but that’s always been the dominant logic behind the reclass, not making a living from actually playing the sport. [/quote]

I work in high finance and this pipeline idea is profoundly overstated. My clients' and therefore my livelihood is based on doing extremely complicated work extremely well, often under significant time pressure.

You may get a bit of a boost for an entry level job because of a connection, but we're always looking for outstanding junior resources so it's honestly not a huge benefit even there, and there are plenty of non-lacrosse avenues that are just as helpful. And absolutely no one is going to keep you around or promote you just because you played for the same lacrosse team or joined the same fraternity if you're not an exceptionally hardworking high-performer, let alone will you have any chance to become a partner or principal just because of that.

So even if there is an initial lacrosse boost, the people who are going to make don't really need the boost, and the ones who aren't going to make it aren't magically going to just because they have a boost. [/quote]

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