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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there opportunity for lacrosse to become more diverse?  Absolutely.

However the solution to this problem...   Similar to what started 20+ years ago with soccer, it needs to happen at the grass roots/ rec level.  USA Lacrosse needs to lead this and they are doing a horrible job.

By the time kids get to the A level club or high school level, its about a combination of refined lax skills and athleticism. Throwing shade at college coaches for the diversity of their roster is patently absurd.   Any coach is going to recruit the best potential players.  [/quote]

My child attends a diverse school and she hears from kids that lacrosse is a "white sport". This idea definitely hampers kids in school even if they are interested from trying out. There is rec level play in the DMV area that is not that expense and provides financial help but if parents and kids feel that way then it's going to be hard to get more kids interested. [/quote]

For the top 4 ISL girls lax programs, how many AA players have their been in the past few years? BI hasn't had 1. SSSAS has had 2. SR has had 1 and Visi has 0 (I think). Is this on the lax programs at those schools or the schools themselves? Or maybe its just those that could afford the schools? Or maybe just maybe its the people who chose not to apply at all and not because of lax but because of the school itself. Theres a bigger issue here folks and its not sports related and its also not based on race but more likely straight up economics.[/quote]

Um, my child attends a public school. You realize they have lacrosse teams at public high schools right? Even if the team isn't the most competitive ever, the teams still exist and play games against other teams.  
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With the crazy MD public school regional seedings, there was a PG County team that couldn't field a full starting roster make it to the 2nd RD of the playoffs.

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