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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anonymous wrote:
I like lacrosse -- it's a great game and it's wonderful that it is growing as a sport (for both boys and girls) nationwide. But let's just say that the only sports in which the best athletes are 5'10" white guys are sports in which the only athletes are the 5'10" white guys.

Let's just say that those who throw around racial stereotypes and are obsessed with size are likely to be undersized and insecure. Those who think someone whould pick a sport based on the remote possibility of being a professional one day are likely not athletic and surely just don't get it.

Athletes play for the love of the game and commitment to a team -- LAX and other team sports make kids into winners long after their playing days are over

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-22/wall-streets-lacrosse-mafia

Many of my lacrosse friends were cut from the football team; they didn't meet the athletic muster, and some  were able to make it in lacrosse and become winners and lovers of this sport. 
 
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That's a good thing, not a bad thing.  Lacrosse and football are very different sports.  Some who can't play football play lax, but many who play football couldn't play lax.  I was not a laxer (not offered in my high school) but would love my kids to play it.  Though substance abuse is a problem in the sport, it also seems to be a sport full of boys (and girls) who are attractive and successful in many areas of life.  The fact that average-size white guys can play it is a good thing.  I do worry that with growth of the sport, bigger and stronger football type athletes will take over, however.[/quote]

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