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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sweet, nice, kind, adorable 9 year old loves playing lacrosse.  We were recently at a tournament with his whole team and it is truly a great group of boys and parents.  I love how supportive and inclusive and kind these little guys are of/to each other.  My son loves the game and loves his team and is showing potential.

When I hear these stories about the "culture" of Lax players at highschools and colleges it just freaks me out.  I know all the boys who play lax, even the best players, can not all be bad, immoral a-holes.  Read any newspaper these days however and it really sounds like they are equivalent of the a$$hat football players of Hollywood movies from the 80s, a stereotype I thought had kind of been exposed, ridiculced and mostly excised.  Why is this "type" now showing up again but as the Lax players?

Even if I firmly believe that my son would be the exception, I wouldn't want him around other males with those attitudes, lack of morales, and sense of entitlement, regardless of how kind and  "grounded" he is/will be.  I would hate to tell him he can't play lacrosse anymore but if the sport really is dominated by such a cesspit of immorale jerks, I will.  Opinions?  Predictions?  Will it change due to all the bad press?  Are there any schools where the lax players are the "nice" boys, the real scholar-athletes?[/quote]

Most Lacrosse players are short guys that can't make the football team so a fringe sport like Lacrosse is the only game in town.  It's Mighty Mouse syndrome, little tough guys towel snapping each other in the locker room, calling each other "bro" and hoping for a nod of the head from one of the big, dreamy football players.[/quote]

u must be a dad?[/quote]

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