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[quote=Anonymous]I think the impact of the later recruiting cycle has really made a difference in recruiting. Previously you saw girls committing at 14 and 15 years old. This was purely based on speculation. Coaches would see young athletes playing on the top club teams and would have to role the dice on how they thought they would progress. It was easier to hedge their bets based on historically good High School team and established clubs (Capital/Skywalkers/M&D et al.) Now that they have to wait till the athletes are going into their senior year a lot of the guess work is out of the game. They have now seen them over 3 years of club and high school. They do not need to rely on the recruiting directors opinions as much. That role has now been transformed into a facilitator role. So once again it will come down to GRADES and actual proven ability on the field. The funny thing is if you go back 15 years this is exactly how recruiting went, then there was a period of early recruiting and the pressure to grab the kids first, this created the "Money Grab" of club lacrosse. Most kids playing club lax these days are no where near "D1 of even top D3" level. It used to be you could play summer Req league for fun, now thats gone and you have to play travel, everyone then gets caught up in the recruiting hysteria and thats when parents feel they are missing out on something for their kids future. Way to much pressure on everyone involved.

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