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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about just unify the game and remove the difference between the two sports that only share a name and a size/weight of the ball?  I've been around girls lacrosse for a long time and I think many players would much rather play the same game as the guys.  The US Women's Hockey team showed that women can absolutely play a physical game just like the guys.  I don't know about you but violations like "shooting space" which are there for safety are counter to what kids learn in EVERY other sport.  In every other sport where there is a ball and a goal you are taught to put yourself between the ball and the goal/net.  Shooting space breaks that quickly and rightly so because girls are unprotected.  The 8 meter shot is such a gift that teams actually run plays with no intention to shoot but just to draw the shooting space violation.  Other rules that are there to protect the player could be done away with altogether.  If you've seen the study [url]https://injepijournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40621-015-0045-4[/url] you can see that womens lacrosse is the #2 sport in terms of concussions (behind football), however the incidence for goalies is the lowest.  At the same time the incidence for goalies in soccer are the highest amongst soccer teams.  It's only been a few years since they stopped penalizing a goalie for shooting space violations when they are fully padded up.  Is there a reason why girls and guys can't play the exact same game?  I am actually surprised that this hasn't become a politicized issue.

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[/quote] You make some good points - back the day it was explained to me that the rules protected the women in lacrosse, helmets/pads protected the men. And yes, the safe shooting space rule is so messed up compared to other sports - maybe they should make the goal smaller because of all the advantage it gives the shooter. I expect you'll hear the roar of complaints that parents don't want their kids to play w/ helmets, equiptment, etc but it appears that rules are no longer protecting them and the game needs to evolve.[/quote]

Agree completely.  It's time for the game to evolve to protect our girls.[/quote]

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