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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There has been almost no growth in lacrosse over 20 years. Some states have grown while others have shrunk. The % of players from the NE has essentially gone unchanged. The fall of MLL led to the rise of the PLL. The article tries to spin growth but it's flat.

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/the-geography-of-men-s-di-lacrosse-growth-in-georgia-colorado-michigan-and-more/56369[/quote]

Tell me you don't know how statistics and demographics without telling me you don't know how statistics and demographics work.[/quote]

As usual on dcum, a refute without backing. How about this one: https://projectplay.org/state-of-play-2023/participation
Lacrosse has the highest churn rate of 54%. That's kids quitting the sport each year. 
The participation rate is flat.
Core participation was down 20% over covid to 2022 and has not recovered. To contrast, football was down 13% over the same time and has recovered 7% of that.

One thing that would absolutely help would be for the core principles of the House Settlement to be enacted. More scholarships at more schools would provide for more communities to try the sport in hopes of landing a scholarship. [/quote]

Gotta love a good counterpunch to a d-bag buffoonish comment, especially one about data with data. Well played.[/quote]

Agreed[/quote]

Why should I go search the internet when PP's "date" is relevant to PP's position...remember PP's position is DMV clubs are ruining DMV rec. Maybe the case but what has been presented doesn't support that position.[/quote]

Don't have a dog in this fight, but if DMV clubs are instructing their players not to play rec, I think it is safe to assume that is not helping rec with numbers and most likely diminishing the quality of rec play.

When the quality and/or quantity of rec play goes down, there is less opportunity for development for kids of families that can't or don't want to commit to a club team.

It's a viscous cycle, because as the quality of rec play goes down, club coaches are even more adamant about their kids not playing because it can teach them bad habits.

All that said, I'm not convinced that the quality of DMV lacrosse has gone down because rec is being diminished. It could be a small factor, but as others have said, lax is getting stronger in other parts of the country, and sometimes it just comes down to one or two superstars and certain kids being aligned on the same team to reach that high ranking.

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