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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you can find fault and find it hard to resist stereotyping virtually any sport....football being unintelligent meatheads, basketball platers being inner city super athletes, I could go on.

Having had two sons who both played lacrosse at the college level I can say that the majority of their friends were superb young men, very intelligent, great athletes, kind, giving, compassionate, very self directed and now all working and successful. Some of their teammates came from wealth and privilege but not all by any means. It is not fair to lump them....is it predominantly white? Yes I believe that to be the case but also feel it is changing and changing fast. My older son is working in the financial industry in California and works for non profit organization teaching inner city kids the game and he marvels at how many are taking to it, and has watched some go on become high school superstars who are of course going to be great college stars.

This is just the beginning so as much as you think you know what the stereotype is, it is changing right before our very eyes.[/quote]

I'm one that has a very negative perception of LAX players, but I agree with PP that who plays the sport is changing rapidly.  The question is: where will the rich, white privileged kids go when they're overtaken by better athletes?  Polo? :wink:[/quote]

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