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Anonymous wrote:Is there opportunity for lacrosse to become more diverse? Absolutely.

However the solution to this problem... Similar to what started 20+ years ago with soccer, it needs to happen at the grass roots/ rec level. USA Lacrosse needs to lead this and they are doing a horrible job.

By the time kids get to the A level club or high school level, its about a combination of refined lax skills and athleticism. Throwing shade at college coaches for the diversity of their roster is patently absurd. Any coach is going to recruit the best potential players.

My child attends a diverse school and she hears from kids that lacrosse is a "white sport". This idea definitely hampers kids in school even if they are interested from trying out. There is rec level play in the DMV area that is not that expense and provides financial help but if parents and kids feel that way then it's going to be hard to get more kids interested.

For the top 4 ISL girls lax programs, how many AA players have their been in the past few years? BI hasn't had 1. SSSAS has had 2. SR has had 1 and Visi has 0 (I think). Is this on the lax programs at those schools or the schools themselves? Or maybe its just those that could afford the schools? Or maybe just maybe its the people who chose not to apply at all and not because of lax but because of the school itself. Theres a bigger issue here folks and its not sports related and its also not based on race but more likely straight up economics.

Um, my child attends a public school. You realize they have lacrosse teams at public high schools right? Even if the team isn't the most competitive ever, the teams still exist and play games against other teams.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there opportunity for lacrosse to become more diverse? Absolutely.

However the solution to this problem... Similar to what started 20+ years ago with soccer, it needs to happen at the grass roots/ rec level. USA Lacrosse needs to lead this and they are doing a horrible job.

By the time kids get to the A level club or high school level, its about a combination of refined lax skills and athleticism. Throwing shade at college coaches for the diversity of their roster is patently absurd. Any coach is going to recruit the best potential players.

My child attends a diverse school and she hears from kids that lacrosse is a "white sport". This idea definitely hampers kids in school even if they are interested from trying out. There is rec level play in the DMV area that is not that expense and provides financial help but if parents and kids feel that way then it's going to be hard to get more kids interested.

For the top 4 ISL girls lax programs, how many AA players have their been in the past few years? BI hasn't had 1. SSSAS has had 2. SR has had 1 and Visi has 0 (I think). Is this on the lax programs at those schools or the schools themselves? Or maybe its just those that could afford the schools? Or maybe just maybe its the people who chose not to apply at all and not because of lax but because of the school itself. Theres a bigger issue here folks and its not sports related and its also not based on race but more likely straight up economics.

Anonymous wrote:Last time I looked there was no professional lacrosse teams.
There is no money in being a lacrosse player.

In many neighborhoods AA males want to play football and basketball. They start playing league sports at young ages.

Many kids have never heard of lacrosse. There are no white kids playing lacrosse in Montana.

Lacrosse is a regional sport.

Anonymous wrote:Last time I looked there was no professional lacrosse teams.
There is no money in being a lacrosse player.

In many neighborhoods AA males want to play football and basketball. They start playing league sports at young ages.

Many kids have never heard of lacrosse. There are no white kids playing lacrosse in Montana.

Lacrosse is a regional sport.

Anonymous wrote:Arguably the best fogo to ever play the position was AA at Denver and now plays for Team USA. He earned his positions by being the best. Not quotas or anything else. This generation of participation trophies and woke-ism is killing athletics. Have your child go out for a sport they love whatever it is, but like anything else in life, if you want to be good at it, spend the time perfecting your craft and don't count on 'but i try really hard' or 'its not fair'. This does not teach our kids anything positive at all. Hard work does but even more so, bouncing back does even better.

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Anonymous wrote:Do people vote with their feet about football and basketball? You bet. My 8th grade son plays lacrosse, football, and basketball, and is passionate about all three, and he is focusing his efforts on lacrosse as his sport for high school and maybe college. Why? Because he fits the demographic of the lacrosse team at his school better than football and basketball, and feels more accepted by the lacrosse teammates and coaches. It’s a free country and people are allowed to make choices.

Your son plays lacrosse because he fits the demographic better? Interesting.

Klu Klux Lacrosse

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Anonymous wrote:^^^ No, its only not germane because its inconvenient to your argument. At least be honest and stop hiding behind the labels. Again, if you want to really address this, vote with your feet and your wallets. Encourage youth programming. Donate to programs catering to develop kids from those areas. But dont for a second presume to think that WaPo is doing anything other than fanning flames. We all just want the kids to have a season without covid restrictions and stirring up all this when there may or may not be an issue between the girl mentioned and her club team is just that a private matter. But implying we need quotas is ridiculous and smacks of the 'its not fair' arguments we all deal with our kids on. If you don't like lax, its an option nothing more. Think it needs to change, fix it. But just understand your fix isnt everyone's and facts are often in the eyes of the beholder.

Are you doing those things with basketball and football.

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Anonymous wrote:Do people vote with their feet about football and basketball? You bet. My 8th grade son plays lacrosse, football, and basketball, and is passionate about all three, and he is focusing his efforts on lacrosse as his sport for high school and maybe college. Why? Because he fits the demographic of the lacrosse team at his school better than football and basketball, and feels more accepted by the lacrosse teammates and coaches. It’s a free country and people are allowed to make choices.

Your son plays lacrosse because he fits the demographic better? Interesting.

Anonymous wrote:Be careful.
Woke administrators at St. John’s will cancel you.

Anonymous wrote:Do people vote with their feet about football and basketball? You bet. My 8th grade son plays lacrosse, football, and basketball, and is passionate about all three, and he is focusing his efforts on lacrosse as his sport for high school and maybe college. Why? Because he fits the demographic of the lacrosse team at his school better than football and basketball, and feels more accepted by the lacrosse teammates and coaches. It’s a free country and people are allowed to make choices.

Anonymous wrote:^^^ No, its only not germane because its inconvenient to your argument. At least be honest and stop hiding behind the labels. Again, if you want to really address this, vote with your feet and your wallets. Encourage youth programming. Donate to programs catering to develop kids from those areas. But dont for a second presume to think that WaPo is doing anything other than fanning flames. We all just want the kids to have a season without covid restrictions and stirring up all this when there may or may not be an issue between the girl mentioned and her club team is just that a private matter. But implying we need quotas is ridiculous and smacks of the 'its not fair' arguments we all deal with our kids on. If you don't like lax, its an option nothing more. Think it needs to change, fix it. But just understand your fix isnt everyone's and facts are often in the eyes of the beholder.