Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would rather have a thread that complains about the crappy tournaments MH owns where he doesn't pay anyone to sit at the desk and keep score. They are the ghettoist!

NP here - just a tip in case you do this non anonymously as well.....you should find a different word to use when attempting to describe something as low budget

what is the preferred word? Typical DCUM, though, to wag a finger without providing an alternative.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would rather have a thread that complains about the crappy tournaments MH owns where he doesn't pay anyone to sit at the desk and keep score. They are the ghettoist!

NP here - just a tip in case you do this non anonymously as well.....you should find a different word to use when attempting to describe something as low budget

Screw u and your PC tip.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would rather have a thread that complains about the crappy tournaments MH owns where he doesn't pay anyone to sit at the desk and keep score. They are the ghettoist!

NP here - just a tip in case you do this non anonymously as well.....you should find a different word to use when attempting to describe something as low budget

Uh oh, word police on the prowl!

Anonymous wrote:I would rather have a thread that complains about the crappy tournaments MH owns where he doesn't pay anyone to sit at the desk and keep score. They are the ghettoist!

NP here - just a tip in case you do this non anonymously as well.....you should find a different word to use when attempting to describe something as low budget

So you think they do it as a public service? Money grab makes it sound like it's evil - it's straight capitalism. But, his strength in the market let's him or on crappy events.

By the way, the coaches and trainers get paid a pittance compared to what the organizers make.

And I'll complain on this site as much as I want, ye great defender of Lacrosse tournaments.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top of the Bay and STEPS also don't pay field marshalls to sit at the table. Guess those tournaments are ghetto too.

Yes, they suck too. I did the math once and depending on the tournament - they take in almost $1.0M for the multi site ones.

You guys are ridiculous. I am not in the tourney or club lax business, but I appreciate those who do run them. The notion that this is some massive "money grab" or "cash machine" for organizers is patently absurd. Say they did take in almost $1M gross, what was the cost to operate it? To rent the facilities, to hire the staff, referees ($80 per game each) to pay for local LE overtime, extra parking facilities, and on and on. If you think some nefarious tourney organizers are making a killing and intentionally providing sub-par services for summer lacrosse tournaments, you are kidding yourself. Please, please start your own lax business if you can do better for less. New entrants are welcome. Otherwise give it a rest.

And thanks to the coaches and trainers, who do this stuff for peanuts, and care about our kids.

Anonymous wrote:Top of the Bay and STEPS also don't pay field marshalls to sit at the table. Guess those tournaments are ghetto too.

Yes, they suck too. I did the math once and depending on the tournament - they take in almost $1.0M for the multi site ones.

Top of the Bay and STEPS also don't pay field marshalls to sit at the table. Guess those tournaments are ghetto too.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one "invited" PVI. Any team can join. Also SJC girls has 2 teams participating at the St. James.

This is from the events website “Coaches from IAAM, WCAC, ISL are invited and will be attending” . Now please tell me again how there is no invitation. I can assure you the invite only went to one other WCAC school last year which was PVI.

Thanks. It also says this:

Currently: McDonogh School, Good Counsel, Archbishop Spalding, The Potomac School, John Carroll, St. Mary's School, Roland Park, Garrison Forest, Bishop Ireton, Paul the VI (VA), Elizabeth Seton...and more!

That's 5 WCAC schools that had either shown interest or more likely committed to attending. In addition to "competition" from up North.

There also was no WCAC logo anywhere on the now 2nd link. As this crazy thread is now number 1.

But college-mom-only now can assure us that other schools weren't invited and they're lying. All the other schools whose names were being used didn't catch it because that's the type of thing only alumni mom supersleuths can do. And of course they removed the WCAC logo by now. Because it goes against an imaginary logo rule that might get passed if enough people are outraged. This is the good stuff.

That link sends you to this year 2025 last years event for the WCAC was only OLGC “his event” and PVI “invited” again there were no other WCAC schools were invited. Potomac is also in the ISL and is irrelevant to this conversation. Follow the instagram the logo is everywhere.

Update. I emailed 3 of the coaches, and two of them (not PVI) have gotten back that they received invites last year. Haven't heard yet from the 3rd.

At least we can check that off the list of potential problems. Not everything, of course.

Anonymous wrote:I would rather have a thread that complains about the crappy tournaments MH owns where he doesn't pay anyone to sit at the desk and keep score. They are the ghettoist!

Parking is always fun at Genesis. BUT he does have the best port a pots I've seen at tournaments, I'll give him that!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one "invited" PVI. Any team can join. Also SJC girls has 2 teams participating at the St. James.

This is from the events website “Coaches from IAAM, WCAC, ISL are invited and will be attending” . Now please tell me again how there is no invitation. I can assure you the invite only went to one other WCAC school last year which was PVI.

Thanks. It also says this:

Currently: McDonogh School, Good Counsel, Archbishop Spalding, The Potomac School, John Carroll, St. Mary's School, Roland Park, Garrison Forest, Bishop Ireton, Paul the VI (VA), Elizabeth Seton...and more!

That's 5 WCAC schools that had either shown interest or more likely committed to attending. In addition to "competition" from up North.

There also was no WCAC logo anywhere on the now 2nd link. As this crazy thread is now number 1.

But college-mom-only now can assure us that other schools weren't invited and they're lying. All the other schools whose names were being used didn't catch it because that's the type of thing only alumni mom supersleuths can do. And of course they removed the WCAC logo by now. Because it goes against an imaginary logo rule that might get passed if enough people are outraged. This is the good stuff.

That link sends you to this year 2025 last years event for the WCAC was only OLGC “his event” and PVI “invited” again there were no other WCAC schools were invited. Potomac is also in the ISL and is irrelevant to this conversation. Follow the instagram the logo is everywhere.

I would rather have a thread that complains about the crappy tournaments MH owns where he doesn't pay anyone to sit at the desk and keep score. They are the ghettoist!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one "invited" PVI. Any team can join. Also SJC girls has 2 teams participating at the St. James.

This is from the events website “Coaches from IAAM, WCAC, ISL are invited and will be attending” . Now please tell me again how there is no invitation. I can assure you the invite only went to one other WCAC school last year which was PVI.

Thanks. It also says this:

Currently: McDonogh School, Good Counsel, Archbishop Spalding, The Potomac School, John Carroll, St. Mary's School, Roland Park, Garrison Forest, Bishop Ireton, Paul the VI (VA), Elizabeth Seton...and more!

That's 5 WCAC schools that had either shown interest or more likely committed to attending. In addition to "competition" from up North.

There also was no WCAC logo anywhere on the now 2nd link. As this crazy thread is now number 1.

But college-mom-only now can assure us that other schools weren't invited and they're lying. All the other schools whose names were being used didn't catch it because that's the type of thing only alumni mom supersleuths can do. And of course they removed the WCAC logo by now. Because it goes against an imaginary logo rule that might get passed if enough people are outraged. This is the good stuff.

Anonymous wrote:No one "invited" PVI. Any team can join. Also SJC girls has 2 teams participating at the St. James.

This is from the events website “Coaches from IAAM, WCAC, ISL are invited and will be attending” . Now please tell me again how there is no invitation. I can assure you the invite only went to one other WCAC school last year which was PVI.

I have given you all you need to look it up yourself. But I’ll make it easier for you put thinklax middle school recruiting wcac in google the first thing that shows up is your answer.