[Lax]: SU @ CU

[peterg]

Lacrosse has been certified as a high school varsity sport in Florida and the number of teams there is growing.  It is big and growing in Colorado and I recently saw a discussion on the LaxPower forum about a team from San Diego defeating a Maryland team during a trip east.  The sport is growing very rapidly and if you look at the rosters for just about any major program you'll see players from places that have never been considered "hotbeds" for lacrosse before.

[billhoward]

[Q]peterg Wrote:

 Lacrosse has been certified as a high school varsity sport in Florida and the number of teams there is growing.  It is big and growing in Colorado and I recently saw a discussion on the LaxPower forum about a team from San Diego defeating a Maryland team during a trip east.  The sport is growing very rapidly and if you look at the rosters for just about any major program you'll see players from places that have never been considered "hotbeds" for lacrosse before.[/q]

OMG - imagine what happens if Miami (Fla) picks up lacrosse. So much for the genteel sport played by young gentlemen from the Maryland suburbs and Long Island. To paraphrase Sports Illustrated, the Hurricanes' team photo is taken from the front and both sides.

More seriously, as the sport grows, the degree of violence could also grow among those who think of lacrosse as spring football, plus sticks. Violence is ruining my appreciation of hockey even as it fans its broader appeal. It becomes a sport of gladiators and something I wouldn't want my kids playing as the get into and certainly not beyond high school.