NY vs Louisiana football recruiting, question is answered by ESPNU

yesterday a poster wondered why New York with its large population, is not able to produce football players like Louisiana does. I just put on ESPNU to get ready to record the OVC semifinals basketball game coming on and there was a lacrosse game in progress featuring Syracuse. The analyst told a story about how Syracuse coach encourages CREATIVITY. That's nuance. They play nuanced lacrosse. Syracuse is a city in northern NY. It happens also that immediately north of Syracuse is a enormous Iroquois reservation. the Iroquois were interested in lacrosse when Euros first arrived, and it is still played as a serious warrior game by them. So... Syracuse is a power in lacrosse as interest in the game started there.
Just another edge to the NY football question.
They play football. But they also play lacrosse, hockey, and baseball and basketball and they are more into basketball and baseball in NYC and Long Island than they are further north, where lacrosse and hockey are stronger although lacrosse has become a yuppie game on Long Island because its a possible ticket to acceptance at a premier east coast college.
b]They are into other things in NY.[/b] that's the simple answer.
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