Support for LSU Mens Lacrosse

Never quite understood why lacrosse does not catch on in the south....It's truly an American sport, you get to run with a stick and hit people with said stick

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Never quite understood why lacrosse does not catch on in the south....It's truly an American sport, you get to run with a stick and hit people with said stick

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You'd be surprised at the growth that is occurring

The beauty of the growth of the game is that equipment is becoming cheaper to buy due to more being made & at a much better quality + efficiency in recent years. For nearly 30 years the barrier to entry was the cost of the equipment but now that cost burden is much more manageable.
As more & more schools pick up the sport, the equipment purchased, in bulk, & owned by the schools/districts will afford so many more kids the option to participate.

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It’s kind of expensive to get into with all the gear you need but it’s so much fun.

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So is football, baseball, golf... It’s no more expensive than other sports.

The NCAA supports lacrosse as a varsity sport. Why do you think LSU doesn't have a team yet? I wonder if it's cheaper than swimming and diving.

The easy answer will always be Title IX. But it's not the truth because a women's lacrosse roster would give the numbers needed.

But the travel expense, right now, for lacrosse is just too much. Lacrosse plays 2, sometimes 3 games a week. To travel 30-48 + coaches + equipment/ATs/etc. efficiently just isn't cheap. Even if/when the SEC were to go all in with lacrosse, the travel is still extensive & not cheap.
The SEC would need for the ACC & Big XII to go all in as well to keep OOC games feasible.

OR a really rich donor like Utah just got to basically fully fund their program for 10 years.

I don’t know I had to buy a stick, gloves, elbow pads, chest pads, cleats, helmet, and they were all pricey for the cheapest ones. I think that’s definitely more than baseball and football just to get into the sport.

You ever buy a football helmet, shoulder pads, & pants pads? Same price, if not more.

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South's about FOOTBALL, brah...not some yankee stick doodle thing.

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Lacrosse hasn’t taken off in the south because low class baws link it to wealthy New Englanders. Like the jackass quoted above.