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re: What is the board's opinion on lacrosse?
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:36 am to thesoccerfanjax
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:36 am to thesoccerfanjax
MOST baseball players, outside of MOST pitchers, are incredibly athletic.
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Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:37 am to Chicken
You've met all of them? That's impressive.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:45 am to thesoccerfanjax
I don't see why endurance is discounted as an athletic trait.
I also don't understand why a pro league hasn't developed for lacrosse already. If soccer can grow to the size it has in the last twenty years, then so can lacrosse (on the professional level). The same goes for rugby. The difference between lacrosse and both rugby and soccer is that the latter two are tapping into international markets, while lacrosse has no such market, for the most part. The large international market is why I think soccer has succeeded as a professional league in America while rugby hasn't, though perhaps I'm oversimplifying things.
I also don't understand why a pro league hasn't developed for lacrosse already. If soccer can grow to the size it has in the last twenty years, then so can lacrosse (on the professional level). The same goes for rugby. The difference between lacrosse and both rugby and soccer is that the latter two are tapping into international markets, while lacrosse has no such market, for the most part. The large international market is why I think soccer has succeeded as a professional league in America while rugby hasn't, though perhaps I'm oversimplifying things.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:49 am to crazy4lsu
Lacrosse is still really small, in the grand scheme of things. And as we've seen with soccer, there isn't all that much crossover in regards to participation and watching on TV.
Plus, like you said, pro soccer has existed for over 150 years around the world. Hell, there was pro soccer in the US in the early 1900s. There really has never been a widespread professional lacrosse league to model after.
Plus, like you said, pro soccer has existed for over 150 years around the world. Hell, there was pro soccer in the US in the early 1900s. There really has never been a widespread professional lacrosse league to model after.
This post was edited on 4/23/15 at 11:51 am
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:51 am to thesoccerfanjax
sorry, most college and pro baseball players are incredibly athletic...you don't make it to that level without being incredibly athletic...why am I even arguing this? 
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:52 am to thesoccerfanjax
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And as we've seen with soccer, there isn't all that much crossover in regards to participation and watching on TV.
And I'd wager that a great deal of that is its newness. But 18 year olds have grown up in an age where there always has been professional soccer in America. Developing a TV audience requires generational fandom among other things.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:53 am to Chicken
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most college and pro baseball players are incredibly athletic...you don't make it to that level without being incredibly athletic
How is it the same doesn't hold true for college lacrosse players?
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:53 am to Chicken
They might be. But it's not required, if you have the right skill set.
Because you're stubborn and apparently too stupid to comprehend what I'm saying.
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why am I even arguing this?
Because you're stubborn and apparently too stupid to comprehend what I'm saying.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:56 am to thesoccerfanjax
quote:ok...I am done...sorry you weren't good enough to play baseball...
But it's not required
quote:ouch...
Because you're stubborn and apparently too stupid to comprehend what I'm saying.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:58 am to Chicken
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ok...I am done...sorry you weren't good enough to play baseball.
I played through high school and had D2 offers as well as D2 offers for soccer.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:58 am to crazy4lsu
quote:I NEVER said lacrosse players weren't incredibly athletic...you idiots...
How is it the same doesn't hold true for college lacrosse players?
I simply said that lacrosse players aren't 10x more athletic than baseball players...it's a dumb statement that someone made...I contested it and now the lacrosse fairies are in a tizzy...
Posted on 4/23/15 at 11:59 am to Chicken
Maybe we should expand the argument about lacrosse requiring more skill to play at the higher levels, which it clearly does. Many more individual and team dimensions than running between 4 bags, catching and throwing (with your hand).
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:00 pm to Larry Gooseman
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Maybe we should expand the argument about lacrosse requiring more skill to play at the higher levels, which it clearly does.
I already went there to no avail.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:00 pm to Chicken
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I simply said that lacrosse players aren't 10x more athletic than baseball players...it's a dumb statement that someone made...I contested it and now the lacrosse fairies are in a tizzy...
Haha I'm not a lacrosse fan and it's a fairly stupid statement. Cross-sport discussions of athleticism are always pretty horrible because it's so difficult to compare what athleticism is when most can't agree upon a common definition.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:01 pm to Chicken
It seems to me like there's a clear divide in this thread based on whether posters have ever seen lacrosse played well or not. That has a lot to do with where people are from.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:01 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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Solid counter points from you
read my other posts, dumbass. I've made more points than you
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:01 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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I already went there to no avail.
Sounds like chicken got rejected by the lacrosse team, or a former GF was taken by lacrosse player.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:03 pm to crazy4lsu
there are two professional leagues. MLL for outside, NLL for inside/box lacrosse.
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:03 pm to Larry Gooseman
Is it your contention then that lacrosse requires more skill than baseball?
Posted on 4/23/15 at 12:05 pm to crazy4lsu
I think what I've learned from this thread is that the skill vs athleticism thing is something that soccer fans have a much better grasp on than non soccer fans. Seems some people don't understand or recognize the difference.
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