World Lacrosse Championships

[Naturalhoosier 15,478]

The World Lacrosse Championships are being held in Denver over the next week plus.  It's the largest sporting event ever held in Denver and the largest Lacrosse event ever held in the world.  38 nations will be represented in the event.  Denver has been dubbed the "Lacrosse capital of the West" due to it's huge following.  Time for everyone else to jump on board! 

 

Tonight team USA plays Canada in a rematch of last years World Championships.  GO USA!!!!!!!!

 

 

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[quote name="Naturalhoosier" post="73690" timestamp="1405000415"]The [url="http://www.worldlacrosse2014.com/landing/index"]World Lacrosse Championships[/url] are being held in Denver over the next week plus. It's the largest sporting event ever held in Denver and the largest Lacrosse event ever held in the world. 38 nations will be represented in the event. Denver has been dubbed the "Lacrosse capital of the West" due to it's huge following. Time for everyone else to jump on board!

Tonight team USA plays Canada in a rematch of last years World Championships. GO USA!!!!!!!![/quote] Love me some lacrosse.


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[quote name="jurkinonthecourt" post="73692" timestamp="1405001987"]Love me some lacrosse.


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I as well. I'd love to get to the game today but it's just not in the cards.

Before we had kids we had Colorado Mammoth season tix (indoor LAX). $27 per seat 9 rows from glass. Steal of a deal and a helluva show!!!! Those seats are $100+ for Avalanche seats.


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Wasn't there a story of John Hopkins joining the big ten and bringing in there lacrosse team?  Maybe I'm off base.  

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[quote name="Banksyrules" post="73714" timestamp="1405008884"]Wasn't there a story of John Hopkins joining the big ten and bringing in there lacrosse team? Maybe I'm off base. [/quote] "I smoked pot with Johnny Hopkins." Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

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[quote name="Banksyrules" post="73714" timestamp="1405008884"]Wasn't there a story of John Hopkins joining the big ten and bringing in there lacrosse team? Maybe I'm off base. [/quote] The B1G will have men's and women's sponsored lacrosse starting in 2015. Select schools will have teams. John's Hopkins will be part of it as an affiliate program. IU doesn't have a team, but the club team has done much better in recent years.


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[akhosrof 1,168]

OSU, Michigan, PSU, UMD, Rutgers and JHU will be the men's lacrosse division. Take out JHU and add in NWU, and that's the women's division (NWU has an elite women's lacrosse team). JHU is staying independent in women's lacrosse for the time being, but I could see them joining the B1G in the future. On the east coast lacrosse is becoming wildly popular not only among men, but women too. I could see a lot of big schools adding a women's program before a men's program, like NWU has. It's a preppy sport that is a good way to recruit students from the east coast, and would be an easy Title IX pick up for schools. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

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[quote name="akhosrof" post="73742" timestamp="1405015850"]OSU, Michigan, PSU, UMD, Rutgers and JHU will be the men's lacrosse division. Take out JHU and add in NWU, and that's the women's division (NWU has an elite women's lacrosse team). JHU is staying independent in women's lacrosse for the time being, but I could see them joining the B1G in the future. On the east coast lacrosse is becoming wildly popular not only among men, but women too. I could see a lot of big schools adding a women's program before a men's program, like NWU has. It's a preppy sport that is a good way to recruit students from the east coast, and would be an easy Title IX pick up for schools.Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners[/quote] Only problem is that outside of the east coast, lacrosse popularity is somewhat limited to major pockets in Ohio, STL, Denver, and then all along the west coast. I'm not sure about the south, honestly, but I'd suspect Texas has a size able following. The Midwest will be very slow in catching on to this sport.


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[quote name="jurkinonthecourt" post="73749" timestamp="1405017636"]Only problem is that outside of the east coast, lacrosse popularity is somewhat limited to major pockets in Ohio, STL, Denver, and then all along the west coast. I'm not sure about the south, honestly, but I'd suspect Texas has a size able following. The Midwest will be very slow in catching on to this sport.


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LOL that's where my best work is done as well!

Here's is what I was getting at in my post. As popular as lacrosse is on the east coast, it is still only scratching the surface of its popularity. I'm in Maryland and a lot of schools still don't even have a JV team (all other sports do). Major universities in the South and Midwest have sizable student populations from the east coast. As lacrosse gets more popular on the east coast alone, the influx of players will have to look elsewhere for places to play. The potential for women's lacrosse is even greater IMO. Lacrosse is like soccer in the sense that there's a position for everyone regardless of size. In contrast to two of the most popular female sports, basketball and volleyball, where size is at a premium. Additionally, lacrosse has a reputation as a preppy sport, kind of like soccer, whereas field hockey and softball might not have the mainstream appeal to all girls. In short, I believe women's lacrosse is an easy sport for schools to add for Title IX.

As far as lacrosse spreading to the South, I went to undergrad in the South (New Orleans) and the only people that played were east coast students. A lot of the club teams in the South are probably east coast kids who play casually. Outside of North Carolina, lacrosse hasn't caught on competitively. Although, Vanderbilt has a women's lacrosse team that plays in the Big East. I see the midwest catching on much more quickly. You mentioned St. Louis and Denver. The sport is picking up popularity in Chicago too. Bellarmine in Louisville has a really good D1 program. I even know of children playing in youth leagues in Omaha. Michigan made a Final Four a year ago with the majority of their best players from the Baltimore-area. They are recruiting the east coast hard. OSU and Michigan doing better, and a B1G lacrosse league, will only help the popularity in the Midwest.


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[quote name="akhosrof" post="74041" timestamp="1405270678"]LOL that's where my best work is done as well!

Here's is what I was getting at in my post. As popular as lacrosse is on the east coast, it is still only scratching the surface of its popularity. I'm in Maryland and a lot of schools still don't even have a JV team (all other sports do). Major universities in the South and Midwest have sizable student populations from the east coast. As lacrosse gets more popular on the east coast alone, the influx of players will have to look elsewhere for places to play. The potential for women's lacrosse is even greater IMO. Lacrosse is like soccer in the sense that there's a position for everyone regardless of size. In contrast to two of the most popular female sports, basketball and volleyball, where size is at a premium. Additionally, lacrosse has a reputation as a preppy sport, kind of like soccer, whereas field hockey and softball might not have the mainstream appeal to all girls. In short, I believe women's lacrosse is an easy sport for schools to add for Title IX.

As far as lacrosse spreading to the South, I went to undergrad in the South (New Orleans) and the only people that played were east coast students. A lot of the club teams in the South are probably east coast kids who play casually. Outside of North Carolina, lacrosse hasn't caught on competitively. Although, Vanderbilt has a women's lacrosse team that plays in the Big East. I see the midwest catching on much more quickly. You mentioned St. Louis and Denver. The sport is picking up popularity in Chicago too. Bellarmine in Louisville has a really good D1 program. I even know of children playing in youth leagues in Omaha. Michigan made a Final Four a year ago with the majority of their best players from the Baltimore-area. They are recruiting the east coast hard. OSU and Michigan doing better, and a B1G lacrosse league, will only help the popularity in the Midwest.


Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners[/quote] I'm sorry I should have clarified, I'm talking about grass root popularity, as in kids in these areas choosing to play it in middle school and high school. Like you said, a lot of college lacrosse is east coast kids at programs across the country.

Definitely agree that size not being a requirement helps the sport. I was a mid-fielder and did a lot of face offs even though I'm only about 5'10".


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LOL that's where my best work is done as well!

Here's is what I was getting at in my post. As popular as lacrosse is on the east coast, it is still only scratching the surface of its popularity. I'm in Maryland and a lot of schools still don't even have a JV team (all other sports do).


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That's shocking to me, considering Maryland is one of the hotbeds of lax talent.

I'm from Long Island, where there's varsity, JV, and middle school teams(my alma mater has 2 middle school teams). I remember having something similar to a tryout in primary school gym to weed out who had potential for playing further on.

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[quote name="LIHoosier" post="74049" timestamp="1405274486"]That's shocking to me, considering Maryland is one of the hotbeds of lax talent.
I'm from Long Island, where there's varsity, JV, and middle school teams(my alma mater has 2 middle school teams). I remember having something similar to a tryout in primary school gym to weed out who had potential for playing further on.[/quote]

Lacrosse is still a preppy sport. I would say in areas of the state that have similar demographics to Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, they have everything, middle school, JV, Varsity teams. Youth leagues are huge here as we have so many former high-level players in the area providing the best instruction. This is why I say the potential for expansion in the northeast alone is big.


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[quote name="LIHoosier" post="74049" timestamp="1405274486"]That's shocking to me, considering Maryland is one of the hotbeds of lax talent.
I'm from Long Island, where there's varsity, JV, and middle school teams(my alma mater has 2 middle school teams). I remember having something similar to a tryout in primary school gym to weed out who had potential for playing further on.[/quote] Yeah out here in STL we have leagues for elementary schoolers, middle schoolers and then a ton of our high schools have freshman, JV and varsity teams. Summer leagues are also easy to find and well run.


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