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Let me say that first, I don't know much about the game. My only real exposure was watching some of the action (Cornell/SU) over Memorial Day weekend. IfI'm being ignorant towards the sport, my apologies...a couple of things...
*Do any schools in the inner-city play the game? It doesn't seem like it would be a very expensive sport, and it has a lot of cool elements (hitting,scoring, fast paced, etc) that IMO would be enticing to a lot of kids. You would think that kids who play contact sports would be enticed by lacrosse. Ithink that arguably one of if not THE best player was Jim Brown, who we all know is African-American (not to mention Jim Thorpe who was Native American). Iknow from watching some of the games that UVA has some black athletes on their lacrosse teams. It just seems like it would be a fun sport to play, and ifgiven the opportunity, more kids from the inner cities could excel at it. However, it's all about the exposure
*Speaking of exposure.....Hasn't the sport been around for 100 years or so? That being said, aren't most of the schools who have D1 programs in theNew England States, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, etc? I think there are a few schools out west that play, but I am not sure about states further south thanVA or in the mid-west...you would think more schools would have lacrosse...
*Where are the pro-leagues, and if there are some, are they successful?
I'm just a novice when it comes to watching lacrosse. Someone school me on this...it seems like a real cool sport to play....
*Do any schools in the inner-city play the game? It doesn't seem like it would be a very expensive sport, and it has a lot of cool elements (hitting,scoring, fast paced, etc) that IMO would be enticing to a lot of kids. You would think that kids who play contact sports would be enticed by lacrosse. Ithink that arguably one of if not THE best player was Jim Brown, who we all know is African-American (not to mention Jim Thorpe who was Native American). Iknow from watching some of the games that UVA has some black athletes on their lacrosse teams. It just seems like it would be a fun sport to play, and ifgiven the opportunity, more kids from the inner cities could excel at it. However, it's all about the exposure
*Speaking of exposure.....Hasn't the sport been around for 100 years or so? That being said, aren't most of the schools who have D1 programs in theNew England States, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, etc? I think there are a few schools out west that play, but I am not sure about states further south thanVA or in the mid-west...you would think more schools would have lacrosse...
*Where are the pro-leagues, and if there are some, are they successful?
I'm just a novice when it comes to watching lacrosse. Someone school me on this...it seems like a real cool sport to play....