In terms of sports, there are higher costs. I don't buy into the price being the factor. Schools in rural areas sport football programs and they pay for all the gear that the kids wear. Expensive helmets, shoulder pads, balls, uniforms and fields (football destroys wet fields). So, in terms of cost, lacrosse is a much less expensive sport than say, football.

The problem: Lack of coaches who know what they are doing. Too much 'Daddy Ball' makes for a higher burn-out rate. Finding qualified coaches who have the time to coach is key. Right now there is a huge group of early 20-somethings who are not coaching because they are either looking for jobs or they just got one. They do not command the free time to coach the sport they enjoy. Some choose other things to do with their free time, like go to the beach and have fun. But when this group starts to take over the youth leagues and high school programs in non-traditional states and hot beds alike, that is when the sport will really boom.

If you want to have followers, you have the have leaders. If the leader is someone's dad, you may have a team of followers. If the leader is a well organized and charismatic former player, you may have 100 followers, including several dads who want to learn from someone who actually has been there and done that.

The expenses on the girls side of the sport are pathetically small. Again, the reason girl's lax doesn't grow is simple: even fewer available coaches than the boy's side. Women have babies – babies take coaching spots away each year (not that I am advocating no babies). Men who have never coached the women's game take a lot of coaxing to get them over to the other side. But with Title IX, someone has to get over there or neither men's or women's will grow at the prep and youth levels.

Find more coaches, get more people playing, the prices will go down with double the number of kids playing (you would think) because the margins would not be so razor thin as they are today.

As the blog on this site mentions, you need more than just passion. First, you need people who can create the passion and distribute it to the local population.

In terms of sports, there are higher costs. I don't buy into the price being the factor. Schools in rural areas sport football programs and they pay for all the gear that the kids wear. Expensive helmets, shoulder pads, balls, uniforms and fields (football destroys wet fields). So, in terms of cost, lacrosse is a much less expensive sport than say, football.

The problem: Lack of coaches who know what they are doing. Too much 'Daddy Ball' makes for a higher burn-out rate. Finding qualified coaches who have the time to coach is key. Right now there is a huge group of early 20-somethings who are not coaching because they are either looking for jobs or they just got one. They do not command the free time to coach the sport they enjoy. Some choose other things to do with their free time, like go to the beach and have fun. But when this group starts to take over the youth leagues and high school programs in non-traditional states and hot beds alike, that is when the sport will really boom.

If you want to have followers, you have the have leaders. If the leader is someone's dad, you may have a team of followers. If the leader is a well organized and charismatic former player, you may have 100 followers, including several dads who want to learn from someone who actually has been there and done that.

The expenses on the girls side of the sport are pathetically small. Again, the reason girl's lax doesn't grow is simple: even fewer available coaches than the boy's side. Women have babies – babies take coaching spots away each year (not that I am advocating no babies). Men who have never coached the women's game take a lot of coaxing to get them over to the other side. But with Title IX, someone has to get over there or neither men's or women's will grow at the prep and youth levels.

Find more coaches, get more people playing, the prices will go down with double the number of kids playing (you would think) because the margins would not be so razor thin as they are today.

As the blog on this site mentions, you need more than just passion. First, you need people who can create the passion and distribute it to the local population.

Ultimate frisbee? Slow pitch softball? Anyone can pick those up for next to nothing.