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Deadspin Loves Lacrosse “Trend” Spotting

The notion that the author, Dave McKenna, puts out there is summed up thusly: There is a new trend amongst private school parents to hold their kids back a grade for sports, especially lacrosse, in the DC metro area. This means rich lacrosse parents are holding their kids back solely for sports. It's cheating and it's not fair. This is incredibly lazy reporting and storytelling.

Open Letter to Deadspin

Deadspin has posted a poorly researched, somewhat racist and classist rant against lacrosse players, and while we said we weren't going to sensationalize the recent Virginia tragedy, we just can't let this one go without a response.