lacrosse in the olympics...

[rjattack19]

do u think that lacrosse will be in the olympics in the next 20 years???
give your reasons y or y not...i think that it will be cuz it is growing pretty fast...i think that it will quickly spread in europe and it is in parts of china now...so i think it will only continue to grow

[BeIVdeR]

what my friend and i were thinking about was what kind of lax would u play, box or field, its kind of discriminative to leave out a country because they play a different type of lax i.e. canada
i dunno
i think it will, prolly around 20 years, its growing really fast in michigan
whats weird is on like espn they dont even show lax scores or have highlights :(
oculdnt they just show the scores on the bottom scrolling thingy

EDIT
wow its obviously too late for me, ya i realized canada plays field too
i need a lye down lol

[rjattack19]

i would hope feild...but i dunno

[laxrat22]

um, canada plays field too. and this is going to get closed, the last lacrosse in the olympics thread got closed

[mammothlacrosse]

i hope it is

[groundballs1111]

Just because it is growing fast in the US doesn't mean there is the same growth internationally. Let's face it, even at our own international event the pool of talent is limited. In order to be approved by the IOC a sport needs to be accepted by x amount of countries. With the threat of baseball being dropped (easily a more popular sport internationally) I think it is very difficult to accept that lacrosse will be entered within the next 4-5 olympics. It would be great if it was but realistically I think it is a stretch.

[bkball00]

it should be. it would be nice to see.

[LaxCrazy17]

I think field would be a big thing, but Box might be even bigger. Any would be good actually.

[stegmakk]

honestly...it wont happen for more than 20 years...
not only do you need like 20+ international teams...there also needs to be 1 international governing body...something lax has issues with...
i think and hope we are moving there internationally...but it will take longer than 20 years...

[OldGoalie]

Would be neat, but I don't see much chance for a very long time:

From e-lacrosse:

"Because of the success of recent ILF World Championships, especially the 1998 games, many people in the lacrosse community talk about attempting to re-include lacrosse in the Olympic games. But the reason for lacrosse's exclusion lies in the Olympic charter, which has evidently changed since the days that lacrosse was played in the Olympics. It states that a men's sport must be played widely in 75 countries to become an Olympic event."

[telemaster1952]

probably not but we can dream cant we?

[8-ball]

for mens sports in the olympics, for a new sport to come in, you need something like near or around 50 different countries. i remember us discussing this a few years ago and i looked it up. its very difficult, but at the same time, theres organizations that are going to other countries to spread the word and get programs set up in those countries. theres always new stuff going on with the international games. i give it 16-20 years and itll be official. itll prolly be less then that at the rate theyre going. theres even a program starting in brazil, that was like a year ago. so who knows? until then, we have the international games. whos going this year? i know i am. its only a couple hours drive from me.

[laxcanada]

lacrosse was in the olympics but it got removed. canadas first ever gold medal was in lacrosse.

[waynelaxgrl101]

box for the winter games, and field for the summer?

[laxcanada]

box for the winter games, and field for the summer?
NO :ahhno: :thumbsdow

[tomahawks11]

there hs been numerous threads onthis

[LowRida]

Lacrosse used to be played in the Olympics, but it was only around for the 1904 and 1908 games I believe.

[ColtsLax]

it was played twice, and that was only and exhibition, not an actual event. it was on a trial basis.

[CaptainFrank]

If lacrosse continues to grow like it is now, then they will defintley add it to the olympics. I think they should put box in the winter, and field in the summer.

[Lax1228]

Lax should be in the Winter Olympics. That way we can prove that lacrosse is so much cooler than hockey.



I'm kidding though...they wouldn't put a sport that doesn't involve winter weather in the winter olympics.

[cslaxplaya11]

other foreign teams already have lax teams, if you think about team USA, who do they face? Not just Canada, they do face other teams in the world over in europe.

[MainLax28]

I think it will be within 20 years, but Women's will probably get it first. I doubt they'd bring both in at the same time unless they cancelled a couple other team sports

[temporary1357]

Would they let the Iroquois Nation field a team?

[OutBurst]

Nope, not at all. If soccer isn't in the Olympic games I'm not really seeing lacrosse in it.

[Trilax03]

i was actually thnking about this not to long ago and yeah i def. thnk it will or at least should be in the olympics...it's a growing sport and in 20 years god knows where this sport might end up...but i thnk it'll b a big thing to play so yeah i say it'll make it to the olympics

[aussielax]

Nope, not at all. If soccer isn't in the Olympic games I'm not really seeing lacrosse in it.

umm soccer is in the olympic games.

And there are 23 nations competing at the 2006 world champs. And i belive that we would need easeley more than 50 nations playing at international level to even be concidered to qualify for the olympics.

I think lacrosse will one day return to the olympics but it won't be for a while.

[OutBurst]

umm soccer is in the olympic games.

Really, didn't know that. Wait a minute, I remember watching some of the games. Nevermind then...

[HdGLaxWarrior]

http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=FB

Yeah. Soccer is an Olympic sport.

We cant expect to see lacrosse in the olympics, because of what stegmakk said.

[Coldfire]

Well with some of the other wierd sports in the olympics i don't see why not,

[rjattack19]

...what is the international games exactly...and who do they play against?

[HdGLaxWarrior]

...what is the international games exactly...and who do they play against?

Probably Canada, England, etc..

[ninja man 111]

honestly...it wont happen for more than 20 years...
not only do you need like 20+ international teams...there also needs to be 1 international governing body...something lax has issues with...
i think and hope we are moving there internationally...but it will take longer than 20 years...


20+ teams eh... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lacrosse_Federation
there you go 14 full members and 5 affiliate members, 2 years and those 5 might be full members that makes 19...

they also didnt mention france(ironic cause lacrosse was originaly played by french), and im sure there is a little lax in south america(or soon will be) and africa, plus the rest of europe.

p.s. would indians be apart of america/canada/ect.

[Tex71]

if the growth in europe is even nearly as fast as it is here it may be in the next twenty years that lacrosse is in the olympics.look at it from this perspective most of the countries in europe are like are smaller than some of our medium sized states and there are like 40 somthing countries in europeamking up a large base if it spreads throughout europe. other countries seeing the popularity would join the trend popularizing lax.
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.................................................. .... if that actually happens then we may have a shot at becoming a olympic sport.

[mullengoal141]

20+ teams eh... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lacrosse_Federation
there you go 14 full members and 5 affiliate members, 2 years and those 5 might be full members that makes 19...

they also didnt mention france(ironic cause lacrosse was originaly played by french), and im sure there is a little lax in south america(or soon will be) and africa, plus the rest of europe.

p.s. would indians be apart of america/canada/ect.

well considering that the IOC doesn't recognize Whales or the iriquois league or wales as they aren't exactly different countries apart from their US and English counterparts... that list sadly goes down two more...

not to burst you guy's bubble or anything...

[BClax17]

Won't happen.
There are too many events as there is and when you see the IOC removing a popular sport like baseball then what chance does lacrosse have. If a new sport is going to be added then it will be in the Winter Games and they are strict about what type of sports enter that, needs ICE or SNOW.

[nemesislax]

i can think of a couple sports that can't have 50 countries playing them. Ice hockey (men's and womens), field hockey i doubt is played by 50 countries, bobsledding, skeleton, luge. I'm just guessing theres not 50 countries in these sports.
The thing that would hurt lacrosse getting into the olympics is the IOC will notice a lack of competition. You can guarantee the Gold medal game will be Canada and the U.S. and bronze will be dominated by Australia. Since the Iroquois Nations isn't an actual country, they will have to play for Canada. This will definately create some controversy when selecting coaching staff and players for Canada.

[Tex71]

what are you talking about the iroquois nations is not actually a country. all indian reservations are soverine nations that just happen to cooporate with the united states. since they are all their own countries they could decide to unite and play in the olympic games together as one nation just like north korea and south korean might do some time in the future seeing as they have walked in the olympic ceramony as one nation.

[faceitoff]

I forgot where, but I read somewhere that ballroom dancing and frisbee are just one or two Olypmics away from becoming events. Now, I love frisbee, but if frisbee and curling can make it, then so can lacrosse. Have faith.

[atacklax]

I forgot where, but I read somewhere that ballroom dancing and frisbee are just one or two Olypmics away from becoming events. Now, I love frisbee, but if frisbee and curling can make it, then so can lacrosse. Have faith.
Well, they're better than ice dancing. I hate ice dancing.

Anyways, I don't think it'll be there in twenty years. If it was, USA and Canada would dominate, so we need to wait until other countries have well developed lax programs. To prove my point, why is there no Olympic football? Becuase the Americans would win easily.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

curling

Curling is sweet. Why are you raging on it?

[faceitoff]

Well, they're better than ice dancing. I hate ice dancing.

Anyways, I don't think it'll be there in twenty years. If it was, USA and Canada would dominate, so we need to wait until other countries have well developed lax programs. To prove my point, why is there no Olympic football? Becuase the Americans would win easily.
Ice dancing is pretty intense.

[AttackMan17]

THey need LAX in the olympics. Its like a classic sport. Its been around for ages too.

[sammyduelist]

i hope it will, not to sure tho, bc if lax wants to be part of the olympics it needs to go international, as soon as europe and asia and stuff start to grow their own teams thats when you can say anything about it being in the olypics. bc rught now i can safly say most of those ppl never even heard of lax. but if it keeps growing at a good pace, i say 20 years might be possible but it would take alot of publicity. cuz u cant have a sport in the olypics with just one country having a team
ild hope so tho

[8-ball]

i noticed that a few people mentioned how they know that there are certain sports with less then 50 countries competing. this is very true, but the reason for that is b/c they became a sport in the olympics before the commitee changed the rule due to so many sports being played in the olympics. so they raised the number of countrie needed for both mens and womens sports. more countries are required for mens sports then womens, but both were raised by a lot. also, as far as the international games for lax. theres usa, canada, australia, iriquois nation, ireland, wales, scotland, i think italy, england, germany, places like that. i know for sure theres more, but its not hard to find the international lax games website. its like ILF.com or something i think. id have to look it up again on the exact number of countires needed for the olympic, but i know its something rediculous like 50-65 countries. i think it can happen eventually, b/c there are organizations out there trying to spread the word. with the growth of it in texas and southern cal, dont be surprised to start hearing about a buzz about it in mexico sometime soon.
....i just looked up the ILF stuff. the website is http://www.intlaxfed.org/ there are 14 full member countries, and 6 affiliate members. its right on the front page of the site. look under membership. it always surprises me to see the teams that are members like japan and korea. so check that out.
Also an interesting fact. Lacrosse was played in Ireland as far back as the 1800's. they and Great Britain kind of shared a team in the olympic exhibition games, played canada and lost 14-10. so there are some countries you wouldnt expect to have played this sport for that long.

[vroom125]

It is growing really fast, but only in the U.S. it has to be pretty big internationally to be in the olympics. Think about how long it will take for lacrosse to get big in the U.S. Now think how long it would take for lacrosse to become popular in many other countries too. It's possible, but not likely. I would love to see lax in the olympics.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

Yeah, think about it. Only America and Canada would be competeing.

[8-ball]

well considering all the teams that play in the ILF games now, im sure they would compete as well.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

well considering all the teams that play in the ILF games now, im sure they would compete as well.

How many teams?

[laxpro]

please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please

I would love lax to be in the olympics, that would be so cool
And there would probaby be enough national teams, like the ones that already play in the world championships.

[lilloaf1990]

Lax at the Olypics would be like...the amazing! If that makes any sense.

[gobluemiddie]

i hope so, it would be really awesome if they did.

[gobluemiddie]

like people have said, it would need to be played in lots of countries and have an international governing body. I think if we can get people playing in other countries, and it grows as fast there as it is here, it could happen in 20 years, although it would be a stretch. I know indoor lacrosse doesn't really seem like a winter olympics sport, but I'd suggest we include it in the winter ones. You need to have indoor and outdoor, they're different enough that they should count as separate sports. In my opinion

[HdGLaxWarrior]

You need to have indoor and outdoor, they're different enough that they should count as separate sports. In my opinion

Like ice and field hockey? That would work.

[aussielax]

It is growing really fast, but only in the U.S.

That aint true, Lax is growing very fast in eroupe and even faster in japan. i think by the time lacrosse does make it to the olympics the US will no longer be the only powerhouse in internastional lax.

[aussielax]

And all your people saying that in 20 years we still wont have enough teams, have a look at the past 10 years we have had lacrosse programs started in more that 20 new countries and several of these already have national teams.

[bigfootprep53]

y not. they have some stupid sports in the olympics and lacrosse is way better than most of the summer olympic sports so i think it should. that would be awesome if it does

[shooter]

I think i heard somewhere that ballroom dancing might be at the london olympics, now thats just a disgrace. I think its replacing baseball/softball, the folks at the IOC must be smoking some serious plantlife.

[gigo567]

I heard somewhere that lax was actually in the olympics. It was one of the opening games but never gained enough popularity to stay as a olympic sport.

[shooter]

I heard somewhere that lax was actually in the olympics. It was one of the opening games but never gained enough popularity to stay as a olympic sport.

It was in 2 or 3 olympics, i know that canda won one and i think England did as well (England!!! those days aint ever coming back).

[rjattack19]

the map shows all the countries in europe that play lax...and there are quite a few there

[gobluemiddie]

echoing: I think it could happen if lax gets started in other countries, 'cause I think it has a potential to grow really fast. But yeah, you'd have to put both kinds in the olympics, they're different enough to count as separate sports, even if they're very similar.

[sammyduelist]

i dont care what olypics they put it in as long as its in there, if they put it in both, great!

[SunDevil]

Bet you by 2016 lacrosse will be in the olympics because there is already over 10 countries that play it.

[laxrat22]

It was in 2 or 3 olympics, i know that canda won one and i think England did as well (England!!! those days aint ever coming back).


this is straight from the official olympic website

Lacrosse

Lacrosse was contested as a full medal sport at the 1904 and 1908 Olympics. In 1904, two Canadian teams challenged a local team from St. Louis, with the Shamrock Lacrosse Team of Winnipeg winning the gold medal. Lacrosse was also a demonstration sport at the Olympics in 1928, 1932 and 1948.

[laxn]

If lacrosse continues to grow like it is now, then they will defintley add it to the olympics. I think they should put box in the winter, and field in the summer.
Thats like saying basketball should be in the winter olympics they have to involce ice snow... winter weather like Lax1228 said.

But in 20 years maybe we could pull it off. its a long shot but the growth of lacrosse has been exponential year to year so who nows

[HarritonLAX]

As much as I would love to turn on the tv and watch team usa lax in the olympics playing random countries, its never gonna happen. Lax has too many different versions and each nation has their own take on the game. For instance many european nations and I know Japan for sure play a type of lax without any contact. This would drasticly change the game. I just dont see any nations other than canada and usa voting for lax in the olympics because every other nation knows they have no chance at winning.

[gigo567]

I get this feeling that it would be like this for the first couple of years for getting gold(or decades):

USA vs. Canada
USA vs. Canada
USA vs. Canada

[bee_laxer5]

one more reason why the french suck, they don't play lacrosse

[surf & lax4life]

lacrosse was in the olympics in the early 1900s but they took it out because it was unpopular if lax is an olympic sport in 20 years it will be usa dominated because weve won every world championship but one

[Lax_Hitman]

It won't be there because it's primarily based in Canada and the U.S. and the sport will remain dominant there. The Olympic Board won't let that fly unless it becomes really, really big in the East, i.e. Russian and China. I'd like to see it there, but it probably won't be there.

[8-ball]

Like the fact that countries like Germany, Korea, and Japan all have teams right now? Yeah its spreading into those countries.

[brunos13]

one more reason why the french suck, they don't play lacrosse

Gotta agree. According to the map Luxembourg (sp?) a country with a total of 12 people fields a team but the French don't. :loser: Then again, do you want them playing?

[wittyno12]

Yeah, think about it. Only America and Canada would be competeing.


Ever heard of the country called Australia? haha. We have won silver medals at world championships and recently only lost to canada 15-14 in 2002.

[HRLAXER]

i think that NLL has only chance of getting into olympics unless alot of new counrties start playing

[8-ball]

Outdoor lacrosse has more international teams then indoor. Indoor is only set up for 6 countries for next years games in Nova Scotia, and those last two dont even have countries listed. They just have it set up for if 2 more countries are interested. This is compared to 20 teams for the outdoor games that will be playing this summer (which ill be going to)....so yeah, i think outdoor has a better chance, at least first.

[shimpy548]

20+ teams eh... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lacrosse_Federation
there you go 14 full members and 5 affiliate members, 2 years and those 5 might be full members that makes 19...

they also didnt mention france(ironic cause lacrosse was originaly played by french), and im sure there is a little lax in south america(or soon will be) and africa, plus the rest of europe.

p.s. would indians be apart of america/canada/ect.

to bad at wikipedia anyone can go in there and change the information just look most stuff is changed daily

[flyersrule9733]

i would want it to be, but i really doubt that it ever will be. first if there was one, the US would kill everyone. and i just dont see it as an olympic sport

[shooter]

they also didnt mention france(ironic cause lacrosse was originaly played by french), and im sure there is a little lax in south america(or soon will be) and africa, plus the rest of europe.


Was lacrosse originally played by the French. I just thought a French missionary gave it the name and nothing more?

[8-ball]

exactly. this french guy was like "what the heck is this?", and called the native american game la crosse, meaning the cross. thats all france has contributed to.

[PhilWings24]

field would be the sport almost for sure. its played by more people, and going from box to field is alot easier than going from field to box. also, field is a cheaper game to support, just because you can play it anywhere outdoors, so more countries would be inclined to play it.

that's my bet, at least

[richlax5]

Lacrosse was a contested Olympic sport in 1904 and 1908 and then a demonstration sport in 1932 and 1948. (http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/past/index_uk.asp) It will be in the Olympics again due to its growth but it may take more than 20 years. There are approximately 22 teams playing at the worlds already and I am sure that there are a number of countries playing lacrosse that are not participating in these games. (http://www.2006worldlacrosse.com/)

[superlaxman2]

lacrosse WAS in the olympics. 1904 and 1908. search google. It could happen again.

[ahslax18]

you guys also as long as they include the Iroquois Nationals as one of the teams, it will never be in the olympics...they aren't a saction country or however you would like to put it

[Mozza15]

I hope it's in for 2010 so i can see the America play England hopefully when it's in london.

Sam.

[8-ball]

the iroquoi nation has nothing to do with it. it would probably upset some people, but the olypic committee would simply not include them.

[shooter]

I hope it's in for 2010 so i can see the America play England hopefully when it's in london.

It wont be, and baseball/softball has been dropped from the London games too.


Realistically you are going to see rugby (or at least rugby 7's) in the olympics a lot sooner than any lacrosse players will be plaing for olympic gold.

[ahslax18]

the iroquoi nation has nothing to do with it. it would probably upset some people, but the olypic committee would simply not include them.

im almost positive it has to do with it...im pretty sure you need to be a country in order to compete in the olympics, but im not sure, i don't know much about the olympics

[8-ball]

well it has something to do with whether the iroquoi nation would play or not, but them being a team wouldnt stop the olympic committee from allowing the other countries to play. theyd just say "sorry" to the iroquoi, unless as a curtesy they allow iroquoi since the original sport from them, but thats something to be determined later. the fact that they are a team wouldnt stop the entire sport from being in the olympics. theyd just either play or not.

[ahslax18]

do you think the ILF would bail on them? i don't think so

[Mozza15]

THEY'VE DROPPED BASEBALL!?...That's a b*tch, was going to go see that because it will be worlds best players if you get to see america and there will be no ticket rush.

Sam

[laxkid1391]

dude...****ing ping pong is in the summer olympics

[temporary1357]

I think you guys need to step back and calm down. Lacrosse won't be in the Olympics for a LONG time, if ever, and lacrosse is spreading but hardly making an impact. Just because a sport in a country has a national team doesn't mean that the sport has "made it." US has consistantly made the Rugby and Cricket world cups. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. For a sport like lacrosse, a country just needs a pool of about 100 curious participants and they have a national team.

[wittyno12]

I think you guys need to step back and calm down. Lacrosse won't be in the Olympics for a LONG time, if ever, and lacrosse is spreading but hardly making an impact. Just because a sport in a country has a national team doesn't mean that the sport has "made it." US has consistantly made the Rugby and Cricket world cups. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. For a sport like lacrosse, a country just needs a pool of about 100 curious participants and they have a national team.

Um when have the us made the cricket world cup?? I know Canada has made the cricket world cup with most of their players being from Australia...Although it would be great for lacrosse in the olympics it wont happen theres simple not enough players outside of us and canada ..but then again handball is an olymp;ic sport what countries play that?

[shooter]

Yeah I've never seen the yanks at the cricket world cup. Like wittyno said Canada have been there to make up the numbers but their best guys are Australian.


..but then again handball is an olymp;ic sport what countries play that?
I've heard its big in Europe, with pro leagues and stuff. Kind of like a second tier team ball sport (UK, france and Italy have rugby as 2nd to soccer, the others have handball)


Lacrosse is smaller, there is less money in it, and there is no competition (and one of the only "competitive" teams is ineligable for olympic participation). Plus there are not anywhere near enough nationally registered councils for it to be eligable at the moment.

I would be very (pleasantly) surprised if any of us lived to see Lacrosse be a full olympic sport (maybe exhibition is the best we could hope for).

[cwb_lax]

lacrosse is growing sooo fast. i hope it'll be in the olympics sooner than 20 years. but it deff. will be in 20 years.

[temporary1357]

Ok, my bad, I guess I was just looking at a page of test matches, not the cricket world cup. Still, lacrosse will have to experience some ASTRONOMICAL growth in 20 years to be in the olympics by then. Remember, the "explosive" growth of lacrosse is pretty much just in America and Canada, and like all big booms, it'll die down, most likely before it makes an impact overseas.

[8-ball]

its already making an impact overseas. theres an official euro tournament now that a lot of the europian teams play in. japan is also very big on it right now, and same with australia. that seems overseas to me.

[SwRLaX10D]

I really hope that lacrosse becomes an Olympic sport

that would give lacrosse that final push into the global spotlight

[Pitibear]

olympic football is called "soccer..."

there are actually 11 (eleven, dude!) forms of "football" that are played professionally worldwide...american football (NFL, NCAA, etc) is only one of 'em...

can anybody name the other ten?

Seriously, lax won't become an olympic sport until there are at least 8 countries that play about on a par internationally, so Canada and the USA won't be the top dogs fighting for another gold medal...The IOC has stated to the press they have no interest in adding any sports for the sake of just another North American medal...

The IOC has now passed stringent process requirements for any new sports to be added, the first of which needs to be the dropping of some sport, leaving one of the 28 "slots" open for a new sport to even be considered.

Lax is so far down the list that it isn't even up among the top six for consideration in the next two openings.

So, as good as it would be, especially if they let the Six Nations represent, it won't happen until at least 2036...you can disagree with me, but give me the footnote when you quote me on it.

[vikinglax3522]

i hope that one day we will have it because that would be awsome to get more publicity at an international level cause god knows we get so much now (Note the sarcasm)

[Hookem]

not enough, and not nearly enough countries will be playing it...........

sadly, but true.

[HumanTorch]

20 years is a long time and there are so many teams developing now, give them 10 and there will be serious compeition not that there isnt now

[temporary1357]

I really hope that lacrosse becomes an Olympic sport

that would give lacrosse that final push into the global spotlight
I think it has to go the other way around. It must first get in the global spotlight, then it'll be recognized by the IOC. The IOC has absolutely no interest in adding summer olympic sports unless they're REALLY popular.

[PilotShinjiIkar]

I dont see Lacrosse being added to the Olympics for 30 to 40 years because the level of competition. Many countries field teams but like many posts say those nations barely have any clubs or players. The Hong Kong team for example is filled with players from Hong Kong with Canadian passports. So even if Lacrosse grows to the popularity iti s in America which has taken decades and decades to reach (heck you can even say centuries). There still wont be level of competition there is as in America, just because people like the sport their definitely not going to add it if its unlikely that the other nations will have a fair chance of winning. In order for Lacrosse to be popular in other countries it would take atleast two to three decades and for other nations to have a level of competition even near that of North America it would generations of players. None of the nations with top tier teams (USA, Canada, Aussies, England) did this with one generation of players. The exception to this is Japan, but I dunno much about their program or team. So anyone who has a serious clue into the popularity of the game in foreign countries will know that at best it will take Lacrose around 30 years maybe a little bit less to be added to the summer Olympics at worst 50 years of more. Being that one generation that adapts the sport and another that grows up with it and brings real competition. Because until those requirements are met its like adding American football to the Olympics and saying that they have clubs in a handful of countries.

[PilotShinjiIkar]

do u think that lacrosse will be in the olympics in the next 20 years???
give your reasons y or y not...i think that it will be cuz it is growing pretty fast...i think that it will quickly spread in europe and it is in parts of china now...so i think it will only continue to grow

Currently no one in China plays Lax. There is a Hong Kong University men's lax team, they dont really consider themselves "chinese" per say. And their mostly Canadian citizens. So no Lacrosse is not played in China and probably will never ever be (in a serious manner) simply because of the fact that one its extremely expensive and two the fact that its "American" or as atleast percieved to be, that will both promote it and also prevent it from being popular as there is a rise in nationalism (anti american sentiments) in China. The money I spent on lax stuff and dues in the last two years amounts to the average income per capita of a person in China over FIVE YEARS!! I can see some elite foreign boarding schools in China maybe having lax but it will never ever grow to the popularity it is in America. You can mention Japan but the sport is still in its infancy in Japan. The reason I make this conclusion is because im Chinese and because of the two factors I mentioned will never be overcomed

[swordsman]

I said yes.

But I thought it said 200 not 20 years. I was like of course. 20 is a very hopeful number. 30-40 is probably more realistic.

As for the level of comp. America owned in basketball until 2004 or so.

[gaels_laxer_33]

Ok i live in Canada we play both field and box lacrosse so we can compete at any level in the olympics but some countries only play feild like usa and austrailia but up in canada we do play both ..lacrosse is growing very fast thers new teams box and field popping up all over canada and its growing in the states to so i think it will become an olympic sport within the next 20 years