A shot clock would create more scoring which is exactly why I don’t want one in college lacrosse.

Have you watched Sportcenter’s Top 10 recently? Were you immediately annoyed by a baseball highlight making the top 10? Oh, another back hand pick up. Oh, another sliding catch. Each team has roughly 60 games to play so don’t be surprised if another ho hum play makes the top 10 every night until October. I grew up in Wrigley Field’s locker room therefore I’m immune to baseball highlights. They’re just plays in my mind but I’ve noticed more people starting to make snide remarks over “highlights.” And, these aren’t even lacrosse people with an axe to grind. These are regular sports people who have grown tired with baseball. Over exposure dulls our excitement. Consider the pandemonium when one goal is scored in a soccer match or a hockey game. Now compare that to Lebron dunking. If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all. 

If you’ve seen one Rabil shot on the run, you’ve seen them all. They have to shoot 50+ times a game because of the shot clock. Short stops have to make back handed catches everyday because they play 162 games. The shot clock combines with the talent level in the MLL and over exposes the sport. Rabil had another 6 point game? Who cares? Give me Stanwick’s 3 goal and 2 assist performance over Denver in the playoffs any day.

By implementing a shot clock we will invariably speed up the play while watering down the product. Fifty plus point seasons will go from incredible to average. Records will fall. Highlights will become as boring as baseball because players will have to perform every possession. If you think the behind the back shot is commonplace now, lord knows what the future holds for college lacrosse featuring a 60 second shot clock. That’s a future where dreams go to die. You’re probably a fan of the And 1 Mixtape Tour if you want to see a shot clock in college lacrosse.

Jared Leto doesn’t want a shot clock either.

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