Defense of a Lax Bro

 

At every university there is a diseased interpretation of the lacrosse players or “Lax Bros”. Whether he’s actually a member of the schools team or just happens to be a kid wearing his high school's lacrosse sweatshirt and has longer than average hair, he is automatically roped into this depreciating stigma. He is assumed to be a jerk who considers women to be trophies displayed on the shelf above his bed for all his bros to see. He’s obsessed with his hair referred to as his “flow” and his chin is perpetually fixated upwards coming from a wealthy upper class white family.  This stigma is put best into words by the show Blue Mountain State when, in reference to lacrosse players, stated, “What they lacked in talent they made up for with good looks and daddy’s money.”

That is not the only example of media attempting to cast a shallow light upon lacrosse players. The actions of lacrosse players have been put under a microscope ever since the Duke lacrosse scandal in 2006 where team members were falsely accused of rape. There have been other incidents since then where college lacrosse players have committed crimes and because of their image the media makes sure to run stories on them even though other students commit the same crimes but don’t have their actions broadcasted over major news outlets.

With all of that being said here’s why you should befriend you resident lax bro despite the bad press….

With the mantra of “Win or lose we still booze”, what better bunch of bros is there to hang out with? The persistent coughing fits on the way home from away games will be sure to muffle the cracking of beer cans in the back of the bus although a flask suits just fine for others. No matter what obligations they have in the following days these guys will always find a way to party. They stumble hungover reeking of defeat into the same morning classes that you do after a long weeknight out on the town filled with cheap drinks and loose morals.

Besides the luscious flowing hair there isn’t much difference between a regular person and the exiled lax bros. Yes, often times they do get the girls because it’s why they wanted to play college hockey  lacrosse in the first place, but that doesn’t mean they look down upon you it’s just something that comes with the peak physical performance and finely chiseled jaw lines. It’s the lax pinnie wearing, mid calf sock rockin’, ray ban flashin’ players that give the rest a bad rep that is ill deserved.  The skinny jean dude with the beanie, you can judge him by his cover but don’t be afraid to reach out and expand your circle in college by adding a couple laxers to your arsenal of bros.