No offense! I am sure the defenses were getting away with the cross-check D all day.
This one sounds like the movie you paid full price to see at the theatre and wished you waited for the video....because by the time it comes out on video everyone else can tell you how terible it is so you don't waste your time or money. Good thing the big offensive games were the one's on TV (10-9 and 8-6) Bigtime scoring.
People will say hey the Hop Navy Game was exciting because it went down to the end.....I am sure a game of checkers is pretty intense when both players get down to 1 piece each....but I wouldn't put it on TV.
College Lacrosse at it's highest levels get slower and more painful to watch each year.
Just Because a D-stick is 6 feet long doesn't mean you can use 2.5 feet of it between your hads to check offensive players with the ball.
Cross-checks happen 1000x's more often than traveling in the NBA (AND THEY NEVER GET CALLED!!!)
A very Good Div.1 Ref's told me, "They can't call them because games would take forever and teams would be man-up ALL GAME LONG"
I say that would be part of the cycle of correcting the problem. Teams would need to stop cross-checking in order to not play man-down all game long.
Isn't that why the rules are there?????????????