With the new long distance accuracy contest this weekend at the MLL All Star game, along with the freestyle contest, many have begun to wonder if we really need the skills competition.Mike Sawyer made headlines by shooting 114 miles per hour and breaking the Major League Lacrosse record. But the majority of fans seem to think the contest went down from there, with the long distance accuracy contest with scores ranging from 40 to 1. It was won by Jesse Schwartzman, a goaltender.
After that was the freestyle contest, won by Kevin Buchanan that got negative reviews on social media. Below are what some of the people in lacrosse had to say about the competition.
Inside Lacrosse Analysts Kyle Devitte and Matt Kinnear
@TheKyleDevitte You’re watching the last MLL long-distance competition there will ever be.
— Matt Kinnear (@mattkinnear) July 14, 2013
Chazz Woodson, Ohio Machine
@Marisa_Ingemi Personal opinion?? I think its awful. BUT its about the fans, and I DO think that fans (esp in attendance) appreciate it more
— Chazz Woodson (@ChazzWoodson) July 14, 2013
Jake Bernhardt, Ohio Machine
I know this isn’t the first Freestyle in the MLL All-Star but lets just say this isn’t helping the sport on national tv #embarrassed
— Jake Bernhardt (@jak3bernhardt) July 14, 2013
Michael Brand, Texas State Head Coach
Just gouged my eyeballs out after the freestyle competition. You happy @MLL_Lacrosse? @TheKyleDevitte@Marisa_Ingemi
— Michael Brand (@MikeJBrand) July 14, 2013
There were also plenty of positive things said about the competition, but the amount of negativity was alarming. What do you think of the skills competition?
