The lacrosse proposal is on the November 12 agenda. Here is what happens next
On Thursday, November 12, the schools of NSAA District 2, which covers Omaha and eastern Nebraska, vote on proposal 2100. It would make boys and girls lacrosse an official emerging sport for Nebraska high schools beginning in the 2027-28 school year. This week every District 2 principal and athletic director received one short, positive summary of what the proposal asks.
What the proposal actually does
The NSAA is the association that runs high school sports and activities in Nebraska. Emerging sport status is its on-ramp for a new sport. For three years, schools that want lacrosse can offer it as a varsity team, and schools that do not want it simply opt out. No school is required to add a team, a budget or a schedule. The season is built to start after the other sports have set their rosters, so no student is asked to choose at tryouts, and the NSAA can adjust the window and format along the way as schools report back. Nothing becomes permanent until Nebraska net participation earns it.
What we asked the schools
Vote yes if your school wants the option. Abstain if it does not. Let the District 2 schools that want to try it, try it.
Lines worth repeating
If lacrosse comes up in conversation, these short lines carry the whole case.
- Let the schools that want to try it, try it.
- A yes or an abstention commits a school to nothing.
- Opt-in only. Varsity only.
- Built to add students, not take them.
- Each proposal stands on its own. A yes for lacrosse is not a no for anything else.
- Five sports, one stick.
- The kids are already here.
The case in short
- The proposal was built around what Nebraska schools told us in a 2024 AD Lacrosse survey which represented 20,497 students. The season starts after other teams have set their rosters, it begins with one boys team and one girls team at the varsity level, and smaller schools can combine through co-ops or play the 6v6 format.
- Nebraska already has two established, stable groups that assign lacrosse officials, experienced club coaches, and free NFHS coaching courses.
- 529 Nebraska players are ages 6 to 14 and 543 are ages 15 to 18, in 29 communities. 1,374 of you have signed this petition, and 886 of those signatures come from District 2 communities.
- Lacrosse is a recognized high school sport nationally, with 212,988 players in 2024-25, more than 90 Midwest colleges with programs, including Midland, Creighton and Nebraska, and a return to the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.
- A free K-12 physical education curriculum is ready now for any Nebraska teacher at nebraskalacrosse.com/lacrosse-for-pe-teachers.
How you can help this week
Share this petition with one Nebraska neighbor before November 12. The schools were told that 1,374 Nebraskans have signed and that 886 of them live in District 2 communities. Every new signature from Omaha, Gretna, Bennington, Elkhorn, Papillion, La Vista, Bellevue, Fremont and the surrounding towns strengthens that number.
Please leave the vote to the schools. They have what they need, so there is no need to call or email principals, athletic directors or the NSAA. If a school wants to talk, the lacrosse leader in that community, the team or club director, is the point person for that conversation. Please give them space. For everyone else, if someone asks you about it, be there with a clear, friendly answer. The most helpful thing our community can do right now is stay positive and patient.
We will post the result here as soon as we have it. Whatever happens on November 12, the work continues, and every player in Nebraska is part of it.
The Nebraska Lacrosse Connection
nebraskalacrosse.com