I suspect that you'd give your son the same advise if the answers were (no and yes) or (yes and yes).
47 players on the roster? And only 12.6 of them are on scholarship? (http://hsbaseballweb.com/scholarships_by_sport.htm)
Or does the 47 entail both men's and women's lacrosse, in which case 24.6 of them are on scholarship?
I was wondering why the men were allowed 12.6 scholarships and the women only 12 (whereas in every other co-ed sport (the football/wrestling tax), the women have more scholarships). However I see (from uslacrosse.org -- I'm not a fan of the sport) that a men's team has 10 players at a time (4, almost 5 strings deep, if the 47 is men only?) and the women's team has 12 (only just over 2 strings deep if it's men's and women's). 2 strings deep makes a lot more sense.
Now why isn't there women's wrestling? I enjoyed GLOW much more than women's hockey.