The NLL does not pay multi-million dollar salaries. Players make between nothing but paid expenses to a rare maximum of $30,000. Almost every player in the league holds a full time or a few part time jobs on the side. Some are teachers, others are contractors/landscapers and bartenders, to name a few. Games and practices mostly take place on weekends, and some players fly/long distance travel to participate. Most athletes…
Cornell University just released a statement regarding their dismissal of Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach Ben DeLuca this week. Though they stated his firing was entirely due to the direction they want the program to go, most beliefs are aiming at the recent reports of hazing on their team. There has been a lot of shady news in the world of sports across the board lately. Richie Incognito of the…
I like to consider myself an optimistic and sympathetic person. In addition, I find myself very analytical. On the latter subject of analysis, what in the lacrosse god’s name were the Bandits thinking when drafting Eric Penney this year? As my favorite NFL Monday Night Countdown hosts like to say, “C’mon, man!” The kid is 19 years old out of Rexdale, Ontario, a metropolitan area sitting geographically north…
Colin Boucher is a 25 year old coming from the Canadian Lacrosse League. Standing in on defense at 6’5” and 235 lbs, he is a big boy. It makes sense the Bandits would sign more defensemen as they focused heavily on forwards and transition players for the majority of the offseason. I have to ask, though, is Boucher a good fit for the Bandits? Boucher comes to Buffalo…
In case anyone has not noticed, allow myself to make the situation known: The Buffalo Bandits are practically flipping their entire roster. They’ve made enough transactions in the past two offseasons to equal approximately half their roster, at the least. In November of 2012, they collected Aaron Wilson from the Edmonton Rush. Wilson stacked up quite the statistics while playing with the Rush. The 10-year veteran last season…
Here is the new CBA in a nutshell according to myself: Players are locked into same salaries for more playing time Teams pay penalties for salary cap overages, which get circulated to other teams staying below cap All this to promote and grow the National Lacrosse League in America The new Collective Bargaining Agreement compromised between the NLL and the Professional Lacrosse Players’ Association (PLPA) involved…
Every American has heard of two things: soccer (football) and Team USA. Given this, many people can associate “Team USA” with at least one or two sports played internationally: basketball, soccer, cycling, etc. How many people think of lacrosse when they hear “Team USA”?
Playing starting goalie for the Buffalo Bandits is Kurtis (Kurt) Wagar. Born on November 5, 1985, #38 comes out of St. Catherines, Ontario and attended Brock University right in his hometown. Wagar stands six foot tall and 215 pounds. He signed onto the Buffalo Bandits as a free agent and adjacently plays for the Peterborough Lakers. Well, I do believe that’s enough of the blah blah facts. Let’s get into…
There has been an apparently consistent theme to Steve Dietrich’s trades for the Buffalo Bandits this year: forget draft pick spots, we want experienced youth. Back in the later parts of summer and throughout September Dietrich made numerous moves and transactions involving draft picks: A transaction with the Calgary Roughnecks including a 10th overall pick in the 2013 Entry Draft and a second round selection in the 2015…
The official free agency lists are in and “empty” positions are up for grabs. However, the combination of the National Lacrosse League’s way of operating coupled with my lack of roster knowledge make for my very open and possibly obscure predictions. In this article especially, any readers may feel free to comment any thoughts, suggestions and/or recommendations. It’s a long way to the top If you wanna rock…