According to multiple sources, Graham D’Alvia is now the commissioner of the Professional Lacrosse League. (Has there ever been more news about a league to never play a game, by the way?) However, the New Jersey Rascals will not continue. The league had an 11am meeting today where they voted D’Alvia as the leader of the league. Later, they announced that instead of the Reading Rockets vs New Jersey game,…
This has been a real crazy year for professional lacrosse, especially when it comes to “growth”. It appears that suddenly everyone wants to make greater efforts to spread the sport, and their method seems to be by starting new leagues. In the past year we have seen the introductions of the NALL, CLax, PLL, MILA, and now the new Prospects Lacrosse League. Its too early to say much about the…
Yesterday we learned the New Jersey Rascals have decided not to play in the Professional Lacrosse League in 2012, their season set to start in just a week. The PLL’s questionable history has long been discussed, but yesterday, we took to Twitter to find the fan reaction from others who followed the league. @lacrossewetrust I suspect the bigger issue is leadership, and not number of teams. At least that’s my…
I’ve had a lot to say about the PLL and all the other lacrosse leagues. Here is my biggest gripe with professional lacrosse at ANY level. NALL was a great idea at first. Develop American players. In Canada they have their Juniors and Senior leagues and the NLL, the real pro indoor league, is full of Canadians. Not many Americans because there is no where for Americans to learn the…
D.C. Sports & Entertainment, owners of the New Jersey Rascals of the Professional Lacrosse League, announced today that they have elected to go dormant for the upcoming 2012 season. The Rascals were set to be part of the inaugural season of the Professional Lacrosse League, a four-team indoor lacrosse league.D.C. Sports & Entertainment CEO and Rascals President Nicholas Desrosiers said, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the New Jersey Rascals will…
The Iroquois Nationals announced they will host the 2015 FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship at Tsha’Hon’nonyen’dakhwa’ Onondaga Nation Arena near Syracuse, N.Y., and First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y., in September of 2015. According to the Syracuse Convention & Visitors Bureau, the six-day-long portion of the event at the Onondaga Nation, which is expected to attract over 300 athletes and 15,000 fans, will generate nearly $4 million in local travel spending. “The…
We are nine days away from the PLL season, but things seem rather quiet. To some, a tad too quiet. None of the teams rosters have been announced yet. We assume that Charlotte and Jacksonville have groups together since they’ve had a great deal of time, but its a very different story for the league’s two newest franchises. New Jersey has managed to sign six players to their roster (one…
In a very weird week in the Midwest Indoor Lacrosse Association, three games were postponed and one team won via forfeit. The Cleveland Demons were set to take on the Detroit Coney Dogs, but the Demons ended up winning 1-0 due to Detroit forfeiting. Meanwhile, the game between Southern Ohio Box Lacrosse and the Grand Rapids Dragonfish was already postponed before the week began. However, two more games ended up being postponed…
The St. Regis Braves defeated the Saint Catharines Saints to win their second straight President’s Cup. The score of the Championship game from yesterday was Braves 13 to the Saints 9. In the Bronze Medal game, the Rockyview Knights defeated the Spruce Grove Slash nine to eight in Overtime. The teams who medaled will be the Braves, Saints and Knights. Jerome Thompson of the Braves was the most valuable player…
The Kentucky Stickhorses Indoor Professional Lacrosse team will play their second season at historic Freedom Hall. Team owner Tony Chase stated “Freedom Hall is a fantastic venue for the Stickhorses as it allows us to showcase the professional athletes, fast paced lacrosse action and the in-game entertainment in an exciting venue that our fans are familiar with and enjoy.†The Kentucky Stickhorses are the first professional lacrosse team in Kentucky…