After the tweet yesterday from NXT Sports about a potential NLL team returning to Philadelphia, we reached out to the league for a comment, and this is what they gave us.
“The league is engaged in preliminary discussions with a number of parties who have expressed interest in the Philadelphia market. As a matter of policy, the league does not release any details related to prospects prior to receiving a franchise application.”
At the least, this confirms the tweet from NXT to be true and it gives hope to Philadelphia fans. The team has been gone since just early July, so it shows that this is a market the NLL really does want to return. Again, however, expansion is never mentioned so be cautious this COULD be a relocation, and it seems there are more groups than just NXT involved.
It being in the early stages, don’t expect a team in 2015, but 2016 looks like a real possibility.
