The Pro Lacrosse Problem

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[paologrisanti]

Honestly, in my opinion, I think it's good that every team has their own location (so people can grow a stronger connection to a team), but I would have preferred if they had kept the touring system for a few more years to grow the game in less mainstream areas. Also, I don't like how every week a team has a bye. Besides that, I agree the NLL and PLL should collaborate more. For example, perhaps a skills competition could be a cool little event.

[Gbabes]

Growing up in rural canada there was a hockey arena in every town making Box lacrosse way more accessible, plus the less players needed to start a team helps, my finally midget season we had 11 runners plus a goalie. If you don’t live in a major center you’re not playing field. So I get why NLL/box lacrosse is way bigger in Canada than the PLL/field. But it’s looking like Sixes will hopefully help grow field lacrosse in Canada and I think that’s where the PLL and NLL should help each other out to grow the game as a whole.

[THutchHighlights]

Very well done video, I think lacrosse needs more of these types of videos

[zajinramirez]

I love how I just hoped onto your channel today and then like 20 minutes after I subbed, a new vid dropped


Cant wait to see more from you

[georgelopez]

I love what you are saying, I do agree we need to be far more united, but I don’t think it’s “both leagues fault”, the NLL regularly talks about the PLL players and post on ig about it but it is the PLL that actually goes out of its way to not mention the NLL

[laxfarmer]

Good point about combining the powers of the NLL/PLL to supercharge growth. Great vid!

[anthonyaddesso]

It will take twenty years for lacrosse to become mainstream. There needs to be more promotion for kids to play, and get there parents involved. It does not happen overnight. Also having a connection to all things lacrosse and making sure it’s fun to watch and participate in whether you’re younger or older. The more people involved the more the growth.

[thatguy-xd]

The reason the focus for things like the number of teams, where championship series is being in the NE all comes down to cost and population. It's the most central location for a majority of players and a central location for where the majority of lacrosse is. Lacrosse is growing rapdily, but the NE is still, by far, the HUB of the lacrosse world

[bogeytgames]

Played in middle and high school from 2007-2017 the Paul rabil part about his vlogs and having a life was so crazy. Dude was the best player we’ve ever seen so far and was struggling to just live day to day.

[MidSotaa]

i love lacrosse but you know we have problem when Lyle won play in this league

[fekarei]

as someone who personally prefers indoor lacrosse because that is the sport i've chosen to play, i still follow the PLL to the utmost extreme, especially now that the teams are linked to specific cities. being someone from philadelphia who got into lacrosse not too long ago and seeing the waterdogs come into our city to play for us helps me to link myself to a team which helps me to become more engrossed with the game. i think that both leagues need to do whats right for the sport and understand that NLL fans ARE PLL fans, theyre not 2 seperate people.

[SteezySteez]

No sane person can live comfortably off of $35k in 2024.

[lancegoulet]

My dream would be for the same organization to run a pro box and field lacrosse league. Two seasons with the same teams and the same players under contract. Some players would only play box, some would only play field, but basically have a single league with a box and a field season. Throw in the 6's championship series between seasons, just for fun. Now THAT would be awesome!

[nateschofer]

NLL and PLL merger/collab might be huge. Getting continuity over both leagues would be amazing. This probably means taking the NLL teams and fanbases and bringing them to the PLL as they are more established but there are lots of ways to go about this. Would love to see accessibility increased too. I live in northern CT and I can't even find a mens league anywhere from central CT to central MA! That's crazy how is one of the places lacrosse is supposed to be the most popular not even have mens leagues? I wonder if Maryland/denver/tri state? struggle with similar things.

[EliHackett-fmof]

As a lacrosse fan I want to see the sport grow both professionally and otherwise. I love and am a die hard fan of the NLL and I like and enjoy the PLL a bit more casually as entertainment when it's on. That said, from a business perspective with both leagues trying to make it closer to becoming a major professional sport it's understandable that they both see each other as existential threats. There's no other professional sport where there isn't a clear hierarchy between leagues. This balance of power is what makes collaboration so difficult.

[zapster]

Just watched an Iroquois team play for the first time in their own stadium now I'm a huge fan

[newjumpcityjosh]

Both the NLL and PLL are far more concerned about profit over growth of the game. It’s heart breaking because this is the same degenerative mindset that infects the health insurance industry and housing to the point so many people are struggling for basic necessities to survive. Our government allows these crucial industries to be run by greed so I have no hope in my mind something like lacrosse won’t also be swallowed whole by corporate greed.

[muttonstix]

I would say another main thing that needs to be fixed is how many pll teams there are. We NEED more so more people can compete, and with more teams = more fans = more MONEY for all players!

[nsneddon]

As a defenceman, I naturally enjoy the physicality of the NLL more, despite my preference for field lacrosse, this is mainly because I don’t like how Rabil seems to be going out of his way to remove hitting from the PLL.

[michaeldail]

You mentioned playing in the middle of the country… yet the PLL has completely neglected the entire central time zone. Outside of this upcoming weekend in Minny, not a single team or game for year in the entire central time zone.