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Scratch that I never thought it would happen.
Not one month ago, I stumbled upon a phrase I told myself to memorize, because it perfectly summed up the answer to the question I get asked most often.
That question is: “Why do you care about pro lacrosse so much?”
The phrase is: “Duty is a weapon that does not break.” (Thanks, Kieron Gillen).
The Premier Lacrosse League has absorbed Major League Lacrosse. It is being framed as a new beginning more than an end. But in reality, this is the end at the very least of an era of professional lacrosse as we knew it. We all should have seen it coming after the hazy ending of the MLL season that saw the Connecticut Hammerheads and the Chesapeake Bayhawks forfeit their playoff positions leading to a default championship game between the Boston Cannons and the Denver Outlaws. That’s not to take away from the resulting championship game or the teams, but in terms of ending a critical campaign…that’s not a conclusion that reads
The merger ends the era of two dueling operations and cements PLL as the sole pro field lacrosse league. The PLL will add the expansion Cannons LC as its eight team, rebranding MLL’s Boston Cannons. MLL players Lyle Thompson among the most noteworthy will enter the PLL’s Player Pool.
“Over the past two years the PLL has punched through expectations and garnered commercial viability that the sport has never seen,” said Paul Rabil to Sportico. “Today, as the PLL embarks on season three, we do so armed with 20 years of MLL history.”
The news was met with praise Wednesday: