National Lacrosse League cancels planned spring season
The National Lacrosse League is cancelling its planned abbreviated season and now intends to focus on bringing a full season of play in the fall.
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Posted: Feb 03, 2021 2:36 PM CT | Last Updated: February 3
The National Lacrosse League is focusing its efforts on hosting a complete fall season and canceled the abbreviated spring season it had planned on Wednesday.(Liam Richards/The Canadian Press)
The National Lacrosse League is cancelling its planned abbreviated spring season.
The league announced the decision today and said it would focus on starting a traditional season in the fall.
NLL scraps plans for abbreviated 2020-21 season, wants to begin full campaign in fall
Nick Sakiewicz, commissioner of the National Lacrosse League, speaks at a press conference in Halifax on September 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aly Thomson February 03, 2021 - 9:24 AM
PHILADELPHIA - The National Lacrosse League has cancelled plans for an abbreviated 2020-21 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The league said in a statement it will now focus on starting a full season this fall.
The NLL had said in October it was targeting the weekend of April 9-11 to begin a 2020-21 campaign. The season has traditionally started in December or January.
The NLL suspended its 2019-20 in March due to the global pandemic. It was eventually cancelled.
The NLL has five Canadian teams the Halifax Thunderbirds, Toronto Rock, Saskatchewan Rush, Calgary Roughnecks and Vancouver Warriors and eight American teams. A new team, Panther City Lacrosse Club in Fort Worth, Texas, is expected to join the league when it resumes. We have gone through many scenarios, including playing a bubble season in Canada in April, but the logistical challenges, including the recently announced tighter travel and quarantine restrictions across the Canadian border have required us to pivot, NLL commissioner Nick Sakiewicz said in a release.
CALGARY The National Lacrosse League is abandoning plans for a shortened spring season and will instead focus on starting a traditional season in the fall. A date for the start of the fall season has not been decided. The move to halt spring plans was announced Wednesday. “We have gone through many scenarios, including playing a bubble season in Canada in April, but the logistical challenges, including the recently announced tighter travel and quarantine restrictions across the Canadian border have required us to pivot, said NLL Commissioner Nick Sakiewicz. We have decided to focus on playing a full season in our markets, starting in the fall of this year. While many of the factors we can control were moving along well, those outside of our control, especially pertaining to obtaining government approval as far in advance as we would have needed, are no longer feasible.
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