Is there a pro lacrosse league? On December 16, 2020, the league announced that it would be merging with the Premier Lacrosse League. At the time of the announcement, the 2020 MLL champion Boston Cannons were announced as the only team continuing play in the 2021 season as members of the PLL.
Lacrosse has been the fastest growing sport in the United States over the past decade.
As a result, that growth has found its way to the professional level. Major League Lacrosse was one of the faster growing professional sports in the US prior to its merger. The league’s rise to fame took an extremely different path than other elite leagues have, such as the NBA, MLB and NFL.
The near-term growth of professional lacrosse will be found in internet live streaming. Furthermore, then later in a more distant future, perhaps a powerful entity on cable television. As older generations continue to watch the four dominating sports powers on cable. Moreover, the younger generations are continuing to choose a different median for watching their beloved teams, internet streaming.
Growth nees to surpass 100,000 viewers a game before a major television contract considered realistic from one of the leading networks. However, the world of cable television is slowly going downhill. Comcast and the other large US providers have seen a steady loss of subscribers to internet-based streaming services. Professional sports is considered to have a mote from “cord cutting” as rabid fans desire instant access to their teams’ games. Its hard to take in a re run as a fan when the results are blasted all over social media, so, Lacrosse might be picked up by a smaller network looking for live content?
With only eight teams, Premier Lacrosse League is small, but it is undoubtedly a growing brand.
Former MLL Commissioner Sandy Brown
Professional Lacrosse gets excited about the trend of parents choosing to limit their children’s involvement in youth football. This as an opportunity for more views. In his eyes, as the number of youth football participants decreases, kids will play less violent contact sports and switch to lacrosse, a sport that mimics the athletic capabilities of football. This trend will definitely help to expand the lacrosse fan base, leading to more streams and tickets and merchandise sales to fans. The younger generation is the fire under the potential explosion of professional lacrosse.
