THe exact same thing is happening with golf, outside of the Majors, nobody cares if Scottie Sheffler wins a random PGA event, and LIV is seen as the red headed stepchild. It's iMO the same thing with PLL and NLL but it does not make sense to merge them. At least not merge them while the people taking jabs at each league are still involved, having them in a merged league is just going to be a recipe for disaster though but where can you send them. WHo is to say they won't just go and start up a rival league and then we are right back here. That being said, I do think a videogame could help get more eyes on lacrosse as well as promoting the sport at all levels as far as TV goes with a big network showing the entire season and taking it seriously, like NBC or CBS giving the sport the respect it deserv and more to the point being easy to find and watch. When you get to watch a game, it is fast paced and exciting and fun to watch. The problem is being able to watch it. Radio, vlogs, KZread content and yes a videogame are all other ways to draw people in. Do the local teams have radio affiliates a la baseball or football that carry the games with a radio crew calling what's going on, or like how the AHL and WHL do things? If, for instance, 2K got to sign a five year deal to make a PLL game and EA got to make an NLL game in the same period then you got a former player to spearhead someone making their own game as well, with how big KZread is and how big creators can draw in views on even the most average of games, to me it's a no brainer to get people to pick up the game, see it's fun then be able to watch the teams in the game, on TV or radio. THe worst thing the leagues can and are doing, is going yeah we are going to sign deals with a hard to find and watch service that you can't easily find our games on. Whoever signed off on that has no idea what they have done. Sure, it may look good to stream to ESPN but really, how many people does that reach vs something like NBC or CBS? Okay sure, you may have to convince CBS or NBC to take on one or both leagues, but that is not an impossible task. Hell even Amazon would be a better option than eSPN and a hard to find stream
@ReLax-ru2pk4 күн бұрын
When I was in middle school , we had practices at our local high school. I never watched pros. But one day at practice our coaches surprised us with some pros. And I don’t exactly remember but I’m pretty sure Paul was there. He signed all our stuff and ran a practice. I still remember that shit 10 years ago
@ReLax-ru2pk4 күн бұрын
Specifically the lizards
@mikey75336 күн бұрын
Miami Chrome would be tough or Tampa bay
@michaelwilhelm15717 күн бұрын
who cares,?
@jrvasquez435322 күн бұрын
Pat Spencer is a fine example . Although, every sport had humble beginnings. MLB had great players with summer jobs early on….
@dougmphilly22 күн бұрын
joe tsai and oliver marti are principal owners in both leagues.
@Colin.1.823 күн бұрын
I bought Casey Powell 2018 for 5$ on eBay. The seller sent me a code and said I had to use a vpn to Argentina to redeem it😂. It worked tho
@prairietan23 күн бұрын
The mini game was played 15 minutes after game 2 to decide the winner. It was gay as fuck.
@camj799825 күн бұрын
the biggest problem is that people just don't want to watch it. they just don't think it would be fun to watch but then when the actually watch a lacrosse game they're hooked
@fadercreek25 күн бұрын
Pll or nll?
@RockyMountainLacrosse25 күн бұрын
PLL but NLL is starting to win me over ngl
@pumapath228225 күн бұрын
Lacrosse has a problem. It’s outpriced for black people. We’re the best athletes in the world, and most of us can’t afford to play it. That’s the problem with lacrosse.
@poketrainerjames724626 күн бұрын
Would be great to eventually see another expansion, hopefully we can get some of the old MLL franchises back and maybe even bring back the Chrome soon? Ik they did really bad but I believe that the outlaws should have been added as a 9th team rather then replacing one of the original 6
@poketrainerjames724626 күн бұрын
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.
@jonathanfloyd715426 күн бұрын
PLL sucks now. new shotclock and short field allows goalies to get lit up from 10 yards
@goodmaro27 күн бұрын
How "mainstream" do you want, or need, lacrosse to be? It's much better known than many other sports in North America or the world. I think your idea of "mainstream" is a short list of the very few big money-making spectator sports, the audience for which is already close to saturated, which means lacrosse, or any other game trying to break into that list, would have to displace one of the others. Lacrosse is as "mainstream" as most of the other things we refer to by that adjective, sports or otherwise.
@solerso6827 күн бұрын
Indopr lacrosse suits the cold climate of Canada and the American northwoods states ..playing field lacrosse in march in northern Michigan (for example) _ flat out sucks. its not enjoyable.I grew up in in freaking Anne Arundel county , 1000 miles south of Toronto and still REALLY wished i could be playing indoors when we started practice in late February. In Canada starting practice outside in February isn't really an option unless you play in a league that has a LOT more resources (money) than the PLL. And box lacrosse players develop skill sets that are different than field players (as the narrator pointed out).. I remember watching a team of US all stars (REALLY all stars) play against a Canadian box lacrosse team in a demo tour..the Americans got routed...it was embarrassing..only standout fitness stars like Mark Gold and Frank Urso shone at all in that series. Finesse American field players got steamrolled by the Canadians.
@silentkillerliam980127 күн бұрын
After moving out to Colorado from a hot bed area on the east coast I can understand why the game is struggling to grow. Back in PA any time park you’d drive past would have a multiple fields and nets. Out here I struggle to find a field to ho shoot on
@TheBlacknight12229 күн бұрын
Plenty of hobbies and sports aren't "mainstream". I'm not sure I'll jump on the assumption that all lacrosse players want the sport to be mainstream. To be honest I enjoy it being more obscure but still recognized. It takes the edge off of youth lacrosse that it isn't played to become pro and growing up it was just played because it's fun and my friends played. It's a Native American game and doesn't need to have all the money in the world squeezed out of it and optimized for all the best commericals.
@marcoseven771329 күн бұрын
barrier to entry for lacrosse is $$$$ expensive. If the high schools could sponsor some gear, more kids would probably play lacrosse
@zapster8778Ай бұрын
Just watched an Iroquois team play for the first time in their own stadium now I'm a huge fan
@bencheevers6693Ай бұрын
I'd say the big problem with lacrosse is that if you didn't play you don't care about it which is not the same as other sports, it's also really hard to watch, very had to follow, lots of bodies in the way and a tiny ball that you can't see, on a tv it's really hard to see what's going on. I don't know what can be done about this, maybe if it were bigger then more people would care like other sports but that's circular
@benjaminsobel9886Ай бұрын
The only way to make lacrosse a non elitist sport is to stop charging so much for equipment. Stop charging over $3000 for travel teams.
@ethanbodie1057Ай бұрын
The Championship Series has been played in Northern VA the last 2 years so like 1.5 hours south of Baltimore.
@MrAnonymous-dt2giАй бұрын
I'm more into the NLL. Not because I played in one league over the other. I practiced and done drills in lacrosse, but I never played it. The reason I prefer NLL over PLL is because I grew up with hockey. Street, ball, inline and ice. NLL is more of that hockey style and it's a faster and more physical style that I'm used to watching and playing. It doesn't mean I will never watch PLL. Because I have. And yes, I would like to see lacrosse including inline and ball hockey be an Olympic sport because I think it should.
@wJackoАй бұрын
For the issues with watching hockey games I have heard that it is way worse in Colorado than anywhere else
@alicebenson8512Ай бұрын
Love the NLL. Back in the day, Portland had the Lumberjaxs, and there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about em. I wish the NLL would come back to Portland. We have such a unique and home grown lax community here in Oregon.
@alicebenson8512Ай бұрын
It warms my heart to see Lacrosse flourishing. Growing up in Oregon, the Outlaws were the only team out west, and the only other teams i'd watch besides John Hopkins and Syracuse. They were really the first team I seriously followed in terms of pro lacrosse. And I'm so happy they were brought back. Thank you man for doing a video on them and helping to promote the game I played and loved.
@lopoa126Ай бұрын
The leagues fighting each other is just dumb since they are two distinctly different sports. Like arena football and the NFL, or soccer and whatever indoor league is trying to exist. We used to have a roller hockey team a few decades ago. I went to an indoor lacrosse game, but the team quickly folded. I've watched outdoor on tv. It would be nice if the two leagues worked together to further grow the sport. It wasn't an option in my area through school or as a club sport.
@anarchistburrito7109Ай бұрын
The biggest issue is the skill is just too high. Unless your name is Lee zink- you don't stand a chance on defense becuase there is just nothing they can do
@JawaPenguin16Ай бұрын
This sport wont get away from being a rich preppy kid sport until until the common man can afford to play this sport. All talk about "growing the game" is just fluff that sounds nice until then. A few lax clinics in under priviledged areas isn't fixing that. The people that make gear are just like Hockey gear makers, in the sense that they're perfectly okay with the sport being a niche. Played by only those that can afford it.
@SerWhiskeyfeetАй бұрын
If you don’t love sports as a kid you’re not gonna magically love them as an adult. I’ve never met a sports fan that didn’t grow up with their team. Youth leagues are the only way the pro leagues will grow.
@tomj6941Ай бұрын
I wasn’t a sport fan as a kid, I did kickboxing so team sports weren’t my thing until I got kids my boys play box lax and tackle football now I’m a big fan!
@wildchild795Ай бұрын
I played for 7 years growing up, then fell off in high school, then covid but I would love to find some decent pick-up or town league for 20-30 year old kids who just want to play the game again
@WintersSoldierАй бұрын
6:20 What are you talking about? Denver Outlaws games were shown on local 20 KTVD for the first 2 seasons. All home games were on the RSN or Altitude. I have all the games recorded from broadcast on DVD. No mention of "The Rabil Paradox"
@thirstyfajita4115Ай бұрын
Box is so much more physical to me and at least in buffalo, the games are absolutely electric. Playoff games sell out keybank (full sized hockey arena). Would love to see more attention on it.
@ermek829Ай бұрын
lax 18 is now offline i believe sucks
@Dpzoecuban1009Ай бұрын
There needs to be a push in different demographics I would’ve loved to play but there weren’t cheap options for me growing up.
@wolf-xf6hfАй бұрын
Kinda reminds me of the division with the PPA and MLP for pickleball up until the recent merger
@jacobnorris6311Ай бұрын
I understand that they needed to be more established as a league and not a touring side show, but I think it was a huge slap in the face to midwest and texas lacrosse fans when they annouced a team in the carolinas and a team in denver, 1400 miles of missed opportunity to "grow the game" and especially because they consider carolina to be in the western conference
@gus5718Ай бұрын
Its more of a slap in the face to Maryland lacrosse fans that they added the outlaws and cannons back before the bayhawks.
@saydaddy91Ай бұрын
Frankly until lacrosse is no longer a sport just for rich suburban kids there’s no way that it’s going to be mainstream. Hockey is getting to that point as well
@Sleeper_productionsАй бұрын
Does the NFL promote XFL? Does the NHL promote da beauty league? There needs to be one league, politics in sports is the dumbest thing ever
@bogeyt15games55Ай бұрын
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.
@WintersSoldierАй бұрын
the BS pity grift of Paul Rabil is epic. The guy bragged he was making a million dollars out of Hop yet he was soooooooooooooo poooooooooooooooooor. Did you forget his original rainmaker or his Red Bull aka Paul RedBull deal?
@bogeyt15games5523 күн бұрын
@@WintersSoldier I’m sorry when was the last time Tyrell Owen’s tried to sell you an apartment? Fuck off dude lacrosse players don’t make shit compared to any other pro sport.
@lmchankinsАй бұрын
I'm going to have a different perspective than most on this topic because I grew up in Central Valley, California, which isn't exactly a hot bed for lacrosse and played in high school. The biggest issue is awareness, the funding will be a result of that awareness. Awareness means starting young, making entry fees really low so that all income levels can participate, organizing the community around the sport, and going to practice in areas that you normally wouldn't. In my senior year, the #2 football team in California came from a bottom 10 academic school, so what's the excuse? There's a stink of rich elitism in the sport that needs to be solved and quieted if the game ever wants to become a serious sport. Use the fact that this was how war was fought in pre European America.
@lmchankinsАй бұрын
Oddly enough, what I mean about the rich elitism is it's VERY white, and with the speed and athleticism to the game, it shouldn't be that way. Here's one way to market the sport to black inner city kids and their parents; in the summer, in between basketball and / or football season, you can give an athletic option that doesn't interfere with either sport's schedule, low injury risk comparatively, plus parents don't have to worry as much about what to do when either season is done and trust me, that's HUGE in the inner city, plus oddly enough, they can forge a path that few black athletes now get to, thanks to their predecessors, ever experience and that's being a trailblazer. Point guards, running backs, linebackers, wide receivers, and quarterbacks should be encouraged to play
@laurisavolainen3129Ай бұрын
As someone who has never seen an actual lacrosse game, it just doesn't seem like a big outside stadium sport, the ball is too small the players do not take enough space on the field. Similar to ice hockey where you wanna see the small stuff as closely as possible
@robertvine8103Ай бұрын
Rebrand the whipsnakes back to the bayhawks !!!
@fekarei5547Ай бұрын
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.
@deficitstifflegzercherdeadliftАй бұрын
It’s such a bummer that PLL has moved on from the no-home-locations model for professional sports; tying teams to cities doesn’t make sense for athletes in contemporary sports and is a vestige from a time when players were from, and lived around, the location the team was in-part of the big issues in the NBA (“big vs. small markets” and player loyalty) stems from the stupidity of this antiquated model. Why would a highly touted draft pick from the west coast want to play/stay in a small, middle American market? I understand that, logistically, tying teams to locations means that they can generate local support because humans have a proclivity for caring about “us” (regardless of how erroneous the application of that term is); it’s why people root for their country in an Olympic sport they normally don’t gaf about. And I’m sure that the plan is to eventually garner “ownership” capital to support the league; right now, I imagine that trying to get investors without giving them control over teams is difficult, but it doesn’t change my opinion that the lack of locations was a move in the right direction for creating parity in professional sports, as infeasible of a concept as that is in America.
@buffalosportsfan17Ай бұрын
Banditland Is The Best Fanbase
@v4v819Ай бұрын
This was great era! But it seems every time it tries to change it gets worse not better... They should go back to focusing on their fan core and have faith the sport will keep growing on it's own merit... The more they make it a business the more it turns off real fans who actually care and follow and support the sport! Counterintuitive!
@v4v819Ай бұрын
"Lacrosse isn't mainstream..." Says the voice on the Lacrosse KZread video we are all watching... Apparently that isn't mainstream enough for Lacrosse... LMFAO! I'm a lacrosse fan and i'm sick of fake fan channels like this who pretend to love a sport but are not supportive and bad mouth or apologize for it every change they get on a video...
@BobbyBlitz69Ай бұрын
I’ll say it- PLL is too white. I am a white guy with a college degree and can confidently say that no sports league will ever flourish if it’s dominated by white guys with college degrees.
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THe exact same thing is happening with golf, outside of the Majors, nobody cares if Scottie Sheffler wins a random PGA event, and LIV is seen as the red headed stepchild. It's iMO the same thing with PLL and NLL but it does not make sense to merge them. At least not merge them while the people taking jabs at each league are still involved, having them in a merged league is just going to be a recipe for disaster though but where can you send them. WHo is to say they won't just go and start up a rival league and then we are right back here. That being said, I do think a videogame could help get more eyes on lacrosse as well as promoting the sport at all levels as far as TV goes with a big network showing the entire season and taking it seriously, like NBC or CBS giving the sport the respect it deserv and more to the point being easy to find and watch. When you get to watch a game, it is fast paced and exciting and fun to watch. The problem is being able to watch it. Radio, vlogs, KZread content and yes a videogame are all other ways to draw people in. Do the local teams have radio affiliates a la baseball or football that carry the games with a radio crew calling what's going on, or like how the AHL and WHL do things? If, for instance, 2K got to sign a five year deal to make a PLL game and EA got to make an NLL game in the same period then you got a former player to spearhead someone making their own game as well, with how big KZread is and how big creators can draw in views on even the most average of games, to me it's a no brainer to get people to pick up the game, see it's fun then be able to watch the teams in the game, on TV or radio. THe worst thing the leagues can and are doing, is going yeah we are going to sign deals with a hard to find and watch service that you can't easily find our games on. Whoever signed off on that has no idea what they have done. Sure, it may look good to stream to ESPN but really, how many people does that reach vs something like NBC or CBS? Okay sure, you may have to convince CBS or NBC to take on one or both leagues, but that is not an impossible task. Hell even Amazon would be a better option than eSPN and a hard to find stream
When I was in middle school , we had practices at our local high school. I never watched pros. But one day at practice our coaches surprised us with some pros. And I don’t exactly remember but I’m pretty sure Paul was there. He signed all our stuff and ran a practice. I still remember that shit 10 years ago
Specifically the lizards
Miami Chrome would be tough or Tampa bay
who cares,?
Pat Spencer is a fine example . Although, every sport had humble beginnings. MLB had great players with summer jobs early on….
joe tsai and oliver marti are principal owners in both leagues.
I bought Casey Powell 2018 for 5$ on eBay. The seller sent me a code and said I had to use a vpn to Argentina to redeem it😂. It worked tho
The mini game was played 15 minutes after game 2 to decide the winner. It was gay as fuck.
the biggest problem is that people just don't want to watch it. they just don't think it would be fun to watch but then when the actually watch a lacrosse game they're hooked
Pll or nll?
PLL but NLL is starting to win me over ngl
Lacrosse has a problem. It’s outpriced for black people. We’re the best athletes in the world, and most of us can’t afford to play it. That’s the problem with lacrosse.
Would be great to eventually see another expansion, hopefully we can get some of the old MLL franchises back and maybe even bring back the Chrome soon? Ik they did really bad but I believe that the outlaws should have been added as a 9th team rather then replacing one of the original 6
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.
PLL sucks now. new shotclock and short field allows goalies to get lit up from 10 yards
How "mainstream" do you want, or need, lacrosse to be? It's much better known than many other sports in North America or the world. I think your idea of "mainstream" is a short list of the very few big money-making spectator sports, the audience for which is already close to saturated, which means lacrosse, or any other game trying to break into that list, would have to displace one of the others. Lacrosse is as "mainstream" as most of the other things we refer to by that adjective, sports or otherwise.
Indopr lacrosse suits the cold climate of Canada and the American northwoods states ..playing field lacrosse in march in northern Michigan (for example) _ flat out sucks. its not enjoyable.I grew up in in freaking Anne Arundel county , 1000 miles south of Toronto and still REALLY wished i could be playing indoors when we started practice in late February. In Canada starting practice outside in February isn't really an option unless you play in a league that has a LOT more resources (money) than the PLL. And box lacrosse players develop skill sets that are different than field players (as the narrator pointed out).. I remember watching a team of US all stars (REALLY all stars) play against a Canadian box lacrosse team in a demo tour..the Americans got routed...it was embarrassing..only standout fitness stars like Mark Gold and Frank Urso shone at all in that series. Finesse American field players got steamrolled by the Canadians.
After moving out to Colorado from a hot bed area on the east coast I can understand why the game is struggling to grow. Back in PA any time park you’d drive past would have a multiple fields and nets. Out here I struggle to find a field to ho shoot on
Plenty of hobbies and sports aren't "mainstream". I'm not sure I'll jump on the assumption that all lacrosse players want the sport to be mainstream. To be honest I enjoy it being more obscure but still recognized. It takes the edge off of youth lacrosse that it isn't played to become pro and growing up it was just played because it's fun and my friends played. It's a Native American game and doesn't need to have all the money in the world squeezed out of it and optimized for all the best commericals.
barrier to entry for lacrosse is $$$$ expensive. If the high schools could sponsor some gear, more kids would probably play lacrosse
Just watched an Iroquois team play for the first time in their own stadium now I'm a huge fan
I'd say the big problem with lacrosse is that if you didn't play you don't care about it which is not the same as other sports, it's also really hard to watch, very had to follow, lots of bodies in the way and a tiny ball that you can't see, on a tv it's really hard to see what's going on. I don't know what can be done about this, maybe if it were bigger then more people would care like other sports but that's circular
The only way to make lacrosse a non elitist sport is to stop charging so much for equipment. Stop charging over $3000 for travel teams.
The Championship Series has been played in Northern VA the last 2 years so like 1.5 hours south of Baltimore.
I'm more into the NLL. Not because I played in one league over the other. I practiced and done drills in lacrosse, but I never played it. The reason I prefer NLL over PLL is because I grew up with hockey. Street, ball, inline and ice. NLL is more of that hockey style and it's a faster and more physical style that I'm used to watching and playing. It doesn't mean I will never watch PLL. Because I have. And yes, I would like to see lacrosse including inline and ball hockey be an Olympic sport because I think it should.
For the issues with watching hockey games I have heard that it is way worse in Colorado than anywhere else
Love the NLL. Back in the day, Portland had the Lumberjaxs, and there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about em. I wish the NLL would come back to Portland. We have such a unique and home grown lax community here in Oregon.
It warms my heart to see Lacrosse flourishing. Growing up in Oregon, the Outlaws were the only team out west, and the only other teams i'd watch besides John Hopkins and Syracuse. They were really the first team I seriously followed in terms of pro lacrosse. And I'm so happy they were brought back. Thank you man for doing a video on them and helping to promote the game I played and loved.
The leagues fighting each other is just dumb since they are two distinctly different sports. Like arena football and the NFL, or soccer and whatever indoor league is trying to exist. We used to have a roller hockey team a few decades ago. I went to an indoor lacrosse game, but the team quickly folded. I've watched outdoor on tv. It would be nice if the two leagues worked together to further grow the sport. It wasn't an option in my area through school or as a club sport.
The biggest issue is the skill is just too high. Unless your name is Lee zink- you don't stand a chance on defense becuase there is just nothing they can do
This sport wont get away from being a rich preppy kid sport until until the common man can afford to play this sport. All talk about "growing the game" is just fluff that sounds nice until then. A few lax clinics in under priviledged areas isn't fixing that. The people that make gear are just like Hockey gear makers, in the sense that they're perfectly okay with the sport being a niche. Played by only those that can afford it.
If you don’t love sports as a kid you’re not gonna magically love them as an adult. I’ve never met a sports fan that didn’t grow up with their team. Youth leagues are the only way the pro leagues will grow.
I wasn’t a sport fan as a kid, I did kickboxing so team sports weren’t my thing until I got kids my boys play box lax and tackle football now I’m a big fan!
I played for 7 years growing up, then fell off in high school, then covid but I would love to find some decent pick-up or town league for 20-30 year old kids who just want to play the game again
6:20 What are you talking about? Denver Outlaws games were shown on local 20 KTVD for the first 2 seasons. All home games were on the RSN or Altitude. I have all the games recorded from broadcast on DVD. No mention of "The Rabil Paradox"
Box is so much more physical to me and at least in buffalo, the games are absolutely electric. Playoff games sell out keybank (full sized hockey arena). Would love to see more attention on it.
lax 18 is now offline i believe sucks
There needs to be a push in different demographics I would’ve loved to play but there weren’t cheap options for me growing up.
Kinda reminds me of the division with the PPA and MLP for pickleball up until the recent merger
I understand that they needed to be more established as a league and not a touring side show, but I think it was a huge slap in the face to midwest and texas lacrosse fans when they annouced a team in the carolinas and a team in denver, 1400 miles of missed opportunity to "grow the game" and especially because they consider carolina to be in the western conference
Its more of a slap in the face to Maryland lacrosse fans that they added the outlaws and cannons back before the bayhawks.
Frankly until lacrosse is no longer a sport just for rich suburban kids there’s no way that it’s going to be mainstream. Hockey is getting to that point as well
Does the NFL promote XFL? Does the NHL promote da beauty league? There needs to be one league, politics in sports is the dumbest thing ever
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.
the BS pity grift of Paul Rabil is epic. The guy bragged he was making a million dollars out of Hop yet he was soooooooooooooo poooooooooooooooooor. Did you forget his original rainmaker or his Red Bull aka Paul RedBull deal?
@@WintersSoldier I’m sorry when was the last time Tyrell Owen’s tried to sell you an apartment? Fuck off dude lacrosse players don’t make shit compared to any other pro sport.
I'm going to have a different perspective than most on this topic because I grew up in Central Valley, California, which isn't exactly a hot bed for lacrosse and played in high school. The biggest issue is awareness, the funding will be a result of that awareness. Awareness means starting young, making entry fees really low so that all income levels can participate, organizing the community around the sport, and going to practice in areas that you normally wouldn't. In my senior year, the #2 football team in California came from a bottom 10 academic school, so what's the excuse? There's a stink of rich elitism in the sport that needs to be solved and quieted if the game ever wants to become a serious sport. Use the fact that this was how war was fought in pre European America.
Oddly enough, what I mean about the rich elitism is it's VERY white, and with the speed and athleticism to the game, it shouldn't be that way. Here's one way to market the sport to black inner city kids and their parents; in the summer, in between basketball and / or football season, you can give an athletic option that doesn't interfere with either sport's schedule, low injury risk comparatively, plus parents don't have to worry as much about what to do when either season is done and trust me, that's HUGE in the inner city, plus oddly enough, they can forge a path that few black athletes now get to, thanks to their predecessors, ever experience and that's being a trailblazer. Point guards, running backs, linebackers, wide receivers, and quarterbacks should be encouraged to play
As someone who has never seen an actual lacrosse game, it just doesn't seem like a big outside stadium sport, the ball is too small the players do not take enough space on the field. Similar to ice hockey where you wanna see the small stuff as closely as possible
Rebrand the whipsnakes back to the bayhawks !!!
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.
It’s such a bummer that PLL has moved on from the no-home-locations model for professional sports; tying teams to cities doesn’t make sense for athletes in contemporary sports and is a vestige from a time when players were from, and lived around, the location the team was in-part of the big issues in the NBA (“big vs. small markets” and player loyalty) stems from the stupidity of this antiquated model. Why would a highly touted draft pick from the west coast want to play/stay in a small, middle American market? I understand that, logistically, tying teams to locations means that they can generate local support because humans have a proclivity for caring about “us” (regardless of how erroneous the application of that term is); it’s why people root for their country in an Olympic sport they normally don’t gaf about. And I’m sure that the plan is to eventually garner “ownership” capital to support the league; right now, I imagine that trying to get investors without giving them control over teams is difficult, but it doesn’t change my opinion that the lack of locations was a move in the right direction for creating parity in professional sports, as infeasible of a concept as that is in America.
Banditland Is The Best Fanbase
This was great era! But it seems every time it tries to change it gets worse not better... They should go back to focusing on their fan core and have faith the sport will keep growing on it's own merit... The more they make it a business the more it turns off real fans who actually care and follow and support the sport! Counterintuitive!
"Lacrosse isn't mainstream..." Says the voice on the Lacrosse KZread video we are all watching... Apparently that isn't mainstream enough for Lacrosse... LMFAO! I'm a lacrosse fan and i'm sick of fake fan channels like this who pretend to love a sport but are not supportive and bad mouth or apologize for it every change they get on a video...
I’ll say it- PLL is too white. I am a white guy with a college degree and can confidently say that no sports league will ever flourish if it’s dominated by white guys with college degrees.