Avry's Sports Show: The NLL, A a game you should be checking out part 1

Sunday, March 29, 2009

The NLL, A a game you should be checking out part 1

The National Lacrosse League, its has been around since the late 1980's (known then as the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League and soon later on the Major Indoor Lacrosse League before becoming the National Lacrosse League in 1998) and many may have seen it on such TV channels as NBC, Versus or Sportsnet if you live in Canada, but have you really seen it?

The NLL is one sport like many that has names that are household in Lacrosse but may not be as well known in other sports, examples being The Gait brothers Paul and Gary, (Gary on left, Paul on right)

John Grant Jr.

or John Tavares (his nephew is the junior hockey star who also is known as John Tavares)

The one thing that the NLL has on many other sports is true creatvity.

Now you may be saying "but Avry! other sports have been creative!"

Not in the way that the National Lacrosse League has been.

How many other sports have the opposing teams come onto the field to the tune of "I'm a barbie girl?"

Thats what the Edmonton Rush did for the Toronto Rock during their game last night at Rexall Place here in Edmonton (The Rush defeated the Rock 16-13).

Another thing that the NLL has going for them is constant "taunting" not allowed by other sports leagues, but it is encouraged in the NLL espically by the PA announcers/commentators!

Here in Edmonton, local FM radio personalities, on 100.3 the Bear Paul Brown, Yukon Jack, and Gillian Foote taunt the opposing teams throughout the entire game over the PA system (lets see this happen in other pro sports) taking shots at former Rush players who are now playing on other teams, making fun of other teams names as they are in the middle of moving the ball up the floor and many other insults.