Today I thought I'd just make a general post about where we are on the NALL front at this point. I remember back when this was first announced, I read the forums. All you heard about was how this league wouldn't even get off the ground, it would fold before they ever played a game. But look how far the league has already come. The NALL has 5 teams set up for their first season with ownership groups that seem to be very interested in growing the sport of lacrosse. There are already rumored expansion teams for the league. They haven't even played yet! That's a really good sign.
We've seen the first ever college draft, with many big names joining the league. David Earl out of Notre Dame became the first player drafted into the league. Only a short time later, Josh Amidon became the first player to sign with their team when he signed with the Shamrocks. Since we have seen many of the rookies sign with their teams. Teams have started to sign franchise players, as Ryan Hotaling (Charlotte), Dan Deckelbaum (Hershey), and Ginny Capicchioni (Hershey) have all signed.
This weekend we witnessed the first National Draft, and we now know the makeup of the majority of the NALL rosters. Steve Panarelli went first overall to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Shamrocks, another player with some MLL experience. We saw a few guys who have been on NLL and MLL rosters before, which was a very good sign. I expect a few more players to sign as free agents as time goes along, especially guys that have been cut by their NLL teams.
We are a little more than a month away from the NALL Season. The question I have to ask you is this: How do you feel about the NALL so far? To me they have done just about everything right. As a NLL or MLL fan, will you be following the new league? You may see some really good young stars develop. I'd think it'd be good to give it a shot.
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