NLL Face-Off Weekend 2021

While we do not have a schedule yet, the league has announced the dates for Face-Off Weekend 2021.

Friday April 9 to Sunday April 11.

You can read the full release HERE

 

 

Fort Worth trademark update

Fort Worth Stampede approved for publication Oct 26

Fort Worth Herd  new application assigned to examiner  Oct 26

.Forth Worth Panthers Notice of Allowance July 28

Swarm Extend Coaches Ed Comeau and Sean Ferris’s Contracts Through 2023

Press Release

 

Vegas owner says without NHL fans in ’21 ‘a lot of teams can’t make it

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From the article 

The NHL has maintained its desire to hold an 82-game season and commissioner Gary Bettman said at the start of the NHL draft that the league was targeting a Jan. 1 start. Foley, however, is not sound quite so optimistic.

“Well, who knows if we’re going to be playing?” Foley said in an exclusive interview with KSHP Radio Las Vegas.

But, for some teams, continuing to play in front of empty arenas is not financially viable.

“If we’re not playing to the fans, I don’t know if a lot of teams can make it,” Foley said. “Including us, it’s going to be very difficult. You’ll have to make a serious financial commitment to fund the team if we’re not playing in front of fans. I do not believe Gary Bettman is going to have us fly all around and play in front of empty arenas. There’s going to be another plan.”

NLL Season

Meanwhile the NLL will try and push ahead with a season starting in March – April. Rumor is an American division and a Canadian division.  However, we suspect nothing is set in stone yet.

We suspect the NLL will be making news public in the near future.

New President and Vice President for the PLPA

We do not have to deal with Peter Schimtz anymore. ( Thank God)

Current Calgary Roughnecks transition star Zach Currier was elected the new president of the PLPA and Toronto Rock forward Reid Reinholdt was elected as the new Vice President of the PLPA.

The Sports Industry’s Gen Z Problem

Will the NLL face attendance issues when the league starts in March 2021? It might be too early to speculate, but we are going to do it anyway.

Does the NLL have a generation Z problem? Do sports in general have a generation Z problem? Well that can be debated.

However, according to Morning Consult Gen Z is not watching or attending sports like previous generations,

You can read the full article HERE

 

NHL Start Date

According to Elliot Friedman, the NHL is targeting January 1st 2021 as a potential start date, and the NBA is looking to start the 20-21 season in January as well. .

Now we know why the NLL is looking to start in March 2021.