The Best Sport No One Cares About
The NLL game on ESPN2 between Panther City and Las Vegas drew an average of 102,000 viewers.
The highest viewership for NLL game on the ESPN linear platform under the current media agreement.
In comparison the NCAA women’s volleyball game on ESPN 2 between Louisville and Texas drew 786K
Is women’s volleyball more popular than NLL Lacrosse? Seems so
The Panther City Lacrosse Club vs Vancouver Warriors game drew 59K on Saturday night.
Which is the second highest rated NLL game on TSN this season. Trailing only the Firewolves at Rock on Dec 4 which drew 88K.
The Jan 8 match up between Toronto and Buffalo drew only 44,000 viewers on TSN.
Which is the lowest drawing NLL game on TSN so far this season.
The December 17 matchup between the Rush and Warriors drew 50,000 on TSN
While the 50K falls well short of the 88K viewers on Dec 4. The Dec 17 match was a 5k improvement over the Dec 11 match up between the Roughnecks and Rush.
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While the Premier Lacrosse League continues to chirp about a its “Saturday Night Sellout” in Baltimore. All is not well with the PLL when it comes to both attendance and television.
The PLL on NBCSN failed again to crack the top 150 cable shows and a .03 rating. Meanwhile the Saturday afternoon and Sunday PLL contests combined to draw 8.201 fans.
Are these number good enough to sustain the PLL over the long haul? Only time will tell.
Week 2 on NBC for the Premier Lacrosse League, and the returns are not good.
Chrome at Atlas drew a 0.23 rating and a total of 306,000 viewers and only 93, 000 in the key 18-49 demographic. You can read more Here
The numbers are down across the board, although we suspect the PLL will try and spin the numbers.
Lacrosse has a long to go to become a viable television property, if Ever!
H/t to OSC for this information.
The Premier Lacrosse League debuted this week with their first weekend of games, including one broadcast on NBC Sports Network. The broadcast didn’t rate in the Top 150 cable shows in the demo, which would have been a 0.05 rating on Sunday.
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