PLL, ESPN Sign Multi-Year Media Rights Agreement
ESPN is making a huge push for lacrosse. Maybe they see what the entire community has been talking about forever… that lacrosse is the fastest growing sport. The Premier Lacrosse League has reached a four-year media rights agreement with ESPN which will cover their entire season across all of their networks.
They aren’t playing around with this one either; the PLL will have games on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+ with every single game available on ESPN+. This is going to be huge to see how big lacrosse can become. Being able to have at least one game a week during a prime time slot on a major TV network is a huge get for the league.
There has been a lot of news surrounding the PLL, including free agency coming soon, seeing some players receive long term extensions, and the release of the schedule. But, this easily takes the cake. We were all expecting and waiting for the news, but now that it’s actually happening it asserts itself as the biggest off-season news.
