u/knightrydah

Look, I get it, the PLL could do a lot of things better and I’m not happy with everything either. But for some reason people seem to be more negative than usual? I’m all for constructive criticism but lately it feels like there’s just an unjustified amount of negativity that risks ruining the season for a lot of people.

The earlier start and the extra bye-weeks have been less than ideal, but I don’t see how that’s stopping people from enjoying the lacrosse being played on the field? This season has been GREAT so far! In fact, this might actually be my favorite season in terms of games. The teams are so well balanced that every game has felt like a championship game. Every goalie is making crazy saves, the face-offs are actually intense and exciting for once (not as one sided anymore), the defensemen play ROUGH, the midfielders play with much more chemistry and the offenses are both riding and racking up crazy numbers. The younger guys (who’ve dreamed about playing professionally and are genuinely there to compete) are bringing so much energy to the field.

The WLL has also fixed women’s lacrosse for me. I get that traditional women’s lacrosse is elegant, strategic and interesting to watch for a some people, but for the vast majority of us who aren’t lacrosse purists the unnecessary rules and lack of speed as well as physicality makes it really hard to watch. The WLL on the other hand has been really really fun to watch. I see some people saying that the WLL was unnecessary and that those funds should’ve gone towards strengthening the men’s professional league instead. But the truth is that without the WLL, the PLL probably would’ve never acquired Lexus or US Bank as sponsors. Diversity and inclusion are very important for large companies when they’re looking to sponsor, believe it or not.

I could name things that need to be improved as well but all in all the league is doing just fine.

Do you reckon that the FIFA World Cup 2026 (which will partially be played in the US) will affect the PLL’s TV ratings and attendance negatively? I wouldn’t expect the crossover between lacrosse fans and soccer fans to be that vast, but one can’t deny the hype and anticipation for the world’s biggest sporting event. Soccer is also a quite fast growing game in the US and Canada so there are definitely millions of people excited about the World Cup, especially since the two countries are both participating.

If anything, now would also be the perfect time to put some of the visiting countries’ fans on lacrosse, perhaps by giving out free tickets or set up some kind of event near the stadiums.

What do you guys think?

I’m a lacrosse fan living in Europe. The fanbase may not be as big over here as it is in some parts of the US, but nevertheless I live and breathe lacrosse and absolutely love the PLL.

I stay up late every weekend during the season and watch every single game on PLL Network through PlexTV. When first introduced to us international fans, PLL Network was a super convenient and reliable free streaming service that we could use to watch live games. The streaming quality was in fact very good. However, in the last year and as of late, PLL Network has been extremely unreliable and honestly a pain to watch. The live broadcasts are always late, they cut to “commercials” in the middle of a live play, the wrong game is shown (I missed 2 quarters of the 2025 championship game and today’s Outlaws vs Chaos game because of this), the cameras are pointed in the wrong direction (I missed the 3rd quarter of the Redwoods @ Utah game this year because the cameras were filming the mountains instead of the game), the mics are left on even during breaks so you hear the announcers chit chat with each other, and the camera quality is awful most of the time. It’s honestly embarrassing to try watching lacrosse with family and friends (who are not lacrosse fans YET) because the livestream is ruining the experience for everyone.

I know it’s a free streaming service and “you get what you pay for”, but we don’t have access to ESPN in Europe even with VPN so if the idea is to grow the league internationally then it needs to be better. Right now, we international fans don’t have any other options. I watch a lot of NLL thanks to NLL+, and even though NLL+ also has a lot of flaws I honestly think PLL Network is doing a lot worse. With NLL+ I at least get to SEE my team play.

I understand that the league has bigger fish to fry but this is honestly just a stupid problem with a simple fix. I really don’t see how it’d be a big ask to just broadcast the right games at the right time and turn the mics off during breaks.

Anyone else feel like they struggle extra hard with PLL Fantasy this season? The 2-3 other seasons that I played I was at least a top 1000th player and could consistently make good picks. Every weekend I could easily amass 150-200 points. However, this season I keep picking players that underperform like crazy (in which they sometimes even give me negative points). Sometimes I just make bad calls, e.g picking Aidan Carroll in Game 2 instead of Game 1 where he got way more points.

My strategy has always been to pick “stat friendly” players (Currier, Sowers, Baptiste, Reh, Zappitello etc) but they just aren’t racking up points like they used to on Fantasy. What has changed? Any advice on how I can make better picks in 2026?

What do you guys think about Joey Spallina’s pro debut against the Cannons? Personally, I think he had a pretty rough first 20 minutes but really picked up the pace, got into the groove and became more involved in the game afterwards. 2 goals and 3 assists is one helluva debut at the highest level coming straight out of college, and there probably could’ve been even more considering how dominant the Whips were in the second half.

The only thing I’d like to see more from him is more courage and commitment in his short stick matchups. I feel like he hesitates too much and is “afraid” (for a lack of a better word) to dodge whenever he goes up against an above average defenseman. I could be wrong but IMO Goodrich did a pretty good job of covering him despite being let down by the rest of the Cannons defense. If he can just fix that one little issue then he could be a serious problem for the other teams and MVP contender. The talent and GOAT potential is absolutely there, no question about it.

Let’s say if the Whipsnakes were replaced with the Bayhawks, would you be fine with that and able to move on to support the Bayhawks?

The reason I’m asking is because I see a lot of people wanting to bring the Bayhawks back, but we all know that the market for professional lacrosse isn’t big enough for two teams in the same city/state. For it to happen the Whipsnakes would have to either rebrand or relocate, or the Bayhawks would have to represent another city/state. I’m personally conflicted about the topic. On one hand the Whipsnakes are an OG PLL team with good branding (especially now that they brought teal back to their logo) and have an opportunity to really take off in terms of popularity in the “lacrosse capital”. On the other hand, the Bayhawks are a historic franchise that won numerous titles and had some of the best players of all time playing for them.

My ideal scenario would either be:

- bring back the Baltimore Bayhawks and relocate the Whipsnakes to Dallas (growing market plus it’s fitting since they had the “Rattlers” playing there in the MLL)

or

- give Seattle an expansion team in which they could be called the Bayhawks (similar name and colors as the Seahawks, would work really well imo)

What do you guys think?