The Professional Box Lacrosse Association (PBLA) was a men's professional

box lacrosse Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in the 1930s in Canada, where it is more popular than field lacrosse. Lacrosse is Canada's officia ...

league in the United States. The league was announced on June 29, 2022, with the first seven (of nine) team locations announced on July 19. The league intended to focus on growing the sport in the United States, drawing players, coaches, and other personnel primarily from there. Full league operations were suspended just weeks into their first season.

Teams

The league started out with a single-ownership structure, with all teams being league-operated. Nine teams were planned for the inaugural season. Names for each team were nominated and voted on by fans from the host cities. All teams whose names had been announced were decided by a name-the-team contest. The winners were announced on August, 14th, 2022. The Syracuse Spark were originally going to be called the "Sparkle Muffins" however due to the mouthful that this name would be it was shortened to Spark, the logo and mascot were still a spider.

References

External links

Official website
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