Panther City Lacrosse Club to Cease Operations Effective Immediately

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Panther City Lacrosse Club to Cease Operations Effective Immediately

August 30, 2024 - National Lacrosse League (NLL)
Panther City Lacrosse Club News Release


Philadelphia, PA - The National Lacrosse League (NLL) today announced that its Panther City Lacrosse Club franchise will cease all operations effective immediately. Players under contract will be included in a dispersal draft among the 14 remaining NLL teams on Monday at 11am ET before the free agency period begins an hour later at 12pm ET.

"We have worked tirelessly to resolve a complex situation, but this untimely withdrawal of Panther City's membership placed the league in an unprecedented situation," said NLL Commissioner Brett Frood."We'll move forward with fortitude and confidence, building off our record league attendance last year and the positive momentum generated from our 37th season.

In parallel, we will continue our dialogue with prospective ownership groups who believe in the NLL's vision andgrowth potential as we strive to become "'The Next Major League' in North America."

While the franchise may no longer exist, the NLL will continue to invest in youth lacrosse participation throughout the Dallas metropolitan area via its new NLL UnBOXed™ Lacrosse Communities grassroots initiative.

The NLL UnBOXed Dallas OilCats will immediately join the first wave of NLL UnBOXed activation markets, including the Baltimore Ghost Crabs™, Charlotte Cobras™, Minnesota Lake Dragons™, Montréal Castors™, Seattle Shipwrecks™, St. Louis Howlers™, Tampa Bay Snowbirds™ presented by Tampa General Hospital, and Utah Spikes™.

The initial round of opt-in participating schools in these inaugural markets will be announced next week. The second wave of NLL UnBOXed Lacrosse Communities will be unveiled in October as the NLL continues to expand its multi-national footprint to include approximately 60 North American communities by the time NLL-style sixes lacrosse returns to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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