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In the film adaptation of Moneyball, Boston Red Sox owner John Henry tells Billy Beane in a pivotal scene, “the first guy through the wall — he always gets bloody." The Premier Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse on Wednesday announced the two leagues are merging. “Merge” is a polite term, as the PLL name and structure persists, likely more than 100 MLL players will no longer have a place to play, and several team and league employees and coaches are out of a job opportunity.  I...

This is good news. The PLL and MLL will merge ahead of the 2021 summer, with the Boston Cannons rebranding as the expansion Cannons LC (the PLL’s eighth team), MLL ownership (presumably led by longtime Cannons owner Rob Hale) joining PLL’s capital table and MLL players being eligible for the PLL player pool. The moment does bring to an end two eras of pro field lacrosse, however, so it’s worthwhile to reflect on what those eras meant for the sport. The End of MLL For the flaws in its stru...