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CBS Sports Network invests in lacrosse
Topic Started: Wednesday Nov 16 2011, 04:53 PM (640 Views)
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CBS Sports Network has recently made a large commitment to the sport of lacrosse.

In 2010 the network started airing college lacrosse games.

Then, on 11/7/11, the network signed its first deal with a professional league:
Inside Lacrosse
 
Major League Lacrosse and CBS Sports Network agreed to a televsion deal Monday that will see at least 14 games broadcast live nationally on the network in 2012. The deal is in addition to the six games already shown on ESPN2.

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CBS Sports Network will have the option to show additional games, Gross said.

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The league's online show Inside the MLL will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network as part of the deal, currently a one-year deal.

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The network, formerly known as CBS College Sports, reaches over 98 million homes in the United States and is also available in Canada.

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Games will still be broadcast regionally for MLL. Every game that is not aired nationally will still have a regional broadcast, as in prior years. Also, every game this is not shown on CBS Sports Network will be streamed live on ESPN3.com.

http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/11/07/major-league-lacrosse-cbs-sports-network-ink-national-television-deal

Major League Lacrosse is the highest level of outdoor lacrosse in the world, with eight teams playing in 2012 (Denver Outlaws, Boston Cannons, Chesapeake Bayhawks, Hamilton Nationals, Long Island Lizards, and the expansion Charlotte Hounds and Ohio Machine.

CBS Sports has also invested in another lacrosse league:
BizJournals
 

The National Lacrosse League has reached a two-year agreement with CBS Sports Network to air the indoor league’s games during the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

The package for the 2012 season will feature five regular-season and three post-season games, including the 2012 NLL Championship Game. All games will air live on Saturday evenings, marking the first primetime weekly television package in the league’s history.

http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2011/11/15/nll-lands-2-year-tv-deal-with-cbs.html

Also significant for the NLL is that they have the opportunity to actually make money from this deal. Last year the league had some games on Versus, but it turns out they actually had to pay the network for airtime. With this new deal, the league itself and the network itself will both try to sell advertising for the games and each group will keep the results of their sales. Never in the history of the NLL has the league actually made money from a TV contract. CBS also has the option to flex any games of their choosing from the cable network to their normal, over-the-air broadcast network.

The NLL is the top level of indoor lacrosse in the world, with nine teams playing next season (Colorado Mammoth, Calgary Roughnecks, Buffalo Bandits, Washington Stealth, Edmonton Rush, Minnesota Swarm, Philadelphia Wings, Toronto Rock, and Rochester Knighthawks).

This is huge for lacrosse as a whole. Between college, MLL, and NLL the sport will have a consistent and weekly presence across national TV, internet streaming, local TV, and radio. Never before has the game been given the opportunity for this level of exposure.

So yeah. Watch some lacrosse this year.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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That would kick ass to get some professionally televised Mammoth games.
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Most Mammoth games are on live on Altitude anyway. I think this deal is more important in struggling markets like Washington and Rochester, where their teams struggle for local tv/radio/newspaper coverage.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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Had no idea. Are Outlaw games televised too?
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Usually on Altitude, though sometimes on tape delay. The ones not on tv are streamed free on ESPN3.com.
Denver Broncos: defending champs, 8-6, next game 12/25 @ Kansas City Chiefs
Colorado Rockies: 75-87, missed playoffs
Colorado Avalanche: 11-18-1, next game 12/20 @ Minnesota Wild
Denver Nuggets: 12-16, next game 12/20 @ Los Angeles Clippers
Colorado Mammoth: first game 12/30 @ Buffalo Bandits
Denver Outlaws: defending champs, first game 4/22 @ Charlotte Hounds
Colorado State Rams football: 7-5, next game Idaho Bowl 12/22 vs Idaho Vandals
Colorado State Rams basketball: 8-4, next game 12/22 vs Long Beach State 49ers
Winnipeg Blue Bombers: 11-7, lost West Division Semifinal
Denver Pioneers Lacrosse: first game 1/24 vs Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
#2 Denver Pioneers Hockey: 12-3-3, next game 12/30 @ Providence College Friars
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