NLL commish goes to bat for T.O.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:33 pm
Barring a stunning turn of events, the National Lacrosse League will award its 2006 all-star game to Toronto within a month. NLL commissioner Jim Jennings, who attended the Toronto Rock-Buffalo Bandits game last night at the Air Canada Centre, said he recommended Toronto to the board of governors on Wednesday.
"My choice is Toronto," Jennings said. "I've pitched Toronto and now the board has to approve it."
NEEDS APPROVAL
NBC, which showed the all-star game from Calgary last week in the NLL's network television debut and also will broadcast the championship game, received a 0.8 rating (800,000 homes) for the mid-season showcase, which Jennings felt was a pretty good number.
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