Paul Rabil’s Lacrosse League Is Adding Another Team for Second Season

Expanding will provide more player opportunity, fan engagement
Rules for expansion draft, team name haven’t been determined

Paul Rabil of Atlas during a game against the Whipsnakes in Washington on July 9.Photographer: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

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By Scott Soshnick

October 23, 2019 at 1:00 PM UTC

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The Premier Lacrosse League, whose backers include Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. billionaire Joe Tsai, Raine Group and Creative Artists Agency, is adding another team for its second season.

The league -- co-founded by brothers Michael and Paul Rabil, the latter the sport’s highest-profile player -- had six franchises for its inaugural campaign. The league will stage an expansion draft in February to pick the players for the new club, whose name and coaching staff haven’t been determined. The PLL said it will let its current teams protect a certain number of players from being exposed in the draft. Specifics for that process will also be announced later.