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What’s up now? A lot has happened in the last week and some of my thoughts are random – but hey – I’m tired. We have heard that Boston will not be playing in 2008, but is it possible that there might be other teams out as well? I spoke to one owner this afternoon and he wasn’t sure. I don’t think anyone knows for sure right now.

Personally I can’t see any teams “remaining dark” for a year. It’s one thing for a new franchise to start over again, but an established team does not want to lose its players in a dispersal draft and essentially start over as an expansion team. (Please don’t suggest that they loan their players out for a year – that would be ridiculous). Jim Jennings said that this is a time for gathering data and I agree. Some teams gave up arena dates and some of the dates were already scooped up. You might see the Wings playing some games in the Spectrum again – but I love that place. A lot of details have to be flushed out in the next week.

So what do we know for sure?

There will be a season, but throw out your original 2008 schedule. The Canadian teams are happy. The Canadian dollar has skyrocketed in the last year (from 85 cents to 1.03 US). Since players are paid in U.S. dollars, the Canadian teams will have a significant drop in team salaries. Will there be TV deal? Does this mean I have to get back to finishing my NLL previews for Inside Lacrosse Magazine’s NLL preview edition? I’m exhausted from covering this story; I can’t imagine how Jennings, Daniel, Succamore and Schmitz feel right now.

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