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Always a lotta talk about who dominates the pro game. What region across North America produces the most pro ball players?

Some of the crew at NLL Insider is actually working on a pretty cool long term project looking at what junior system produces the “best” lacrosse players, but today we’re just gonna take a quick look at the basics.

What region produced the most pro ballers in 2008?

We broke it down based on six regions/backgrounds looking at a player’s roots. So it’s gonna be; British Columbians, Albertans, Saskatchewanians (Philly’s David Mitchell and yes, if you’re from Saskatchewan you are apparently a Saskatchewanian), Ontarians (with two Montrealers thrown-in that made Orangeville home), Native Americans, and Americans.

No more Aussies, but Gordon Purdie, respect brother.

We looked at the 295 players that saw minutes last winter. So with that said, after the jump, check out how last year’s NLL roots broke down.

2008 NLL Player Breakdown

Ontario  140 players (47.46%)
British Columbia  64 players (21.69%)
United States  51 players (17.29%)
Iroquois  21 players (7.12%)
Alberta  18 players (6.10%)
Saskatchewan  1 player (0.34%)

Does that look like you thought it would? Any theories on how the league might look five, even just a couple years from now? What does that say about the quality of ball played in those regions/roots? Is it a fair reflection when mirrored against the box lacrosse community? Any background getting the bums rush (and do not say Newfoundland)? And if it is, gimmie some ball players not in the league from those other backgrounds that should be. Hit the boards and let us know. Based on the emails we get about eastern and western bias in our writing and coverage (depends on who you talk to), sure there are some theories and complaints about the current makeup.

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