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After several months of behind the scenes speculation and a flurry of rumours that have engulfed this summer’s National Lacrosse League off-season, the future of the New York Titans finally seems to be virtually 100% clear.

NLL Insider has learned from numerous sources that the long speculated move of the Titans to Orlando, Florida is looking increasingly likely at this point, ownership crossing T’s and dotting I’s over the past few weeks, nixing the rumoured move that would have had the Titans at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, a destination that was very much a serious full-time option earlier this off-season. 

Although all indications are pointing to the Titans making their way to Florida in the very near future, NLL Insider has learned however that the league’s board of governors has yet to vote on the proposed relocation, a vote that the NLL requires before allowing one of their members to move to another city.

Sources close to the league also inform NLL Insider that presently, a board vote has not been scheduled, but with the season approximately five months away, it’s thought that things should be finalized shortly to allow the franchise adequate time to establish themselves in their new untapped pro lacrosse market.

The NLL did hold a regular season game in Sunrise, Florida to unofficially kick-off the ‘09 season this past January, pitting the Titans and Toronto Rock against one another, a game which was tagged as the “Florida Cup”.

It’s also thought that the franchise would maintain the name Titans, simply now known as the Orlando Titans, and obviously operating out of the league’s Eastern Division.

League officials were unavailable for comment when contacted by NLL Insider Friday morning.

Stay tuned to NLL Insider for more on this developing story.

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