On 1/5/06, Bob Shell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 5, 2006, at 12:37 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > > I never figured out why lacrosse didn't make it as a major league > > sport - it's great to watch on TV. > > > Same reason soccer -- real football -- didn't. Not enough timeouts > for the commercials.
Box lacrosse (played in a iceless hockey arena) has rules similar to hockey, with numerous stoppages in play for penalties, ball bouncing into the crowd, etc. They show it on TV up here, and there's lots of timeouts for ads. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
