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A renewed effort between players and officials of the National Lacrosse League means that a 2008 lacrosse season will be held after all.
In a statement sent to season ticket holders late Thursday, Mammoth President and General Manager Steve Govett reported that the Professional Lacrosse Players’ Association and the NLL governors had reached a collective bargaining agreement.
The season had been scrapped on Oct. 16 after the league and players failed to reach a labor agreement.
Now, the parties say they’ve inked a seven-year agreement beginning in 2008, running through the 2014 season — “the longest labor deal in the 22-year history of professional indoor lacrosse,” according to an NLL statement. The league’s previous three-year agreement with the PLPA expired following the 2007 season.
“Reaching a long-term collective bargaining agreement with the players was our number one priority in this process,” NLL commissioner Jim Jennings said in a statement. “We’ve been building positive growth in the league over the past few years. Securing long-term labor peace puts us in a position to take our league to the next level.”
Following the Oct. 16 announcement scrapping the ‘08 season, Mammoth season ticket holders were offered refunds of their 2008 deposits or were encouraged to apply their deposits to tickets for other Pepsi Center teams, such as the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche or Colorado Crush.
Those requests have not yet been processed, a Mammoth representative said late Thursday so ticket holders’ deposits are still valid. The team was receiving a high volume of calls following their e-mailed announcement, but said that all ticket holders will be called to discuss their options and new invoices will be mailed. Final payments for tickets now will be delayed until late November.
In the statement, Mammoth officials said there will be changes to the original 2008 schedule, but a new, full slate of games will be announced next week.
“Everything we heard from our fans was taken into account. All of the phone calls, e-mails and letters in support of restoring the season were heard loud and clear and we couldn’t be happier to be playing again,” Govett said in a statement on the Mammoth website.
The Mammoth won the NLL Champion’s Cup in 2006. The team began playing in Denver in 2003.
The Mammoth is owned by Stan Kroenke, who also owns the Denver Nuggets, the Colorado Avalanche and the Colorado Rapids.
