The eighth Premier Lacrosse League season gets underway this weekend in Salt Lake City, the debut Women's Lacrosse League season starts next weekend in Providence and all of it will air on ESPN after the leagues inked a five-year extension with the Worldwide Leader.

On the eve of the opening whistle, IL's Terry Foy went to the leagues' New York City office to sit down with President and Co-Founder Paul Rabil about all that and more. Check out one of the most insightful and candid conversations about the state of pro lacrosse that you'll hear this year.