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  • Casanova_FlatulenceCasanova_Flatulence Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    edited April 2020
    https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/425289#Comment_425289

    Kasey touched on a significant reason why USA Rugby Union is not more competitive on the international stage. However, the USA Rugby 7's team is quite successful and won international championships.

    Here are my list of reasons why I believe Rugby isn't more popular and thus successful in the USA.

    1. Television exposure - The United States has only recently developed a professional league that's being televised on CBS Sports. It still needs more marketing and dollars to prop up the league. Need ESPN to get involved.
    2. Financial - To draw the type of athletes we need to compete on a global level and more importantly to lure guys away from football, salaries must be compelling. Moreover, national players must work together more frequently. Most international players are working with their teammates throughout the year - that practice time is critically important.
    3. Rules - The average viewer has a hard time grasping all the complex rules. The Ref camera helps, because he's explaining things to the players on the field, but still those not familiar with the game struggle to understand the difference between a Scrum, Ruck and Maul and how penalties appear to be applied differently.
    4. Competition with other sports that are popular in the U.S. It's also hard for youth rugby teams to get access to football fields, because High School coaches realize these teams are competing for the same type of players and resources.
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  • oddsbodkinoddsbodkin Posts: 176 ✭✭✭ Junior

    Rugby should be a spring game in the US played in football stadiums.

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  • Casanova_FlatulenceCasanova_Flatulence Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate
    https://forum.dawgnation.com/discussion/comment/425430#Comment_425430

    If I were appointed U.S.A. Rugby Czar I'd start professional league play in March, coinciding with the end of 6 Nations Tour when interest is high. I think the current season runs about 10 weeks, which is fine.

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