Football Splits From
Rugby
In the early 1900 the rugby popularity was taken over by the trending sport of football being played in the universities across the nation. Rugby football the original sport brought over from England was almost a century old and was still developing standard rules. In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt influenced a safer standard to playing rugby football and the game split into two different sports with the formation of the NCAA and safety regulations.
In the early 1900 the rugby popularity was taken over by the trending sport of football being played in the universities across the nation. Rugby football the original sport brought over from England was almost a century old and was still developing standard rules. In 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt influenced a safer standard to playing rugby football and the game split into two different sports with the formation of the NCAA and safety regulations.
Misfit Rugby
California was the only state with universities not influenced by the east coast and Washington standards. California universities did play football, but they never gave up on the game of rugby. In 1920 the United States were invited to the Olympics games. A California based college team traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and won the gold medal for the United States. The following Summer Games 7 of the returning players on the 1920 gold winning United States Olympic rugby team recruited football players from different universities nearby. Santa Clara, Stanford and Cal Berkeley University combined a team of misfit to the 1924 Olympic Games. The misfit team won gold over the hosting country, France. USA rugby winning gold was the last time rugby was held as an Olympic game.
California was the only state with universities not influenced by the east coast and Washington standards. California universities did play football, but they never gave up on the game of rugby. In 1920 the United States were invited to the Olympics games. A California based college team traveled across the Atlantic Ocean and won the gold medal for the United States. The following Summer Games 7 of the returning players on the 1920 gold winning United States Olympic rugby team recruited football players from different universities nearby. Santa Clara, Stanford and Cal Berkeley University combined a team of misfit to the 1924 Olympic Games. The misfit team won gold over the hosting country, France. USA rugby winning gold was the last time rugby was held as an Olympic game.
Today we share the same idea the University of Cal Berkeley
bravely attempted.
What would it cost to have professional NFL players to prepare and play rugby for the upcoming Olympic Games in 2016?
Chances of NFL Career
Football is merely in every high school across the United States. The possibilities of a high school athlete to grow up and become a NFL player is a .08% chance. It is considered a great accomplishment to rise and hold an athlete D1 scholarship to play football for a full 4 years. Unfortunately 85 other student athletes on 125 other D1 football teams hold the same achievement. Still the probability of a football career to be reached in the NFL is distant. Football players are known to be the most athletic and strong athletes to play sports in America. Only 224 of the 10,625 scholarship football players in college football every year will be drafted in the NFL. Most of these drafted football players do not even achieve to play a down in the NFL if not a long lasting career. Average NFL career is 3.5 years.
Football is merely in every high school across the United States. The possibilities of a high school athlete to grow up and become a NFL player is a .08% chance. It is considered a great accomplishment to rise and hold an athlete D1 scholarship to play football for a full 4 years. Unfortunately 85 other student athletes on 125 other D1 football teams hold the same achievement. Still the probability of a football career to be reached in the NFL is distant. Football players are known to be the most athletic and strong athletes to play sports in America. Only 224 of the 10,625 scholarship football players in college football every year will be drafted in the NFL. Most of these drafted football players do not even achieve to play a down in the NFL if not a long lasting career. Average NFL career is 3.5 years.
Where do all of these talented athletes go to waste?
Rugby Numbers Break
Down
An estimate of over 500 colleges and universities have a rugby program either club or division level. There is at least 7,500 college rugby players in America currently. Where is the incentive for these players to play rugby after college?
An estimate of over 500 colleges and universities have a rugby program either club or division level. There is at least 7,500 college rugby players in America currently. Where is the incentive for these players to play rugby after college?
Currently USA rugby has over 50,000 Senior Males currently
active. There are 47,000 High School Males currently active in organized rugby
and rapidly growing. Better yet the 150,000 Pre-Teens currently actively
playing rugby in youth programs and non-contact events.
Do you think there is a future developing for professional
rugby emerging?
2016 Is Coming and
Popularity Will Rise For The Market of Rugby In America.
Currently organizations are looking for investors to look into building a professional rugby competition. The details are stretched very thin at this time with specifics on franchise costs roughly $10 million price tag over a 4 year commitment. Organizations at larges are projecting a 1.75 million dollar salary cap per team. That’s an average of $70,000 per player. Considering Europe’s Super Rugby League minimum wage is $50,000, even foreign players are tempted by the US market. MLS average is salary in America is $160,000 and increasing.
Currently organizations are looking for investors to look into building a professional rugby competition. The details are stretched very thin at this time with specifics on franchise costs roughly $10 million price tag over a 4 year commitment. Organizations at larges are projecting a 1.75 million dollar salary cap per team. That’s an average of $70,000 per player. Considering Europe’s Super Rugby League minimum wage is $50,000, even foreign players are tempted by the US market. MLS average is salary in America is $160,000 and increasing.
For those thousands of NFL undrafted and the free agent
players can still make a NFL team’s practice squad for $6,000 per week of their
rookie season. A full year’s practice squad pays just over $100,000. The NFL
minimum wage is $400,000 per year after rookie year.
Rugby is not paying out like the NFL’s average salary $1.6
million per player yet, but $70,000 sounds better than searching for a career
with their 4 year diploma straight out of college or sitting on the free agency list.
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