This article is not about the Eagles, nor is it really about professional rugby. It is about the thousands of young boys and girls that have been exposed to our game and its values who will want to play at the highest level possible, and have a glimmer in the back of their mind of one day playing in a Red, White, and Blue Jersey More…
Monthly Archives: May 2016
USA Rugby: Professionalism & The Strategic Plan (The most important thing you never cared about) 13
Elite Competition is Essential. Whatever the ‘tiers’ that appear in our rugby – we must have an elite competition from which our Eagles are selected. More…
USA Rugby – What about this Stakeholder’s Group? Where’s Dan Lyle? 1
Dan Lyle. America’s most valuable rugby asset. This picture is Dan representing USA Rugby at the Opening Ceremonies of RWC 2015. Why do we only get to see him, and not hear from him? Gettiing him back into the fold in an official capacity should not even warrant discussion. More…
Grant Cole: You just made American Rugby better! Reply
I don’t know Grant Cole. We are ‘friends’ on Facebook, whatever that means. l love his passion, think he has some whacky ideas (you’re friends confirm this Grant!), and I check out his stuff when he posts it. I picture him as one of those diehard, meathead props, … the kind that buy 4 beers after the game and hangs out with his prop teammate, and the day’s opposing props altogether by themselves at the end of a long wooden bar, purportedly to talk “Prop Stuff”.
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Grant Cole: You just made American Rugby better! 1
I don’t know Grant Cole. We are ‘friends’ on Facebook, whatever that means. l love his passion, think he has some whacky ideas (you’re friends confirm this Grant!), and I check out his stuff when he posts it. I picture him as one of those diehard, meathead props, … the kind that buy 4 beers after the game and hangs out with his prop teammate, and the day’s opposing props altogether by themselves at the end of a long wooden bar, purportedly to talk “Prop Stuff”.
USA Rugby – Changing leadership presents huge opportunity! 1
This is the perfect time for the USA Rugby Board and Congress to step back and re-evaluate the future of American Rugby. It is time for us to move out of the ‘amateur professional era’, and into the ‘professional professional era’. More…