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re: If football goes the way of boxing due to rule changes, what sport gets big?
Posted on 12/12/12 at 9:40 am to Sophandros
Posted on 12/12/12 at 9:40 am to Sophandros
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The sevens version of the game will certainly be able to explode in the inner cities.
Sevens, I could definitely see a possibility. It's just hard to see black kids getting into rugby, unless they change they unis. no way they wear those Larry bird-like shorts.
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Posted on 12/12/12 at 9:49 am to Moustache
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no way they wear those Larry bird-like shorts.
The shorts aren't quite as short these days.
A large portion of the Georgia State University team is black.
Morehouse College has a team now.
There are tons of black kids playing in Atlanta area high schools, and my club just opened its new facilities off of Cascade Road in Atlanta. One of the things that we're going to do is expand youth rugby to the South Side of town, because most of the high school rugby is in the northern suburbs.
We've seen a growth in inner city high school rugby around the country. New York RFC has had a very successful program over the last few years, and they recently had one of their kids participate in the Natal Sharks youth program. Their program is being hailed as one of the best practices to apply to growing the sport here.
So don't sleep on rugby here. If NBC presents it right...
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