Sunday Night Rugby: MLR’s Mission to Bring Rugby Into the Mainstream
“But the other reality is, what I’ve completely learned is that a minority sport in this country is really fucking hard. It’s really hard. It’s really hard to grow. And I hate to say it, I feel like some people are pretty deluded with where rugby should be right now. Take a look around the world, let alone here in America. I think World Rugby and the sport knows how much it does need America because while rugby came out, what’s the name? [Alan] Gilpin came out and said, we just need to get one percent of that American sporting market and it can transfer the game globally. And I agree…I think Americans, when they see rugby, they love it, and therefore, I would say they do need it. They need it in their springtime when it’s the other contact sport that’s probably missing. But really, rugby needs America. Like, you know, it does. If you want to go above and beyond, get more venture capitalists, get more investors, get more bigger brands to 100%.”