Ooh Ah Timmy Street Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 With the 'Major League Rugby' competition kicking off this year in the US , it was announced last month that a new team in New York would be joining the competition in 2019 (playing exhibition games this year). Could this be more than merely a coincidence with the potential league team being set up from 2019 ? Should we be worried ? Ps . Apologies if this has been posted previously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 To be fair, if they are trying to revive the MLR (or whatever it was called last time), New York is one of those cities where you really need to have a presence. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sick39ed Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 A team playing in a Gaelic football ground which holds 2,000 people is not really a threat tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Sick39ed said: A team playing in a Gaelic football ground which holds 2,000 people is not really a threat tbh. Actually, it is a sign they are not completely stupid! "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Daddy Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 48 minutes ago, Bob8 said: Actually, it is a sign they are not completely stupid! Not completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReaper Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I doubt NYRL had any bearing on it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianRugger Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 League had no bearing on this. NY Athletic Club which are one of the top 10 amateur rugby clubs in the country have been trying to start a professional side for awhile. This is the outcome of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulga Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Should we be worried? Hahahahaha!! MLR will be lucky to survive one season. Union at the absolute highest level is absolutely boring. And this isn't anywhere near the highest level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooh Ah Timmy Street Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 It's not really that Rugby Union is an inferior product which is why it may be 'a worry'. It's more that 99% of the population of New York know that there is a sport called 'Rugby' with no differentiation between the two . A Union team setting up this year under the Rugby tag, may steal some of the League clubs thunder and impact with the public when (if) it launches next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayakman Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, Ooh Ah Timmy Street said: It's not really that Rugby Union is an inferior product which is why it may be 'a worry'. It's more that 99% of the population of New York know that there is a sport called 'Rugby' with no differentiation between the two . A Union team setting up this year under the Rugby tag, may steal some of the League clubs thunder and impact with the public when (if) it launches next season. Hey,does that ' Latin Heat 'team on the poster have cheerleaders? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 On 24/3/2018 at 11:51 AM, Pulga said: Should we be worried? Hahahahaha!! MLR will be lucky to survive one season. Union at the absolute highest level is absolutely boring. And this isn't anywhere near the highest level. If that was how it really is, that people will objectively look at the sports and judge, you must think it is just an amazing coincidence that so many AFL fans live in Melbourne, so many handball fans live in Viborg and so many baseball fans live in Tokyo. "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReaper Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Well, NY sold out Gaelic Park according to twitter, so make of that what you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damp squib Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 2 hours ago, TheReaper said: Well, NY sold out Gaelic Park according to twitter, so make of that what you will. I'll be amazed if they don't sell it out every game. NY won't be the problem for MLR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Pops Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 21 hours ago, Bob8 said: If that was how it really is, that people will objectively look at the sports and judge, you must think it is just an amazing coincidence that so many AFL fans live in Melbourne, so many handball fans live in Viborg and so many baseball fans live in Tokyo. Who gets to decide what objectivity is? Fans of those sports will argue just as much as any rl fan that their respective sport is objectively the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob8 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 1 minute ago, Big Pops said: Who gets to decide what objectivity is? Fans of those sports will argue just as much as any rl fan that their respective sport is objectively the best Yes. Objectivity has very little to do with it. "You clearly have never met Bob8 then, he's like a veritable Bryan Ferry of RL." - Johnoco 19 Jul 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojx Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 14 hours ago, damp squib said: I'll be amazed if they don't sell it out every game. NY won't be the problem for MLR. It doesn't look to be a sell out when they played the Ontario Arrows last week, a High School level crowd at best: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReaper Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 I believe that one was treated as more of a training game, I don't think they promoted it at all. It was at a college and not Gaelic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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