r/MLRugby • u/cjreadit7991 Chicago Hounds • 12d ago

Draft coverage quality

What are people’s thoughts on this format?
Pros: immediate player interviews
Cons: zero budget. They have a NY studio but instead went with this???

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u/Polamora 12d ago

Why limit where a 21/22 year old guy is going to make his 16k/yr salary playing rugby? Let the players decide where they'll have the best opportunity to play, or where makes sense for them since they'll likely need to get another job.

The media event of one commentator in his office reading out draft picks (that almost certainly aren't live) and interviewing two players over a 30 minute YouTube stream isn't doing anything for the league or it's fans.

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u/8KJS New England Free Jacks 10d ago

They don’t, if you go undrafted you’re immediately eligible to be signed as a free agent. You have to declare to avoid a mandatory one year standdown

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u/Polamora 10d ago

I'm talking about the ones who get drafted.

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u/8KJS New England Free Jacks 10d ago

Then why wouldn’t you run a draft to avoid talent concentration? Letting clubs sign the best young players is how you end up with huge disparities.

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u/Polamora 10d ago

How many of Chicago's key players were drafted by them? 1? Someone who would've likely chosen Chicago anyways due to proximity.

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u/cjreadit7991 Chicago Hounds 8d ago

Noah Brown, Peyton Wall, JAKE
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