Rhode Island Rebellion
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If he does well it is something I can sell to football coaches on why League is better for them to play in the Spring than Run Track. To date there have been many high school or college double sport athletes who played union that made it in the NFL but the most famous one from my research is Nagta the D-Line player from the Ravens, the Patriots have Nate Ebner who is on special teams coverage unit. If he gets time and does damage, then it will be beneficial. If he makes people money in fantasy football then its even more useful, however it will only IMO be useful to sell to coaches on letting or forcing their players to play league in the Spring. Hayne really doesnt talk about the NRL or the Sport nor are the reports at this stage interested in it, so it will be harder for a fan just watching him speak or a highlight on sportscenter be introduced to League style rugby. Right now I see it as an opportunity to point to for those trying to grow the game. [ and as you may think... the pitch is wanna be a better football player... come play league]
but again it is useful because he is something we can point to to say hey... know that guy hayne for the 49ers.. he played our sport.... he made it in the NFL cause our sport is pretty much the same.. so come watch a league game... its easy to understand and totally different from that Union rugby thing you saw on NBC sports an really different from that 7s thing you saw on NBC.
There needs to be some combination of his success with the playing of the NRL and Superleague on a channel with a lot more popularity than Fox Soccer Plus... (most impossible channel to get for most people).
but again it is useful because he is something we can point to to say hey... know that guy hayne for the 49ers.. he played our sport.... he made it in the NFL cause our sport is pretty much the same.. so come watch a league game... its easy to understand and totally different from that Union rugby thing you saw on NBC sports an really different from that 7s thing you saw on NBC.
There needs to be some combination of his success with the playing of the NRL and Superleague on a channel with a lot more popularity than Fox Soccer Plus... (most impossible channel to get for most people).
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