Didn't see a post for the draft so figured I'd start one. I can't be the only sicko watching.

Buried in this article is the fact that the salary cap is going down which is positive IMO. If you cannot financially afford to keep teams afloat, adjustments have to be made. I’d rather keep salaries at a sustainable level, keep teams from folding and keep the league alive rather than strive for unsustainable salary cap. Now let’s hope the add ons are also controlled.

https://www.rugbypass.com/news/ditch-south-african-teams-and-get-the-americans-in-ex-england-star-nick-easter/

With the draft order and top prospects out now.

Who do we think will go to each team?

Like yesterday’s post, this is based on the ‘hometown’ of all prospects, not eligibility. There are likely many more US eligible prospects than the 86 actually born in the US.

Draft is tomorrow and the draft order isn’t publicly known. That’s not normal! On a scale of 1-10 I’m at a 7 of another team not being involved.

Couple of things:

• The number in brackets reflects the change in number of prospects from the 2024 prospect pool.
• This only takes into account home town, rather than eligibility. It's likely that the US-eligible number is well over 100.

If you watch MLRs new video they released giving their “marketing” strategy a pat on the back….. there is a an animation of MLR teams across the country. MIAMI is NOT included in the graphic and the CA Legion is.

Why has no official comment ever been made? And why is MLR so quiet when monumental changes are being made. You would think they would want to get in front of this like adults real League Office would. Yet here we are getting the same from them, nothing. At least they’re consistent.

Who do you think are the top players in this draft who are USA eagle eligible? I’ve heard Oscar Treacy is eligible. Is this true?

Think you know who is going to get picked? Fill out a mock draft and we'll see!

I assumed that the draft will take the same format as previous years - if not, scoring this could get interesting :)

Can anyone please share me there PS4 account so I can get rugby league 26 please

Congrats to the big guy!

As much as I would love to see a flourishing domestic league in the US with the worlds best players, would it not be better to take a more unified grass roots approach to growing Rugby in the Americas?

International rugby will always be the peak of rugby(unlike NFL, MLB, NBA etc). It’s a sport built on national pride. USA rugby should build a format that follows and supports this.

Condense the the amount of teams to 4-5 based in the biggest rugby regions in America. Grow the game in these regions first. Invest in these clubs from the ground up with youth teams all the way through university players. Make the teams heavily domestic focused, growing and building domestic players.

These teams to play in Super Rugby Americas against teams from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay in a round robin format with playoffs and finals at the end hosted by the highest ranked team.

It will look much like the old Super Rugby with SA, Aus and NZ.

It gets top domestic talent access to playing rugby on an international stage. You can still get behind your city/states team while also having a bit of national pride playing against teams from other countries.

Thoughts?

Profiles for all 145 prospects, including height, weight, # of appearances, # of starts and any elevated statuses (if I could find the information for that prospect). Also a 24 prospect big board. Leave any questions below and I'll try my best to answer them

Chris Dunlavey and Paul Sheehy talking about the league and the way things have been going recently. Later on we get into some OGDC specific stuff but the first half should be interesting for fans of any team. Also available on your preferred podcast player.

I’m usually only an observer and occasional commenter on this subreddit, but, now that the dust of the NOLA Gold collapse is settling, I find myself wondering why the MLR continued to do business with Thierry Daupin? Obviously the answer is cash is king, but if we’re looking at his track record, can we say he has helped grow the league in the right direction? From what I understand, he was involved in Austin for their original downfall before Gilchrist swooped in. Then put Utah and USA rugby itself in a bad position due to the now defunct partnership with Toulouse. And then there’s the most recent debacle in New Orleans. Never would I have guessed that they’d go under with the culture they’ve built thus far, but here we are. Do we think we’ve seen the last of Terry in the MLR? Looking to hear some thoughts from the community

Hey everyone, if this is a dumb or bad idea just let me know, as I've watched MLR and just got into rugby this past season. When new teams come about, instead of trying to move them to big areas like LA or Miami and New York, why don't they try to move teams to smaller areas with more passionate fan bases? Don't get me wrong if there are great fan bases in popular areas by all means keep it, but do you guys think it would be smart to have teams in smaller areas that are passionate about sports, say like a Columbus, Pittsburgh, or Knoxville? At the end of the day it's about putting people in seats, does it matter if that happens in a larger or smaller area as long as a lot of people are consistently coming out to matches?