Comments on: Rugby: Why Bears won’t play for national title

By: BlueNGold

BlueNGold — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:18:20 +0000

Those who do follow collegiate rugby know that Cal made a poor showing in last year’s national college invitational tournament, which is a 7′s format. So its not really surprising that Cal and the other schools opted out of the traditional 15 player national playoffs administered by USARugby. The only real surprise is that USARugby is not doing more to promote the 7′s game in advance of the Olympics qualifying competitions.

By: H8sRed

H8sRed — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:11:43 +0000

Jeff – Thanks for your article on Cal Rugby. The Chronicle ran a short article recently about the Bears switching to 7s but made no attempt to explain why.

With the trend shift towards 7s and its introduction as an Olympic sport, I think it would do a disservice to Cal athletes not to make the switch. Moreover, given that NBC is televising the 7s tournament in June (and not the 15s tournament this week) it is a fiscally smart decision. Could Rugby be another net revenue generating sport for Cal? Just think how much healthier Cal’s athletic budget would be today if they could have monetized their dominance of traditional rugby through TV revenue. Unfortunately, the traditional game never found a TV audience or the advertising revenue that would have gone along with it.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:54:07 +0000

…Eric, no reason to give Mr. Anal Lesions benefit of the doubt even for football. Unlike most of us who have at least played Pop Warner, Moren has never stepped on a football field in its sad life. Madden is the closest it has gotten to a football field.

By: BlueNGold

BlueNGold — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:25:32 +0000

And how would a trash talking troll known as ‘moron’ know anything about collegiate rugby anyway? Only a complete fool runs off at the mouth about things it knows nothing about…

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:10:46 +0000

I try to give some benefit of the doubt to the Moron when she/he/it raises football issues, but it is idiocy such as this that destroys any and all credibility.

Let’s see. International rugby is heading towards a sevens style, which is what the Olympics have adopted. Jack wants to give his players the best possible preparation for where Rugby is going. 8 of the 31 college teams had already made this decision. Cal will play in the Sevens national championship tournament. No doubt Cal players will be on the Olympic squad. Seems to me that this is what the best coach in the country in all of the collegiate sports would do.

By: Yoda

Yoda — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:32:24 +0000

Amy, you read and comprehend about as well as my Lab Retriever and somewhat worse than my Husky. I can see why you couldn’t get into Cal and still have to live with Daddy.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:25:01 +0000

MoreNCS_are_ignored and sanctioned! troll post blocked

Anal lesions are here to stay, I guess LOL

By: MoreNCsarecoming

MoreNCsarecoming — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:23:19 +0000

When reading that article the decision not to compete for the title is just about equal to Stanford forfeiting a rugby game due to fear of injury. Why can’t the coach just admit the team isn’t good enough to win.