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On the #LRZ news: the numbers floating around are misleading. Total contract was $2.85m over 3 years, but with only $250,000 guaranteed. That was always a zero risk move for the team, and he can stay on a practice squad as an international rookie.

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Still better than anything RUNY ever had…

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

The Arena Football League is currently playing its championship inside the American Dream shopping mall in New Jersey

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#MLR2024
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#mlr2024 https://t.co/lUBn3EUHdB

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#MLR2024 https://t.co/ASHkM1rjIH

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Really feels like they could’ve squeezed in one more Eagle 9.

#MLR2024

[Chicago Hounds @HoundsChicago]

Major League Rugby Week 1, be good to me

🥊 Hounds at Sharks
🏟️ DRV Pink Stadium
⏰ Sunday, 4:30 PM CT kick off
📺 Watch Live on Marquee / Marquee Plus
💻 Stream on the Rugby Network

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Great news from #MLR2024

We don’t have to pretend calling the first round an ‘Eliminator’ is cool anymore!

[Major League Rugby @usmlr]

The story continues…

#MLR2024 kicks off this Saturday.

View the full schedule: https://t.co/rn9VI0YNVH

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With #MLR2024 rapidly approaching, how do you prefer to consume your rugby-related content?

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#rugby #flagfootball
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@JamDelay https://t.co/5FuRclYA5l

Because not enough people are talking about it.

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[Major League Rugby @usmlr]

The format is set 🤜🤛

#MLR2024

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Unpopular opinion: Week 1 rivalry matches are a waste. Give me Seattle/San Diego after both teams have had a little time to sync up. (With so many moving pieces, there might not have been another option, but still) #MLR2024

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@raysrugby Any idea on the size of liability? Is this a cash call by the league, debt payment, or something else?

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@premrugby ‘In the beginning, ten teams enter; at the end, we’re confident at least seven will remain’

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Everyone’s out here acting like they’re stunned that #MLR doesn’t like receiving objective analysis, yet it’s the whole reason they’ve never answered one comment request for RFT.

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#rugbyworldcup2023

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@NathanTubbs5 A lot of them are shipped out because the team realizes they don’t want/can’t afford to carry them. If they had real input, then the uselessness of the draft would be too obvious.

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Friendly reminder that watching the MLR Draft means listening to people tell you what happened during a meeting two days ago in which people decided where young, talented rugby players have to move to pursue the game for almost no money. #MLR2023

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@NathanTubbs5 It doesn’t have to be a total free for all. The league could limit the amount of cap space dedicated to rookies. Or it could institute a uniform ‘rookie contract’ so that players would still be able to sign with teams that commit to developing them instead of sitting on depth

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@NathanTubbs5 MLR isn’t the issue at hand; it’s the draft. A player that’s making such a minimal salary should be able to freely negotiate with any team at any location. Imagine getting an accounting degree and then being assigned to a firm across the country. That’s what’s happening here.