A brand new professional sports league is in the works and Chicago meets the criteria in order to support a new franchise. The National Rugby League has been formed and is looking to begin play in 2010. The league would like to have teams in eight cities and have a 14-week regular season, equally splitting home and away games. Rugby is popular in European and try-outs will be open to both American and international athletes.
Chicago has been identified as one of 14 cities meeting the NRL's initial criteria to support a rugby franchise. Among these include an existing rugby infrastructure, an existing Major League Soccer facility capable of holding 10,000 to 25,000 people, and support of local government. A high school rugby club league exists in the suburbs of Chicago and is approaching the post-season. Hopefully I'll be able to bring you more information in my next story to be published at beyond-the-game.com. Check out my current story on the Web site now!
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