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<blockquote data-quote="jonny24" data-source="post: 771443" data-attributes="member: 62880"><p>Yes but it's not the governing body of the <em>sport</em>. It far overshadows anything else and does what it wants, but it has no responsibility for anything but themselves. They also can't prevent another football league from starting other than by direct competition, which has happened a few times. </p><p></p><p>You can see this with different sports in North America, usually the governing body looks after amateur sports and leaves the professional game to the leagues.</p><p></p><p>USA Football is the governing body, NFL is the professional League.</p><p>USA Hockey and Hockey Canada > NHL </p><p>USSF and Soccer Canada > MLS.</p><p>USA Basketball and Canada Basketball > NBA</p><p></p><p>Same thing in Canada, Football Canada > CFL</p><p></p><p>I'm somewhat unclear on the actual laws and what they mean, but essentially a professional league has to be a separate entity. Now I imagine that in order to have the greatest chance to succeed that PRO Rugby will try to work closely with USAR and RC, because they are the entirety of existing rugby. But I don't think USAR and RC can actually run the league themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jonny24, post: 771443, member: 62880"] Yes but it's not the governing body of the [I]sport[/I]. It far overshadows anything else and does what it wants, but it has no responsibility for anything but themselves. They also can't prevent another football league from starting other than by direct competition, which has happened a few times. You can see this with different sports in North America, usually the governing body looks after amateur sports and leaves the professional game to the leagues. USA Football is the governing body, NFL is the professional League. USA Hockey and Hockey Canada > NHL USSF and Soccer Canada > MLS. USA Basketball and Canada Basketball > NBA Same thing in Canada, Football Canada > CFL I'm somewhat unclear on the actual laws and what they mean, but essentially a professional league has to be a separate entity. Now I imagine that in order to have the greatest chance to succeed that PRO Rugby will try to work closely with USAR and RC, because they are the entirety of existing rugby. But I don't think USAR and RC can actually run the league themselves. [/QUOTE]
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