We want Rugby at the Olympic Games:

It is played by almost all countries in the world

Great Sport

It's routine popularity world wide should be answer enough.

Because its the best sport out there!!!

Rugby is a good sport for all ages & sex too. It is played through out the World too. So why should it not be apart of the Olympics?

because it is a great sport! time tested and still going strong.

it is a combination of football, soccer, and wrestling, and it takes a lot of skills, strength, speed, agility, individual skills and teamwork, and fun to watch.

Rugby is one of the oldest forms of Head to head sports, and deserves at least as much emphasis as Curling for instance. Rugby is one of the most exciting games to watch and play that is out there. It also concentrates on true teamwork as there are no "superstars" in Rugby, It's very much a concerted effort on everyone's part.

Many players (most)have played internationally or hosted touring teams. rugby is truely an international sport even at Club level.

It is so much fun to watch

rugby is the only sport whose popularity competes with soccer around the entire globe.

I believe that when it comes to the decision on the acceptance of Rugby into the Olympics; the choice is easy. Rugby is worldwide, popular sport. I wish to see Rugby in the Olympics so I can watch my favorite game on television and possibly be on that field someday.

Competitive teams from various and wide stretching areas of the world, incredibly physically demanding, fast paced and exciting to watch, easy to pick up the rules

Greatest sport ever

It should be Olympic because: 1st it was Olympic until they decided to take it off, 2nd rugby is one of the fastest growing sports in the world (mainly in area where rugby isn't so popular), 3rd Rugby stands for honor and respect it a sport for gentleman of any social class. It is, by far, the most beautiful sport ever created

it is an international sport and greatest number of players on each side

Rugby is just a great game. Strategy, strength, fast thinking, team work, coordination - fun to watch!

The best sport in the world. How can the trampoline be an olympic event and not rugby?

Because it's the only real sport that takes guts and glory and is a sport that everyone should start watching.

It's sportsmanship to the best

Rugby was in the Olympics in the past and is a sport played all around the world.

Because it is a sport that is very popular among those who know about it, but a large amount of people dont even know what it is because they never see it played. It used to be in the olympics, why was it even taken out? big mistake. Rugby is amazing.

Rugby is both a great sport and a great way of life - friends and adventure. Rugby is played all over the world and is a true sport - perfect for the Olympics.

One more Gold Medal for the Americans.

the same reason basketball and softball is. Also It's a sport enjoyed by many nations world wide. This a sport that would really excite the world if it were in the olympics

Rugby should be in the Olympics to help raise its profile in the United States and other parts of the world by being showcased on the world's biggest sports stage.

It's an international sport, played by divergent cultures, and used to be an Olympic sport in the past.

rugby sevens should be in the olympics for the following three (of many) reasons: 1) the sevens code is competed by more nations around this planet than quite a few of the team sports already included in the olympics. 2) rugby sevens is fast paced and exciting. players demonstrate sublime skill and physical prowess in equal measure. 3) the spirit of this game co-exists with the ethos of the olympics, and i feel that rugby is one of the last true team sports.

Rugby is one of the most athletic, strategic sports out there, and it would be a great addition to the olympics!

Because it rocks - real man's sport and all. Who needs pads anyways??

It is the greatest game in the world!

It is one of the most grueling sports, requiring a variety of skills from the various positions. If the olympics are meant to display great feats of athleticism and support the sports of the world--rugby should definitely be included.

It's a truly international competitive sport.

Rugby should be an olympic sport because it is played all over the world already. Each nation should have rugby representatives there to complete.

Rugby is a competitive sport that requires great skill and athleticism and it deserves a spot in the Olympics.

7's rugby is very unpredictable, and a game can turn in a matter of seconds!

It's a world sport. It's the 2nd or 3rd most popular sport after soccer (football) in the world. Attention to a real team sport like rugby at the Olympics would do wonders for the sports development in countries like the US

Rugby is the true test of athleticism

Why is soccer? Why Hockey? Why not Rugby??

It is the best sport in the world, and one of the top spectator sports in the world. It is exciting and has a lot of action which will attract many many fans.

It is a sport no different than those already in the OLympics, it's played world wide.

It is a global sport!

BEcause rugby is the prototype for longevity, excitement and peak athletic performance. All that is expected out of Olympic competition.

Rugby celebrates spirited, but friendly rivalry, the very ideals upon which the olympics were founded. Furthermore, rugby is one not only one of the most rigorous tests of individual strength, agility, endurance, courage, and tact; but is also tests each team's ability to exercise orchestrate these strengths.

The Olympic ideal is for sportsmanship and competition. Rugby players the world over have repeatedly demonstrated sportsmanship in the face of bigotry and hatred, competition like no other and especially the ability to put aside differences of skin color, class, status, nationality, religion, etc., to just compete in the greatest team sport in the world. If that isn't what the Olympics is all about, then I don't know what is.

I think rugby in the olympics will bring the sport to the forefront around the world making it big especially in the USA. I will be happy to see the sport flourish in the USA.

It just should!

It's played all over the world, because all you need is a ball and no special equipment. Anyone can play, any size or gender there's a position for everyone. I would love to see 7's be in the Olympics, because it's exciting and fast.

Rugby was one of the original modern olympic sports and is entertaining ad will attract a wide audience considering the Rugby World cup attracts the third largest tv audience behind the olympics and the soccer world cup.

Rugby is a sport of many as one, the goals, the history, the heart... Olympics, what better stage is there?

WHY NOT? BEST SPORT EVER

It is a bona fide world wide sport- unlike many others included in the olympics, say ping pong.

It is a fast pace game that is a great example of the ideals of the Olympic Movement. I can not think of a better sport to be in the Olympics. I have been involved with International Judo, Sombo, and Freestype and Greco wrestling for years and rugby would be a great addition to the Olympics. Jim Schneweis

Rugby should be in the Olympics because it is an international sport played professionally and otherwise on every continent.

Its the greatest game in the world

Because it is a great team spot supported throughout the world