1. 54868

      USA

      Mickey Ellenwood | USA | Boulder

      My team: CU Women's Rugby
      It is one of the most prominent sports in the world where almost all countries participate!
    2. 54867

      USA

      Charnee Foston | USA | Philadelphia

      My team: La Salle Women's Rugby
      Because it is an amazing sport. It's unlike any other sport in the olympics. It's the perfect blend of teamwork and entertainment, perfect for the olympics.
    3. 54866

      USA

      Kristina DiSanto | USA | Havertown

      My team: LaSalle Women's Rugby
      Interesting, fun, high intensity, and will people a chance to learn about a new sport!
    4. 54864

      USA

      michele Dzury | USA | Philadelphia

      My team: Oakville Crusaders
      Rugby is the best embodiment of team sports
    5. 54861

      USA

      Jean-Francois Deroche | USA | New York

    6. 54859

      USA

      Meredith Hegg | USA | Philadelphia

      My team: Philadelphia Women's Rugby
      Rugby embodies all of the ideals of the olympics: teamwork, camaraderie, respect, competition, and perseverance. Please vote yes for rugby.
    7. 54856

      USA

      Jeff Young | USA | Nashville, TN

      It is a great sport!!!!
    8. 54853

      USA

      Kristi Grande | USA | Salisbury, MD

      My team: Severn River Rugby
    9. 54851

      USA

      Nick Verhaeghe | USA

    10. 54850

      USA

      Jeffrey santos | USA

    11. 54844

      USA

      Tanner Smoot | USA | Orem

      My team: UVU
      More than any sport I know, Rugby deserves to be in the olympics.
    12. 54841

      USA

      Kevin Taliaferro | USA | Los Angeles

      My team: LA Rugby Club
      Because it is the second most popular sport in the world!
    13. 54840

      USA

      Nathan Bobb | USA

    14. 54835

      USA

      David Farrell | USA | San Fran

      My team: Munster
      because it's waay more entertaining than half the crap we have to sit through every 4 years...synchronized swimming anyone??
    15. 54833

      USA

      Abbi Dusing | USA | Mukwonago

      My team: UW-Oshkosh Girls
      It is a sport that is played world wide and not dominated by only one team
    16. 54832

      USA

      Brittany Beebe | USA

    17. 54829

      USA

      Megan Davis | USA | Ft. Collins

      My team: FCYR
      Rugby is one of the most unique, fun and exciting games around!
    18. 54827

      USA

      Justin Flowers | USA | Wellington, Colorado

      My team: N/A
      Rugby should be an olympic sport because it is an international sensation and has the ability to bring people together.
    19. 54824

      USA

      Richard Lopez | USA | Tucson

      My team: All Blacks
      A great team sport to be enjoyed by the rest of the world. Olympics should e about national pride not so much individual effort.
    20. 54823

      USA

      brian jackson | USA | upland

      My team: Santa Monica
      World wide participation sport
    21. 54819

      USA

      Kate Pinder | USA

      My team: St Marys Seahawks
    22. 54817

      USA

      andrew kiser | USA

    23. 54814

      USA

      Luis Hernandez | USA | San Antonio, Texas

      My team: Alamo City RFC Inc
      because we are medalist in that sport, and it was an olympic sport before
    24. 54811

      USA

      Pete Hesler | USA | Collingswood, NJ

      My team: South Jersey RFC
    25. 54808

      USA

      James Ferrell | USA

    26. 54807

      USA

      Craig Huston | USA | NYC

      My team: NZ All Blacks
      Sevens is a wonderful code - with a real international flavor ... it is well suited to the games - and should remain very popular - converting new fans - unlike many sports.
    27. 54804

      USA

      Kevin Smith | USA | Columbus

      My team: Ohio University Rugby
      What a great sport to watch
    28. 54802

      USA

      Mackenzie Lewis | USA | Parker

      My team: USA U20 West
      It is the world's game. Just as much as any other sport
    29. 54801

      USA

      Jeanna Beard | USA | Gambrills, Maryland

      My team: Severn River RFC
      It's a great sport that will attract a lot of viewers!!!
    30. 54796

      USA

      Lesley Pougnet | USA | Denver

      My team: Littleton Eagles
      Because its an awesome sport
    31. 54793

      USA

      Jeff Adamczyk | USA

    32. 54790

      USA

      Abigail Bundy | USA | Fort Collins

      My team: West U-19
      Rugby is one of the most popluar sports in the world! Give the Best Players from each country the chance to play on the world stage!!
    33. 54788

      USA

      Karen Reed | USA | State College

      My team: Penn State Women's rugby
    34. 54785

      USA

      Gail Akard | USA

    35. 54783

      USA

      Brad Lusk | USA | Hudsonville

      My team: USA
      This is the greatest game in the world. It teaches young people more than how to play a game, but it teaches them life lessons. This is a must!!!
    36. 54779

      USA

      Jacob Gersh | USA | San Luis Obispo

      My team: Cal Poly
      It's a true sport that everybody around the world plays.
    37. 54777

      USA

      Daniel Burzon | USA | Brielle NJ

      My team: Monmouth Rugby Football Club
    38. 54776

      USA

      Daniel Burzon | USA | Brielle NJ

      My team: Monmouth Rugby Football Club
    39. 54774

      USA

      Brent davis | USA

    40. 54773

      USA

      Vince Passanisi | USA

    41. 54772

      USA

      Dakota Quill | USA | San Luis Obispo

      My team: California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo
      Rugby is a great sport appreciated by millions all over the world. It is a sport that entails brotherhood, good sportsmanship, amazing entertainment, diversity and rich tradition, all qualities which characterize the Olympic games.
    42. 54768

      USA

      julie matulle | USA | oshkosh, wi

      My team: pigs
      It was one of the first team sports
    43. 54767

      USA

      Colleen Costello | USA | Philadelphia

      My team: La Salle Womens Rugby
    44. 54766

      USA

      clint wilson | USA | Alpine, Utah

      My team: UNITED RUGBY CLUB
      fastest growing sport in america.. 2000 registered U19 players in utah alone..and the olymipcs would only help promote and grow our sport faster.. as well as attract a higher caliber of athlete
    45. 54761

      USA

      JASON DERCOLA | USA | NEW YORK CITY

      My team: GOTHAM KNIGHTS
      Because it is a hugely entertaining and challenging sport. It is also a wonderful sport that brings together people of all different races, genders, nationalities, religions, and sexual orientations. It has dramatically changed my life for the better. LOVE IT!!!!
    46. 54759

      USA

      Faafetai Palu | USA | Bountiful

      My team: UVU Rugby Team
      Because it is by far the best sport ever.
    47. 54756

      USA

      kirk walters | USA | fort collins

      My team: colorado
    48. 54754

      USA

      Rebecca Newrock | USA | Middletown, NJ

      My team: La Salle University
    49. 54753

      USA

      Craig Burns | USA | Boston, MA

      My team: Boston RFC
      Rugby is a fast paced, exciting, enormously athletic sport which is played at a high level by countries large and small from around the globe. Teams from 4 continents would have very real expectations for gold medals!
    50. 54751

      USA

      SAM STARLIN | USA | FORT COLLINS

      My team: NORTHERN COLORADO FLAMINGOS
      Rugby is the most legitimate way the measure the kind of person you are on the inside, short of going to war.
    51. 54748

      USA

      suzanne maestri-walters | USA | fort collins

      My team: colorado
    52. 54745

      USA

      Jeff Sproge | USA | Provo

      My team: UVU
      it's a great team sport
    53. 54743

      USA

      Ken Hawk | USA | Ann Arbor

      My team: University of Michigan
      Global sport, excellent cameraderie, fun to play and to watch
    54. 54738

      USA

      Ron Biggs | USA | Durban

      My team: Sharks
      It's Universal
    55. 54737

      USA

      Andrew Sproge | USA | PROVO

      My team: UVU
      Becuase it is Awsome!!
    56. 54736

      USA

      Tom Lebejko | USA

      My team: San Diego Old Aztecs
      Ruby should be in the olynpics ine it's truly a international sport played by men, women and children. It's a fast moving skilled sport that will attract spectators of all kins.
    57. 54733

      USA

      Kevin Luby | USA

    58. 54729

      USA

      Kevin Gaughan | USA | Portland

      My team: Portland Rugby Club
    59. 54725

      USA

      Thomas Kostka | USA | Chicago

      My team: Renegades
      Because it combines the best of so many sports and is so popular all around the world, and growing quickly!
    60. 54724

      USA

      Daniel Cross | USA | Binghamton, NY

      My team: Cornell University Rugby Football Club
      It is an extraordinary team sport. It defies the need for teamwork in most sports by being a true sport where the teams goals are always ahead of the individuals goals.
    61. 54723

      USA

      Peter Robinson | USA

    62. 54722

      USA

      Susan Bredehoeft | USA | Denver, Colorado

      My team: Denver Highlanders
      Brilliant and historic sport, exciting to watch
    63. 54719

      USA

      John Tangney | USA | Cincinnati

      My team: SA Springboks
    64. 54715

      USA

      james byrge | USA | murfreesboro, tn

      My team: Middle Tennessee State University Moosemen
      It's an old sport and loved and participated around the world
    65. 54714

      USA

      Aubrey Farnsworth | USA | Lindon

    66. 54702

      USA

      Spencer Mangels | USA

    67. 54701

      USA

      Nicholas Mattos | USA | Los Angeles

      My team: Los Angeles Rugby Club
    68. 54687

      USA

      Songer Gonzalez | USA | Ithaca NY

      My team: Cornell women's rugby
    69. 54684

      USA

      William Shrimpton | USA | San Diego

      My team: KwaZulu Old Crocs
      It is a growing truly worldwide sport for men and women of all ages. Sevens is a great spectacle understandable even to those spectators new to the sport.
    70. 54681

      USA

      steven touba | USA

    71. 54678

      USA

      Nina Rabin | USA | St. Mary's City

      My team: St. Mary's College of Maryland Women's Collegiate Rugby
      Because it is a physically challenging sport that demands excellence athletically and mentally.
    72. 54674

      USA

      Thomas Yasumura | USA | Fort Collins

      My team: FCYR
      It is nonstop/fast-paced sports at it's finest where all participate equally as a whole team effort
    73. 54671

      USA

      Marc Avvento | USA | Rocky Point, NY

      My team: Semi- retired
      Because I like watching it on TV
    74. 54666

      USA

      Jonathan Hester | USA | Bartlesville

      My team: Bartlesville Rugby Club
    75. 54665

      USA

      Russ Matulle | USA

    76. 54663

      USA

      Kaitlin tomkewicz | USA | Boston

      My team: La salle womens rugby
    77. 54662

      USA

      Michael Murphy | USA | Astoria

      My team: NOBS
      Why not?
    78. 54661

      USA

      Ryan Schoenrock | USA | Orem

      My team: Utah Valley University, Wolverines
      It is a global sport that is loved my players and fans worldwide.
    79. 54658

      USA

      Debby Belasco | USA | Fort Collins Colorado

      My team: Fort Collins Flamingos
      Rugby is a main sport in most countries except the USA. Organizers are having trouble getting rugby into high schools because most people in the USA know nothing about the sport. Rugby is a sport that anyone who wishes to can play, no cuts like basketball, volleyball, baseball. It therefore gives kids a viable option to be an athlete. Hopefully having rubgy in the Olympics will allow people to learn more about the sport and support will be more plentiful.
    80. 54652

      USA

      jon matulle | USA | Oshkosh

      My team: ORFC
      Put some real sports in the Olympics
    81. 54651

      USA

      Andrew Kusel | USA

      Because it is one of the greatest sports in the world.
    82. 54648

      USA

      Annie Korp | USA | Philadelphia

      My team: La Salle Womens Rugby
      it is a world wide sport. being in the olympics would give it more exposure.
    83. 54644

      USA

      Jessica Wallace | USA | Philadelphia

      My team: La Salle Women's Rugby
      It takes both mental capability and physical strength to compete in this sport. It is not just about brute force, but about pure strategy.
    84. 54643

      USA

      Heather Tarr | USA | Denver, Colorado

      My team: Glendale Raptors
      So families can see the importance of rugby as an international sport. Hopefully, it will influence you children to start playing at a younger age in the USA.
    85. 54639

      USA

      Mary Kate Kimiecik | USA | Philadelphia, PA

      My team: La Salle Women's Rugby
      Rugby is the best sport I've ever played!
    86. 54637

      USA

      Pete Cavanagh | USA | san Diego

      My team: Old Aztecs
      So I can be interested in at least one Olypic sport
    87. 54633

      USA

      sara wubbenhorst | USA | annapolis

      My team: smcm club rugby
      best sport there is!
    88. 54631

      USA

      Jimmy Stevens | USA | Atascadero

      It is the best sport ever!
    89. 54624

      USA

      richard adkins | USA

    90. 54622

      USA

      Antonio Samaniego | USA | Lafayette, Ca

      My team: Saint Mary's College
      Rugby sevens is one of the most exciting international sports I have ever been a aprat of. I have been to 3 Hong Kong Sevens tournments as well as San Diego, Los Angeles, etc. and the international flavor is incredible. Sevens is fast, physical and exciting and the speed of the game will prove to be one of the largest draws for the olympic venue of choice.
    91. 54620

      USA

      Ariel Hart | USA | Ithaca, Ny

      My team: Cornell Womens Rugby Football Club
    92. 54619

      USA

      Crystal Nichols | USA | Philadelphia

      My team: La Salle Women
    93. 54618

      USA

      Rosemary Martinez | USA | bx

      My team: NYRC
      Rugby is a very hardworking and entertaining sport just like any other. I think every sport should be able to be in the olympics . . why not ? rugby once was in the olympics i think its time to bring it back
    94. 54617

      USA

      Sam Ryan | USA

    95. 54615

      USA

      Elizabeth Romagano | USA | Philadelphia

      My team: La Salle Women's Rugby
      It is the best sport ever!
    96. 54614

      USA

      Megan Holly | USA | St. Louis, MO

      My team: University of Missouri Womens Rugby
      Rugby is an international game that has been around longer than many other sports. It is highly competitive and would get alot of attention in the olympics because it is so popular globally. It is also played by both men and women so it would be perfect for the games. Its almost in the same playing field as soccer and track except for the fact that it is still gaining popularity in the USA. If it was in the olympics, Rugby would get more attention and attract more players internationally. VOTE YES!! For Rugby to become a part of the Olympic Games.
    97. 54610

      USA

      Craig Harter | USA

    98. 54600

      USA

      Shauna Perkins | USA | Portland's

      My team: Steelead
      7's is exciting, easy for fans to understand, and opens the Games to countries who othewise may not compete.
    99. 54599

      USA

      Michael Brooks | USA | Ann Arbor, MI

      My team: Washtenaw RFC
      Excitement, great spectator sport, 100's of millions of fans around the world. Great venue for many developing, smaller nations.
    100. 54598

      USA

      Nicole Hosler | USA | Austin

      My team: Valkraries

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