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Creating employment stability by ending League’s discretion to terminate contracts without cause or notice, creating common sense rules for trading/options/drafts, & building a free agency process.

Ensuring MLR’s survival by bringing the players’ voice to the stakeholder table in order to implement world-class standards, grow the game, and recruit the next generation of pro players before the US hosts the 2031 Rugby World Cup

Establishing basic healthcare coverage, basic playing conditions, consistent head injury protocols, requiring uniform field standards.

“There need to be minimum standards to ensure the league is responsible for protecting the future, rights, and value of the players. With the union, we can begin working towards an equitable and sustainable solution that will include our voice as a collective.”

“The USRPA in the MLR would help protect me AND my family. To think back to the LA/Austin situation, having the USRPA  involved with the MLR would have eased so much anxiety for so many players. A clear line of communication, as well as the knowledge that you are at the center of discussions, would have made that situation better for us to deal with.”

“In order for the sport to survive and grow professionally, players must have basic healthcare, adequate working conditions, and a fair termination process.”