League/Company Focus Presentation of Rugby & Puma

1. Rugby
By: Marco Rodrigues

2. Rugby History
• In the early 1800s, the game of Rugby was played rather like soccer, but
players were allowed to catch the ball and kick it out of their hands.
• There was no limit to the number of players on each side for the teams.
• Then in 1823, legend goes that a sixteen year old student at the Rugby
School in England named William Webb Ellis, caught the ball with his
hands during a game and ran with it towards the opponent’s goal line,
rather than following the rules of the times of catching and kicking the ball
only.

3. Rugby History
• Even though this rule wasn’t adopted right away, this incident is believed
to be the birth of Rugby.
• By 1830, running with the ball was an accepted play, although the first
written rules did not appear until 1845 where it became an official rule.
• These rules were written by those students that played the game at the
school.
• Rugby Football Union, governing body for Rugby Union in England, was
formed in 1871.
• In 1895 there was a split in Rugby into two separate leagues: Rugby Union
& Rugby League.

4. Why Did Rugby Split?
• In 1893, there was a proposal of allowing players to be paid six
shillings “broken time” payments when they miss work due to
matches. This was voted down by the Rugby Football Union.
• In 1895, leading Northern Clubs held a meeting at the George Hotel
in Huddersfield, UK and decided to break away because of the
southern-based rugby union hierarchy’s refusal to let them
compensate players for wages lost while playing the games. This
issue of “broken-time payments” penalized clubs which relied on
working-class players.
• From there, 22 clubs organized and formed what was called the
Northern Rugby Union which later changed its name to Rugby
League in 1922,as we know it today.

5. Rugby Union vs. Rugby League
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRUHxGwv
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6. Rugby Union
• The world governing body for the sport of Rugby Union is called World
Rugby and its headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
• As of 2015, World Rugby has 100 member unions and 17 associate
member unions.
• One of the member unions in the World Rugby and the one I will focus on
is USA Rugby

7. USA Rugby
• Founded in 1975
• CEO: Nigel Melville- has had the position since Oct. 2006
• Headquarters:
2500 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, CO, 80302
Office: (303) 539-0300
Fax: (303) 539-0311
https://www.google.com/maps/place/2500+Arapahoe+Ave,+Arapah
oe+Village,+Boulder,+CO+80302/@40.0141592,-
105.2614342,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x876bedd211a98ceb:
0x5f34c9f885cc291e

8. USA Rugby
• USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of Rugby Union in
the US and a full sport member of the US Olympic Committee (USOC).
• USA Rugby states its role as "the national governing body charged with
achieving and maintaining high levels of quality in all aspects of rugby."
• USA Rugby is responsible for the promotion and development of the sport
in the US and promotion of US international participation.

9. USA Rugby
• USA Rugby has over 115,000 members, the largest segment being college
rugby with over 32,000 members.
• USA Rugby oversees 1,200 high school teams, 900 college teams, 700
senior club teams, and 400 youth teams.
• USA Rugby administers all United States national teams:
senior men's and women's teams, sevens teams for both men and women,
and under-20 national teams for both sexes.
• http://usarugby.org/ Website
• http://usarugby.org/careers Careers

10. Scholarly Article
• Title: “Are You Ready for Some Rugby?”
• Author: Master Tesfatsion
• Publication: McClatchy-Tribune Business News
• Date: Feb. 3, 2015
• The National Rugby Football League (NRFL) is a professional Rugby
league currently owned by RugbyLaw, LLC., a Minneapolis,
Minnesota based Sports and Entertainment Company.

11. LinkedIn Profile: Nigel Melville

12. Puma

13. Puma & Its History
• Puma is a major German multinational company that produces athletic and
casual footwear, as well as sportswear.
• It was first formed in 1924 by Adolf and Rudlof Dassler as “Gebrüder
Dassler Schuhfabrik“ (Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory) in Herzogenaurach,
Germany.
• The first few years these two brothers had great success.
• Overall 7 gold medalists and 5 bronze medalists had their spikes on helping
them win their medals at the 1928 Olympics.

14. Puma & Its History
• The brothers split in 1948, and from here both Adidas and Puma as we
know today were created.
• Rudolf Dassler was the one that founded Puma.
• The company was officially registered on October 1, 1948 as Puma
Schuhfabrik Rudolf Dassler.

15. Puma In Soccer
• Since then, Puma has been a very big contributor to making soccer cleats.
• It has sponsored a number of top soccer players including:
• Pele
• Eusebio
• Diego Maradona
• Thierry Henry
• Radamel Falcao
• Sergio Aguero
• Cesc Fabregas
• Marco Reus
• Buffon
• Mario Balotelli
• They also sponsor soccer teams: Italian Soccer National Team, Arsenal, and
Borussia Dortmund.

16. Headquarters
• Würzburger Straße 13
91074 Herzogenaurach, Germany
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Puma+Sprint+GmbH/@49.570244,10.8
76245,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47a2016d1a80eff5:0xd12db287
761c329b
• 1 Congress St. Ste. 110 Boston, MA 02114
https://www.google.com/maps/place/1+Congress+St+%23110,+Boston,+MA
+02114/@42.362969,-
71.059878,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e37085805386fd:0xea7413b08149
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17. Puma Website & Careers
• Website: www.Puma.com

18. Sources
• http://usarugby.org/
• http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/the-big-question-
why-are-there-two-codes-of-rugby-and-are-they-coming-together-
434680.html
• http://nationalrugbyfootballleague.com/who-are-we/nrfl.html
• http://search.proquest.com.jerome.stjohns.edu:81/abicomplete/docview/165
0510541/BE71345657C24662PQ/7?accountid=14068
• http://about.puma.com/en/this-is-puma/history