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2014

Player	Guaranteed Compensation	MLS team	2014 season accomplishments	National team	Transferred from
Clint Dempsey	$6.7m	Seattle Sounders	15 goals	United States	Tottenham
Michael Bradley	$6.5m	Toronto FC		United States	Roma
Jermaine Defoe	$6.2m	Toronto FC	11 goals	England	Tottenham
Landon Donovan	$4.6m	LA Galaxy	MLS Best XI, 19 assists	United States	N/A
Robbie Keane	$4.5m	LA Galaxy	MLS MVP, 19 goals	Republic of Ireland	N/A

Year	Highest paid players	MLS Best XI	Most goals	Most assists	Other accolades
2013	Clint Dempsey ($5.0m) Thierry Henry ($4.4m)	Robbie Keane Marco Di Vaio Tim Cahill Diego Valeri	Marco Di Vaio (20)	Diego Valeri (13)
2014	Clint Dempsey ($6.7m) Michael Bradley ($6.5m)	Landon Donovan	Robbie Keane (19) Clint Dempsey (15)	Landon Donovan (19)	Robbie Keane (MLS MVP)

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On the next matchday

Interesting discussion here about not including these statistics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard/Archive_54#Talk:2012.E2.80.9313_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage

• "the fact that the material is so time-sensitive that it will only be present for a few days flies in the fact of the "Wikipedia is not a newspaper" policy and the "Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information" policy and, frankly, with Wikipedia's essential essence as an encyclopedia."
• "the material should not go in the article(s). The data is just too transitory: it only is useful for about two weeks."

MLS

MLS Expansion table

MLS Expansion Candidates

Metro area	Population	Major league teams	Minor league soccer team (attendance)
Minneapolis	2.8m	4	Minnesota United (7,196)
Sacramento	1.9m	1	Sacramento Republic (11,293)
San Antonio	2.0m	1	San Antonio Scorpions (6,693)
Saint Louis	2.2m	3	Saint Louis FC (N/A)

MLS Expansion

Main article: MLS Expansion

Pop	0	1	2	3	4
5+					6m — Miami* 5m — Detroit* (-P2)
4	4m — Riverside*				4m — Phoenix 4m — Minneapolis+
3			3m — San Diego	3m — St. Louis 3m — Tampa Bay
2	2m — Austin (+P1) (–UT) 2m — Norfolk 2m — Las Vegas 2m — Providence (-P4)	2m — Sacramento (+USL) 2m — San Antonio (+P3) 2m — Raleigh (+P2) (NC St) .	2m — Charlotte 2m — Cincinnati 2m — Indianapolis, IN 2m — Milwaukee	2m — Pittsburgh (-P3) 2m — Cleveland (-P1)
1	1m — Richmond 1m — Louisville 1m — El Paso	1m — Jacksonville 1m — Oklahoma City .

Notes: Bold are probables, Italics are doubtfuls.

MLS Soccer-Specific Stadiums

Opened	Stadium	Team(s)
1999	Columbus Crew Stadium	Columbus Crew
2003	StubHub Center	L.A. Galaxy & Chivas
2005	Toyota Stadium	FC Dallas
2006	Toyota Park	Chicago Fire
2007	BMO Field	Toronto FC
2007	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	Colorado Rapids
2008	Rio Tinto Stadium	Real Salt Lake
2008	Saputo Stadium	Montreal Impact
2010	PPL Park	Philadelphia Union
2010	Red Bull Arena	New York Red Bulls
2011	Sporting Park	Sporting Kansas City
2012	BBVA Compass Stadium	Houston Dynamo
2015		San Jose Earthquakes

RfC

Start a new RfC with the sole purpose of eliminating that section of the guideline.

In your description of the problem, make sure that you include links to any and all discussions on the topic so that the new reviewer will have all of the evidence at their disposal (I won't be closing the next discussion on the topic, as I feel it is inappropriate to close consecutive discussions on the same basic topic). Make sure that when you are listing all of the previous discussions that you include a sub-section with all of the sources and things you can find that oppose the use of these fixture sections and all of the ones that support the use. The purpose of doing this in the description is to make sure that your description is as neutral and fair to both sides right up front.

That said, you are more than welcome to add your "personal" feelings, thoughts and objections to the current wording in the discussion section of the RfC.

Inventory

Men's:

1. United States
2. Canada
3. Russia
4. T1: [Ireland], [Italy]
5. T2: [Spain], [Japan]

Women's:

1. New Zealand (full)
2. England (full)
3. France (full)
4. South Africa (full?)
5. Australia (full)
6. Wales (full)
7. Ireland (full)
8. Scotland (full)
9. Italy (full)

RfC

Should the WikiProject Rugby Union style guide be revised as proposed below to state that there is a lack of consensus on whether recent fixtures should be included in national team articles? A related RfC was closed by an editor who suggested here that this new RFC be started.

Existing version:

For national rugby union teams, recent fixture and upcoming fixture lists should not be included. Consensus has been reached between the project members (see here) that such lists are unencyclopaedic, and are not suitable in the article. Such lists create problems with duplication, and article size. Instead, templates such as {{rugby07}} should be added that link to a teams competitions. For example the 'end of year tests', Tri-nations, or Six Nations.

Proposed version:

For national rugby union team articles, there is a lack of consensus among WP:RU members whether it is permissible to retain sections regarding recent fixtures, or whether these sections should be removed from all national team articles. As such, decisions regarding whether to add, retain, or remove these sections are left up to the editors of each particular page.

Support (adopt proposed revision)

1. Support —

Oppose (retain existing version)

1. Oppose —

Discussion

Historical background from 2006–07:

1. Shudde raised the possibility of deleting a recent fixtures section from the All Blacks article during this discussion in 2006 regarding moving the article to Featured Article status. The editors were fine with Shudde removing the section as part of the FA process. But the editors did not recommend removing these sections from all national rugby team articles, and some editors advocated for including them. For example, one editor stated that "It's ok to have [these sections]" and another stated "It is a very useful addition to the page."
2. Shudde initiated this discussion in 2007 at the WP:RU talk page. That discussion reflects a proposal from Shudde that the fixtures sections be removed, a second proposal from another editor regarding a different way of presenting the information, and then further discussion about the second proposal with no meaningful discussion of the original proposal regarding removal. Shudde tried repeatedly to return the discussion to his original proposal but received no responses. Following three consecutive unanswered messages (see the bottom of the discussion), Shudde observed that there were "no objections" to his proposal and stated he would amend the Style Guide.
3. Shudde then inserted this fixtures section in the Style Guide. Despite Shudde's prior proposal on the WP:RU talk page receiving zero comments — neither supporting nor opposing — the style guide was written to say that there is "consensus" among WP:RU members on this issue. The style guide links to the 2007 discussion as evidence of this consensus.
4. Various WP:RU editors have not interpreted the 2007 discussion to mean that national team articles are prohibited from including fixtures sections. One editor interpreted that discussion to mean that "It is fine to have [these sections] on other national team articles" while another WP:RU editor has characterized the 2007 discussion as "a 7-year old discussion that few participated in."

Recent talk page discussions from 2014:

1. The WP:RU Style Guide talk page reflects comments on the fixtures guideline from only two WP:RU members — one who supports the guideline, and one who opposes it.
2. See this Canada talk page discussion and the page's edit history from October 2014 where Shudde was edit warring with two other editors over this. In trying to remove the fixtures section, Shudde pointed to the Style Guide as evidence of a WP:RU "consensus" on this issue. Although Shudde cited the WP:RU "consensus," the other editors gave this little-to-no weight. Shudde lost the debate, and the consensus of the editors on the Canada national team article was to retain the section.
3. Several editors have have added these sections to articles or restored sections that Shudde had tried to delete. See this Canada talk page discussion and the page's edit history from October 2014 where Shudde was edit warring with two other editors over this and he ended up losing the discussion. For example, he tried to remove this section from the Canada national team article, pointing to the Style Guide as evidence of a WP:RU "consensus" on this issue. The consensus of the editors on the Canada national team article was to keep the section.
4. There was a related discussion here on the WP:RU talk page regarding results sections. Two editors expressed support for allowing fixtures sections, and one editor proposed removing them. The discussion did not result in consensus. While the previous discussion was ongoing, an editor involved in that discussion began a new RfC.
5. The proposed RfC began by declaring the existence of a "long-standing convention" on this issue, and cited the 2007 discussion as evidence of this consensus. That RfC found two editors expressing support for results sections and four editors expressing opposition. An uninvolved editor then closed the discussion, deciding there was not enough of a present consensus to overturn the apparent previous 2007 "consensus." When evidence was presented to the closer that there had been no consensus in 2007, the closer then suggested that this new RfC be convened.

Recent relevant editing history from 2014:

1. Several WP:RU national team articles currently have these results sections or similar sections. (This suggests a lack of consensus among WP:RU members that they should be removed).
2. Only one editor — Shudde — has recently tried to remove these sections from articles.
3. Several editors have edited these sections in various national rugby team articles. (These editors are tacitly acknowledging that they see value in these sections).

2023 RWC hosts

Country	Total Players	RWC hosted (matches)	Stadiums (> 60,000)
United States	1,449,389	—	77
South Africa	418,509	1995 (32)	2
France	383,757	1991 (8) 1999 (8) 2007 (42)	2
Ireland	172,491	1991 (5) 1999 (7)	1
Italy	82,143	—	3
Argentina	133,062	—	1

Notes:

• Members data is from the ______.

Country	Union	Members	RWC hosted	Stadiums (> 60,000)
Russia	Example	Example	—	1
Australia	Example	Example	1987 (11) 2003 (48)	2

Revenue vs Growth

	Growth	No Grow (G8)
Lotsa $ (Eur / SA)	Italy	South Africa; Ireland
?? $ (Amer)	United States; Argentina

Sports in the U.S.: Sports Leagues

Other sports leagues

League	Sport	Year Founded	Teams (U.S.)	Nat'l TV contract	Revenue US$ (bn)	Average Attendance
National Lacrosse League	Lacrosse		9 (5)			9,469 (2012)
Arena Football League	Arena football		14			7,659 (2011)
Women's Nat'l Basketball Ass'n	Basketball		12			7,531 (2013)
International League	Baseball		14 (E)			6,719 (2013)
Pacific Coast League	Baseball		16			5,876 (2013)
American Hockey League	Ice hockey		30 (27)			5,402 (2013-14)
North American Soccer League	Soccer		11			5,267 (2014)
Major League Lacrosse	Lacrosse		8			4,759 (2014)
United Soccer League (USL)	Soccer		24			3,114 (2014)
NBA Development League	Basketball		18			2,725 (2013-14)

2014 World Cup on TV

GS

Date	Day	Start	Teams	Viewers (Ch)	Rate	Univ	Cable	Ntwk Sports	Ref
6/12	R	4p	Brazil v. Croatia	4.0m (E)	1.7	5.1m	#1 1.9m / 0.7 (US Open golf)	13m / 5.2 (NBA Finals)
6/13	F	3p 6p 12p	Spain v. Holland Chile v. Aus Mexico v. Cam	3.1m (E) 2.5m (E2) 1.9m (E2)	1.4 1.3 0.9	— — 5.0m	#1 #2 #7	6.0m / 2.3 (NHL Finals)
6/14	Sa	3p 12p 6p 9p	Uruguay v. CR Columbia v. Greece England v. Italy Japan v. IC	(A) (A) 4.6m (E) 3.4m (E)	2.9 2.8 2.6 1.4	---	-- -- #1 #2	2.6 (US Open golf) 2.3m / 0.5 (MLB)
6/15	Su	3p 6p 12p	France v. Hond Argentina v. Bosnia Switz v. Ecuador	(A) 4.2m (E) (A)	3.3 3.1 2.8	— 4.9m —	#4 (Sprint racing)	18m / 12 (NBA Finals) 4.6 5 (US Open golf)
6/16	M	6p 12p 3p	USA v. Ghana Germany v. Port Nigeria v. Iran	9.7m (E) 2.4m (E) 2.3m (E)	4.1 1.0 0.9	4.8m -- --	#1 -- --	N/A
6/17	T	3p 6p 12p	Brazil v. Mexico Korea v. Russia Belgium v. Algeria	3.8m 3.3m 1.6m	1.5 1.4 0.7	6.8m -- --	#1 #2 #21	Example
6/18	W	3p 6p 12p	Spain v. Chile Croatia v. Cameroon Holland v. Australia	3.2m 3.0m 2.3m	1.3 1.3 0.9	---	#2 (Duck Dyn 4m / 1.5) #3 #9	Example
6/21	Sa	3p 6p 12p	Germany v. Ghana Nigeria v. Bosnia Argentina v. Iran	5.7m (E) 3.8m (E) 3.6m (E)	4.1 3.0 2.8	???? - -	#1 (1.8m / 0.6 Coll WS) #2 #3	MLB 1.7 (Fox)
6/22	Su	6p 3p 12p	USA v. Portugal Korea v. Algeria Belgium v. Russia	13.8m  ?  ?	10.4 3.6 3.0	Example	#1 (4.7m / 1.1 Sprint racing)	Women's golf 1.7 (NBC)
6/26	R	12p 4p	USA v. Germany Teams	8.2m 2.1m	3.0 0.9	--	#1 NBA draft (3.6m / 1.5)	--
GS	--	--	--	3.5m +46%	2.2 +38%	+43%	Example	--

Notes:

• 6/14 Eng v. Ita = ESPN's most watched non-US group-stage match ever.
• 6/17 Mex v. Brz = 11m is the highest viewership for a non-US group-stage match ever.
• 6/21 Ger v. Gha = Tied for ESPN's most watched non-US match ever. {Tied 2006 Ger/Ita semi}.

KO

Date	Day	Start	Teams	Viewers (Ch)	Rate	Univ	Cable	Ntwk Sports	Ref
6/28	Sa	12p 4p	Brazil v. Chile Col v. Uruguay	6.1m (A) 5.4m (A)	4.5 4.0	????  ??	2.1 rate (Nascar)	2.8 / 0.5 (MLB)
6/29	Su	12p 4p	Mexico v. Holland CR v. Greece	6.6m 5.9m	4.5 4.5	10.4m  ??	#3 #2 (MLB 2.6m / 0.7)	1.8 rate (Golf)
6/30	M	4p 12p	Germany v. Algeria France v. Nigeria	4.3m 2.5m	1.7 1.0	Example	#2 #9	??  ??	Example
7/1	T	4p 12p	USA v. Belgium Arge v. Switz	13.4m 3.2m	4.6 1.2	UNIV(m)	#1 #5	NTWK
16>8	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
7/4	F	4p 12p	Brazil v. Col Germany v. France	11.8m (E) 10.9m (E2)	3.6	5.5m 5.1m	CABLE	NTWK	REF
7/5	Sa	4p 12p	Holland v. CR Arg v. Belg	9.6m (E) 8.8m (A)	3.4	4.7m 3.6m	CABLE	NTWK	REF
8>4	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
7/8	T	4p	Germany v. Brazil	5.1m (E)	1.9	5.8m	#1	NTWK
7/9	W	4p	Arg v. Holland	6.8m (E)	4.3	5.4m	CABLE	NTWK
4>2	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
DATE	DAY	HOUR	TEAMS		RATE		CABLE	NTWK	REF
DATE	DAY	HOUR	TEAMS	VIEW(m)	RATE	UNIV(m)	CABLE	NTWK	REF

Notes:

• 6/28 Brz v.Chl = The #1 watched ABC/ESPN R-16 match not involving the US ever.
• 6/29 Mex v. Hol = Univision's most watched broadcast ever.

Other soccer matches on TV

Main article: Soccer in the United States § Soccer on TV

Club soccer matches on TV

The following table shows the most watched club soccer matches in the United States. The most watched matches are from European clubs — both the UEFA Champions League and the English Premier League.

Season	Viewers	Ratings	Tournament	Teams	Channel	Ref
2011	4.2m	6.0	UEFA Champions League Final	Manchester Utd v. Barca	FOX, Fox Dep.
2015	3.7m	1.3	UEFA Champions League Final	Barca v. Juve	FOX (2.2m), Fox Dep. (1.5)
2011	2.5m	1.0	English Premier League	Man Utd v. Chelsea	FOX, FSC, Fox Deportes
2010	2.2m	——	UEFA Champions League Final	Inter M. v. Bayern Munich	Fox, Fox Sports Esp.
2015	2.1m	—	La Liga	Madrid v. Barca	BeIn (0.75mE + 1.35mS)
2012	2.0m	1.1	UEFA Champions League Final	Chelsea. v. Bayern Munich	Fox
2014	1.9m	3.0	UEFA Champions League Final	R. Madrid v. Atl. Madrid	Fox
2004	1.4m	1.3	Major League Soccer	D.C. United v. San Jose	ABC
1997	1.4m	1.4	MLS Cup	Teams	ABC
2014	1.4m	——	English Premier League	Man Utd v Arsenal	NBCSN
1996	1.3m	1.4	MLS Cup	Teams	ABC
2006	1.2m	0.8	MLS Cup	Houston v. New England	ABC
2002	1.2m	0.8	MLS Cup	LA Galaxy v. New England	ABC
2014	1.2m	——	English Premier League	Cardiff v. Swansea	NBCSN
2009	1.1m	0.7	MLS Cup	L.A. Galaxy v. Salt Lake	ESPN
Year	Viewers	Rate	Comp/Stage	Teams	Channel	Ref

Sports TV viewership records

1. Football = 111.5m (2014 Superbowl)
2. Baseball = 39.1m (The most viewed baseball game since 2000 is the 2001 World Series game 7).
   1. 54.8m = most viewed baseball game of all time (1980 World Series game 6)
   2. 25.4m = (The most viewed baseball game since 2005 is the 2011 World Series)
3. Bsk'ball = 35.9m (2010 NBA finals game 7)
4. Soccer = 29.2m (2014 World Cup final)
5. Hockey = 8.5m (The most viewed hockey game since 2000 is the 2011 Stanley Cup game 7).
   1. 12.4m = (Most viewed hockey match of all time is the 1971 Stanley Cup game 7)

High school sports (Team sports)

Totals

Sport	Basketball	Football	Soccer	Volleyball	Baseball / Softball	—	Cheer / Spirit	Lacrosse	Field Hockey	Ice Hockey	Water Polo	Rugby
Totals	50	50	50	49	46–48	——	28	21	17	15	6	0

Others:

1. BB missing in: MT – WY – ID – SD.
2. IH: 100% in New England, 0 in the South.
3. FH: 11/17 (65%) in NE.
4. Flag FB: 1 (FL only).
5. Rugby: 0 (begins in MA in 2016).

Rugby

No.	State	Approved	Began	Ref
1	Mass	2015-05-06	2016-09-01
2	-	-	-

NE (11)

State	Basket	Base / Soft	Football	Soccer	Volley	Ice Hockey	Field Hockey	Lacrosse	Cheer / Spirit	Water Polo	Rugby
New York	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
New Jersey	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Massach.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	N→Y
Connecticut	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
N. Hampshire	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Vermont	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Maine	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Rhode Isl.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Maryland	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Delaware	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Totals	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	6	1	0→1

West (13)

State	Basketball	Baseball / Softball	Football	Soccer	Volleyball	Ice Hockey	Field Hockey	Lacrosse	Dance / Cheer / Spirit	Water Polo
California	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Colorado	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Washington	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Utah	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Oregon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes x2	No
Arizona	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Hawaii	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Alaska	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
New Mexico	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Montana	Yes	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Nevada	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Idaho	Yes	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wyoming	Yes	No!	Yes	Yes	Yes
Totals	13	12	13	13	13	2	2	2	8	2

Note: Idaho and Montana sponsor softball, but not baseball.

Midwest (12)

State	Basketball	Baseball / Softball	Football	Soccer	Volleyball	Ice Hockey	Field Hockey	Lacrosse	Cheer / Dance	Water Polo
Illinois	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes x2	Yes
Michigan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Ohio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Missouri	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Minnesota	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
So. Dakota	Yes	No!	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes x3
Nor. Dakota	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Wisconsin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Indiana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Iowa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kansas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Nebraska	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Totals	12	11	12	12	11	5	2	3	5	2

SE (14)

State	Basketball	Baseball / Softball	Football	Soccer	Volleyball	Ice Hockey	Field Hockey	Lacrosse	Cheer / Dance	Water Polo
Virginia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes x2
Florida*	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Georgia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
No. Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
So. Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
Tennessee	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Texas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Kentucky	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Oklahoma	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Arkansas	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
W.Virginia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Alabama	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Louisiana	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mississippi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Totals	14	14	14	14	14	0	2	5	9	1

Note: Florida also offers flag football as an official sport.

College rugby on Wiki

My Faves:

• D1V — UCLA → Penn State → Army ('14) → CWU ('14)
• WAS — Maryland → Navy → UVA ←→ Delaware → Towson → Kutztown
• ST.L — Lindenwood

A: D1 Big5/BK and Top 30

0–1 paras

• Arizona State (1p)
• #24 South Carolina (1p)

2–4 paras (work on these)

• # 8 UCLA (3p)
• #12 Utah (2p)
• #11 Penn State (5p!)
• # 4 St. Mary's (3p)
• #14 Navy (3p)
• Maryland
• Arizona
• TAMU
• Tennessee
• LSU

4 paras + Art

• # 2 Cal–V (4+A)
• # 1 BYU (2+A)
• #12 Army–V (2+A)
• #18 Clemson (2+A)

B: D1 decent or Top 15

0–1 paras

• Florida
• Wisconsin {Nov '12 IP's}
• Michigan (1p)

2–4 paras

• #3 Life Univ. (2p)
• #5 Arkansas State (4p)
• #6 Cent. Wash.–V (5p!)
• #13 Kutztown (3p)
• #20 UCF (4p)
• Cal Poly (1/0)
• Texas (4p!)
• Oklahoma (2p)
• Ohio State (2p)
• Bowling Green (2p)

4 paras + Art

• #8 Lindenwood
• #14 Davenport
• #18 Dartmouth
• #20 Air Force
• Notre Dame

WP:FOOTY / Talk — Use of color in tables

The Wikipedia-wide consensus, otherwise known as MoS, is at MOS:COLOR. A pertinent bit reads

Even for readers with unimpaired color vision, excessive background shading of table entries impedes readability and recognition of Wikilinks. Background color should be used only as a supplementary visual cue, and should be subtle (consider using lighter, less-dominant pastel hues) rather than a glaring spotlight.

The specific colours used are too strong. Personally, I don't find the wikilinks easy to read on several of those background colours.

And the bolding is inappropriate: see MOS:BOLD.

The tiny text in the RH table position column is smaller than the minimum permitted by MOS:FONTSIZE, as well as being completely unnecessary: the wording "1st of 5" at normal font size is readable, MoS-compliant, and takes up less width than 1st / 5 teams with small applied as used in the RH table. As demonstrated below. In my experience, the footy project doesn't take much notice of certain aspects of the MoS... cheers, Struway2 (talk) 09:17, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Year	Round	Position
1941	Champions	1st / 5 teams
1941	Champions	1st of 5

if background colouring causes accessibility issues, you can always use border colouring instead

Year	Round	Position
1941	Champions	1st
1942	Runners-up	2nd

Frietjes (talk) 23:26, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

WP:RU — Assessment — Importance scale

• Fill in blanks
  • Added rugby sevens (IRB &s WS) — players, coaches, natl teams
  • Added club rugby (H-Cup & Super Rugby) — players, coaches
• Change
  • Tighten up criteria for people, esp. players.

Article importance grading scheme
Top Base criteria: Article is extremely important and crucial to understanding rugby union. Reserved only for articles that have achieved international notability.
Rugby union-related criteria	Examples
Culture and History: Anchor article/s introducing Rugby culture or history.	History of rugby union
Organization: Anchor article/s introducing Rugby administration. Power wielding organizations that set the rules for the game and organize major international tournaments. Regional unions among several nations. National unions of Tier 1 countries. No biographical articles.	Rugby union; Rugby union gameplay IRB SANZAR RFU
Rules and terminology: Anchoring articles that outline the basic gameplay, or outline fundamental elements of the game structure. Field positions, field dimensions. Should not include articles that are subsidiary to these basic elements detailing nuances.	Rugby sevens Scrum
Competitions and Tournaments: Overviews of major international competitions.	Rugby World Cup Six Nations; Tri-Nations
National Teams: None	-
Club and provincial teams: None	-
Players: None.
Coaches and Administrators: Anchor article/s introducing Rugby Coaching. Game founders.	Rugby Union coaching William Webb Ellis
Match Officials: Anchor article/s introducing Rugby Match Officiating. No biographical articles.	Rugby union match officials
Stadiums: None	-
Equipment: None	-
Statistics and Lists: None	-
High Base criteria: Article is extremely notable and has achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent/ international region. notability.
Rugby union-related criteria	Examples
Culture and History: Overview articles of culture or history of rugby in Tier 1 countries. Main subsidiary articles that support culture or history articles of Top importance.
Organization: National unions of Tier 2 countries. Overview of top level domestic unions of Tier 1 nations.	USA Rugby Queensland Rugby Union
Rules and terminology: Articles that provide detail to the anchoring article/s. Major rule variations or changes.	Experimental law variations Test match (rugby union)
Competitions and Tournaments: Overviews of major international 7s competitions. Overviews of major international club competitions or top provincial competition in Tier 1 nations. Individual tournaments of the major international test competitions.	IRB Sevens World Series Rugby at the Summer Olympics Heineken Cup; Currie Cup 2009 Six Nations
National Teams: Overviews of Tier 1 national teams. National sevens teams that finished top four in the IRB Sevens World Series or Rugby World Cup Sevens.	England national team History of French national team Fiji national team (sevens)
Club and provincial teams: Overviews of Super Rugby and Heineken Cup championship teams.	Crusaders (rugby union)
Players: Player elected to International Rugby Hall of Fame or IRB Hall of Fame. IRB annual award winner for IRB player of the year or any player category. Player holding a major record for a Tier 1 country at any point in history. Rugby World Cup player of the tournament, or captain of the RWC winning team. Players of Tier 1 teams who have played at international level for over ten years. Player holding a major record for the Heineken Cup or Super Rugby at any point in history. Player holding a major record for the IRB Sevens World Series at any point in history.	Julian Savea Hugo Porta Dan Carter record for most All Black Test points
Coaches and Administrators: IRB International Coach of the Year. Coach of team winning a Rugby World Cup. Coach of Tier 1 national team/s for over five years. CEO's of national unions of major international unions/boards confederations, or of Tier 1 country unions. IRB Development Award recipient.	Declan Kidney; Jake White Clive Woodward Bernard Lapasset
Match Officials: IRB Referee Award for Distinguished Service. Referee of a Rugby World Cup semi-final or final. Referee of matches in RWC, Tri-Nations or Six Nations for a period of over five years.	Alain Rolland Francis Palmade Stuart Dickinson
Stadiums: Stadium that hosted the final of a Rugby World Cup, Heineken Cup, or Super Rugby.	Ellis Park; Canberra Stadium
Equipment and kit: Articles related to essential equipment used in playing the game.	Rugby ball redirect now to an article section, but could be expanded to a main article?
Statistics and Lists: Anchor articles that outline the rugby statistical analysis.	Rugby statistics	-
Mid Base criteria: Article is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area.
Rugby union-related criteria	Examples
Culture and History: Overview articles of culture or history of rugby in Tier 2 countries. Events that took place that had a shaping influence on the game. Controversies surrounding the game, involving international level rugby.	History of Rugby in Japan Bloodgate 1971 South Africa tour of Australia
Organization: National unions of Tier 3 countries that have competed at the RWC.
Rules and terminology: Articles that outline specific rugby gameplay strategies, techniques or playing styles. Articles that detail particular rugby skills.	Blitz defence Drop kick (rugby union)
Competitions, Tournaments, and Matches: Overviews of international competitions between Tier 2 nations. Overview of minor international level club competitions. Overview of mid-level provincial competition in Tier 1 nation. Top provincial competition in Tier 2 nation. First tour of a Tier 1 nation. Individual tournaments of Super Rugby and Heineken Cup. Individual tournaments of top provincial competition in Tier 1 nation. Match articles of RWC finals.	IRB Pacific Nations Cup; National League 1 1908–09 Australia tour of Britain; 2008 Currie Cup Premier Division 2007 Rugby World Cup Final
National Teams: Overviews of Tier 2 teams. Tier 3 teams that have competed in the RWC. National sevens teams not included above that have been a core team in the IRB Sevens World Series.	Spain national team England Saxons Italy national team (sevens)
Club and provincial teams: All other club teams of Super Rugby and Heineken Cup. Club or province that has competed in the top professional domestic competition of a Tier 1 rugby nation within the last 5 years.	Exeter Chiefs Queensland Reds
Players: Player from Tier 2 national team holding a major record at any point in history. Player from Tier 1 national team who has played more than 5 years at national level. Captain of champion in Heineken Cup or Super Rugby. Captain of team winning the IRB 7s WS.	Ali Williams Gareth Rees (rugby union)
Coaches and Administrators: Coach of Tier 1 or Tier 2 national team. Coach of a national sevens team finishing top 3 in the IRB Sevens World Series. Coach of a Heineken Cup or Super Rugby champion side. CEO's of national unions of Tier 1 countries. CEO's of top level domestic unions of tier 1 nations.	Robbie Deans; Heyneke Meyer; Eddie O'Sullivan Paul McLean; John Steele
Match Officials: Referee of regular round Rugby World Cup matches. Referee of Super Rugby, Heineken Cup and Pro 12 Finals. Referee on the IRB Sevens World Series for at least 5 years.	Marius Jonker; Joël Jutge Wayne Barnes
Stadiums: Home stadium(s) of Tier 1 nations past and present. Any stadium that has hosted a quarterfinal or semifinal of a Rugby World Cup. Any stadium that has hosted the IRB Sevens World Series for more than 5 years. Any stadium hosting the final of the top domestic provincial competition in Tier 1 nation.	Stadio Flaminio; Parc des Princes Hong Kong Stadium
Equipment and kit: Ancillary equipment used for training rugby skills. Equipment suppliers.	Scrum machine; KooGa
Statistics and Lists: Article or list that outlines general statistics of rugby at the international level.	List of leading drop goal scorers	-
Low Base criteria: Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article.
Rugby union-related criteria	Examples
Culture and History: Overviews of rugby union in Tier 3 nations. Any other notable culture or history article not covered by above criteria.
Organization:
Rules and terminology:
Competitions and Tournaments: Team A v Team B history. Season results and seasonal competitions. Provincial competitions not covered above. All tier one nation tours not covered above. Rugby World Cup squad listings.
National Teams: Any national team (15s or 7s) not included above. 'A' teams and under-20 teams.
Club and provincial teams: Lower-division professional teams. Amateur teams that meet notability guidelines.
Players: Any player who meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
Coaches and Administrators: Any Coach or Administrator who meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
Match Officials: Any match official who meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
Stadiums: Any rugby stadium that meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
Equipment and kit: Any rugby equipment that meets notability guidelines and is not covered by above.
Statistics and Lists: Any other statistic or list article not covered by above criteria.
What is NOT in the scope of this project Base criteria : Articles pertaining to notable subjects, which include merely side-notes related to rugby do not fall into the scope of this project.
Operating principle: If all other notability of the subject were subtracted, the subject should still be notable under the above guidelines, and falls into the scope of this project. For example Alan Jones (radio broadcaster) is most notable for his role as a radio talk show host, however his role as a head coach of the Wallaby team still makes him notable enough in the scope of this project, the radio presentation career aside. However, the article Bill Clinton who happened to play rugby casually while studying at Oxford University does not fall into the scope of this project. George W. Bush on the other hand was a keen rugby player while at Yale making the 1st XV and was quite successful, and while his main article would not fall under the scope of this project, IF his achievements in rugby are notable enough, a subsidiary article such as Rugby achievements of George W. Bush which detailed his rugby achievements would fall under the scope of this project.

afd

Page	afd	when nom	result
LSU rugby	afd	2015-04-09	Keep (3–3)	Improvements & WP:RU notability guidelines
Univ at Buffalo RFC	afd	2015-04-22	Keep	Refs added & WP:RU notability guidelines
Jamie Hood	afd	2015-01-20	Delete	BLP
Seattle Saracens (+8)		2014-12-31	No cons (2–1)
Rugby Alberta		2015-01-18	No cons (2-2)

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