No I went to college on a soccer scholarship, pulled a quad pretty bad, they wanted to red-shirt me. I mulled around for a few weeks and then joined the rugby team, the rest is history, drunken bloodsoaked and battered history. I have more scars from rugby than anything, my nose still isn’t straight after 5 breaks.
Oh and Rugby in this country is all club except for one university of california team. It’s governed by a national body, some different rules than ncaa, you have 5 years of eligibility from when you start college. That’s the main one, plus everyone gets funding nationally. It’s a better system and things get worked through quicker with new rule changes and whatnot. Even penn state, ohio state, pitt – big schools, all club. You can still obtain all american status and things, which i was *edited* close to, i was an alternate marfu player. Starters can apply through their school for all american.