10 Things We Learned from the Wolfpack After Year One: VIDEO

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Sportnet did a wrap up video on the Wolfpack season along with founder Eric Perez."Tim and Sid sit down with CEO and founder of the Toronto Wolfpack to discuss the teams success & being a transatlantic pro team."Take a watch (13:05) and then check out our top 10 list of things we learned from the Wolfpack venture this year. Also note that Perez says there will be another pro rugby league franchise in Canada announced within 6 months.10 Things We Learned1. Private enterprise can grow rugby better than national unions.One guy in jeans has done more to promote rugby than a legion of blazers at Rugby Canada.2. Take care of your sponsors and show them the value.Air Transat sponsorship made the transatlantic franchise model workable.3. It doesn't take a committee to make the right decision.Rugby union in this country needs some leadership, too many committees, not enough leadership.4. Build it and they will come.You don't always need the finished product in place, sell the vision and let the pieces fall in place.5. You need a vision before it will come true.What is the vision for rugby union in Canada? Anyone? It goes back to a lack of leadership.6. Success builds upon success.Even though the Wolfpack were playing in Div 3 they were successful, had a positive energy, and it's moving forward.7. Think outside the box.The definition of insanity is trying the same thing over again and expecting a different result. New ideas and changes are required.8. It's not just about rugby you're putting on a spectacle.Rugby union is sometimes too content to be looking inward and not engaging the public.9. You have to build partnerships.You either expand and build partnerships or someone else will and take your space.10. Don't listen to the naysayers.It goes back to point #1, release and empower private enterprise and let people with vision take the sport forward.