Selected with the no.1 overall pick by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL Draft, Vick was a part time starter in his rookie season before winning the starting job in 2002. Vick was the first black QB selected with the no.1 overall pick and his impact was immediate. A dual threat QB, Vick revolutionized the way the QB position is played in the NFL. An adept passer with a strong arm, he could make all the Stone Cold Steve Austin Royal Blue Kansas City Royals 3 16 Shirt throws but was known more for his ability as a runner. He quickly became one of the most popular players in the league and his star began to soar.
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Rugby has something the NFL lacks — the tantalising prospect of representing your country in a meaningful international competition. In the 24 years of pro Rugby Union, the USA have traditionally had a rag-tag bunch of professional players ranging from second generation migrants from rugby playing families like Samu Manoa, who was playing amatuer rugby in the US and was talent scouted from a US reserve team tour into the top flight of European club rugby, to players like former USA captain Chris Wyles who was born in the states but moved to England as a Bob Huggins we aren’t dead yet shirt and played his rugby in Europe. One of the guys from our school team in England ended up playing for the USA at the Rugby World Cup because he had an American born mother. Other USA players like AJ McGinty (who is Irish and plays for an English club) qualify for the USA national team via residency after studying there. If rugby takes off in the US as a semi-pro / pro club game, there is every likelihood of good college footballers switching sports and America producing a team of majority home-grown talent, but unlikely it will include many ex-NFL players, if any.
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