Despite the fact that Idaho State's Rugby team is the most successful sport affiliated with ISU, it is probably the most overlooked. Idaho State's Rugby games has on average close to two hundred spectators, while Idaho State's football games, whose game days run parallel to rugby, have an average turnout of spectators into the thousands. Rugby is often seen as a "foreign sport." It often times goes unrecognized and is viewed confusing as well as hard to follow. This tends to turn away potential spectators allowing rugby's recognition to never reach its full potential, especially at ISU. This also impacts funds for the rugby team. Since ISU's club sports program primarily only generates revenue for teams if they sell an adequate amount of tickets for their games. This is a real catch 22 for the players.
It's hard for the team to benefit by investing money elsewhere, like in advertising to increase game attendance, when the players paying out of pocket is the sole reason to why the program is still alive today.
