USA Rugby National Championship SeriesLogo Design Contest

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~~ While in Judging, the designer ranked in first place can submit revisions

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Please load example logos. Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback Will! I guess the file was too big the first time around. I just uploaded the images I was referring to in the brief. Please let me know if you have any questions!

I'm having a little trouble finding out what you want us to design.

Sorry if it's vague! Basically, we're looking for a logo that we can use for our National Championship Events that are taking place throughout 2011. They include College Playoffs and Championships, a National High School and Under 19 Championship, Senior Club rugby, combine style events and Rugby 7s events. We want a logo to tie them altogether, even though the competitions and participants (age, gender, skill) vary from event to event. These events are also held in multiple locations in the US and in a few cases on the same weekends. Having a unique event mark will help tie in the actual events with each other and USA Rugby as a whole.

Additionally, we want the general public to be able to identify the game as a growing and legitimate sport in America, not just some old foreign sport played by east coast college kids and expats. Giving it an American look and feel (like the use of the flag above!) and a shield layout found in other sports event logos help the potential and current players associate the sport with the same kind of professionalism found at NCAA events, MLS games, etc.

Please let me know if you have more questions or if this is still vague. I'm trying to find some better examples and will upload tomorrow.

Thanks!