Monte Gaddis

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schools in Nashville, Tennessee. The schools are Napier, Inglewood, Fall Hamilton and JE Moss with the hopes of doubling that number in the upcoming months.

The mission of the program is to provide a fun, safe, and educational atmosphere for all students. The Little Leagues teaches each student the skills necessary to function in today’s competitive world. The program now has added Pickleball, Hockey and Volleyball to its curriculum, using the sports as vehicles to show the youth about physical fitness, teamwork and the academic skills necessary for success.

You will struggle to find someone more passionate about growing the sport of Rugby League and building a future for the youth more than myself.

To start off, I would like to thank all my supporters from all over the world, especially those in Nashville, Tennessee. At the moment, I am Monté Gaddis, the owner of Cleveland Rugby League and the founder of The Little Leagues youth program.

My journey started of with dreams of being in the NFL since the age of 10 years old, but when plans didn’t fall through, that’s where the ultimate hustle began. My name was never called in the 2014 NFL Draft or even years later but that’s not where the story stopped. My last years of football were in 2015 with the Gydnia Seahawks (Poland) and the Iowa Barnstormers (Indoor Football League).

I started playing rugby league in 2016, when I was asked to attend trials for the professional Toronto Wolfpack, who were forming a team ahead of their inaugural season the following year. The Wolfpack heard of my story with the Cleveland Browns, and gave me a tryout of a lifetime. I traveled to three Rugby League tryouts around North America, I was chosen with 17 other trialists to fly over to the United Kingdom to grind for a professional contract.

The inspiration for me founding the Rugby Club and the Youth Program came from not having rugby league in my city, I wanted to be the guy who helped create opportunity. I played at Shaw Cross (United Kingdom) after the trials and played for Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) in 2018, it was only right to being the RL culture back to Cleveland, Ohio.

The youth program launched in 2021 where we partnered with six schools in Cleveland, Ohio to teach the youth about Rugby League. Now in 2023, we have partner with more than 15 schools/organizations in Cleveland, Ohio and four elementary

The overall goal is to have more kids of all ages, genders, and ethnicities have a Rugby League ball in their hands. Doing that will change the narrative and make Rugby League a Top 3 sport in the USA. We are just growing the game the best we can and are making sure we can control everything we can control.

Please follow me on all social media platforms at @montegaddis Email montegaddis@gmail.com for any collaborations or littleleagues24@gmail.com if you are interested in the Youth Program.

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