Bring your sponsor. Get yourself paid.
URLA's model rewards players who bring their own sponsors. 75% of any sponsor you close goes back to you — covers your $310 season and pays additional funding above that for training and travel. Here's the playbook.
Why URLA pays players who sell.
URLA splits player-acquired sponsorships 75 / 20 / 5. The player who closes the sponsor takes 75% of that money. Your $310 (registration + kit) gets covered first, and anything above that lands directly with you as additional funding.
That's not a marketing line — it's the actual mechanic. A $415 sponsor closes your season cost exactly. A $1,500 jersey-front sponsor pays you $1,125 — your registration is covered, and the remaining ~$815 is your money for training, gas, gear, or just keeping your kids in shoes while you play.
URLA is the only rugby competition in Utah that runs this way. Every other league treats sponsorship as a club-level operations budget. URLA pushes 75% back to the player who did the selling. Bring more sponsors, take more home.
Own a business? Sponsor yourself.
If you run a business — barber, mover, contractor, photographer, financial advisor, side-hustle, anything — your business should be the one paying your URLA registration. Your business writes the sponsorship check. URLA splits 75% of it back to you. Tax-deduction trims the business cost. Free lunches throw in $360. You play free, eat free, and get an investor seat. Your business gets a jersey logo and a permanent sponsor backlink.
Your business pays a $415 sponsorship
Pick any tier. $415 is the URLA "break-even" tier — small enough most local businesses say yes, big enough to cover everything that comes next. Larger tiers ($500–$1,500) work the same way and stack more benefits.
75% of the sponsorship comes back to you
Player-acquired sponsorships split 75% to the player / 20% to the team / 5% to URLA. You closed the sponsor — yourself. You take $311.25 back. That covers your full $310 registration with $1.25 to spare.
The $415 your business spent is tax-deductible
Sponsorship is ordinary advertising / marketing expense. At a 24% effective rate, the business saves about $100 in taxes. Net business outlay drops to ~$315. Confirm with your accountant.
You get $360 in lunches included
12 free sponsor & investor lunches a year, ~$30 each. That's $360 in covered meals — more than the net business outlay after the 75% split and tax-deduction. The lunch value alone puts the whole arrangement net-positive.
- Your full URLA season ($310 registration)
- 12 free sponsor lunches a year ($360 value)
- Sponsor & investor seat — vote on URLA growth
- Logo on jersey / social / livestream
- Permanent backlinked business page on URLA
- Match-day photos + video library for your marketing
- Player database hiring access
- Option to claim a weekly content show ($1,500+ tier)
Math: $415 sponsorship → $311.25 back to you (75%) covers $310 registration. Business net cost after 24% tax-deduction ≈ $315. Lunch value 12 × $30 = $360. Net ≈ $0 before any marketing exposure is counted. Run the actual numbers with your accountant.
Four steps to your first sponsor.
- 1
List 5 local businesses you have a real relationship with
Your barber. Your mechanic. The gym you train at. Your employer. The bar you watch matches at. Real relationships convert way better than cold pitches. Don't pick businesses you've never walked into.
- 2
Send them your team's reserve link
Every URLA team has a sponsorship menu page with packages, calculator, and reserve form. Ask your team president for your direct share-link — it's pre-tagged so any sponsorship that lands gets credited to you, not split across the team.
- 3
Lead with the tax-deduction angle
Sponsorship is a tax-deductible marketing expense for businesses. At a 24% effective rate: $310 → ~$236 net cost. $1,500 → ~$1,140 net cost. Most local owners haven't run that math. Make it the first thing you say.
- 4
Follow up once, then hand it to URLA
If they're interested, URLA closes the placement, ships the welcome packet, and handles tracking. Your job ends after the introduction. No invoice chasing, no contract negotiation — that's URLA's lane.
Why a local business says yes.
- Permanent backlinked page on URLA. Every sponsor gets their own profile page on this site with logo, blurb, contact form, and external link. The page stays live indefinitely — even after the season — so the SEO value compounds year over year.
- Their own weekly show, branded to them. URLA produces 25+ social posts a week. Sponsors don't just get a logo — they own a recurring weekly slot like Best Cuts of the Week (Neighborhood Barbers), Body Mover of the Week (Top Notch Movers), Soft Hands (Safe and Sound Pianos), Photo of the Week (Eberhard Photo). Their brand becomes the show. See available shows →
- Match-day photo + video library. Every URLA match is shot — game-day photos, livestream clips, post-match B-roll. Sponsors get the full library to repurpose in their own marketing, ads, social, and website.
- Logo on jerseys, social, livestream. Depending on placement, the logo shows up on game-day kits, every match-week social post, and pre-game livestream graphics. Real reach across the team's audience.
- Tax-deductible marketing expense. Treated as ordinary advertising spend by the IRS. Confirm with their accountant.
- Monthly URLA sponsor lunch. Free networking with every team president and the URLA sponsor roster. A real reason to be in the room.
- Real lead tracking. Forms route through this site so sponsors can prove the sponsorship drove inbound interest.
- Player database hiring access. Need to fill a position at their business? Sponsors can post hiring needs to URLA's 169+ player network plus the broader community. Free as part of the partnership.
- Referral commission programs (extra income for you). URLA sponsors can set up commission programs that pay players for referrals that close. JKW Vacation Club pays 15–50%. Top Notch Movers pays a flat percentage on every booked move. See active programs →
Get your team's share-link.
Talk to your team president. They'll give you your tagged reserve link so any sponsorship that lands gets credited to you. New to URLA? Sign up first — we'll route you to the closest team and they'll get you set up.