When it comes to a national sports program, the whole is generally only as good as the sum of its parts.
For teams in the Eastern US, they are hoping to add to the machine of American footy by cultivating some of the cogs that make it go.
The Eastern Australian Football League (EAFL) Coalition Development Program was officially launched this week, becoming the first such endeavor to represent an entire region within the USAFL. The program is intended to be year round, with its first clinic in New York City the weekend of May 15-17.