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The Guinness PRO12 are considering adding a new United States-based franchise to the league.The PRO12 -- which currently features sides from Italy, Ireland, Wales and Scotland -- is looking to increase its revenue to keep up with their Aviva Premiership and Top 14 counterparts.According to Philip Browne, the Irish Rugby Football Union CEO, one potential option would be to look to include a franchise based on the east coast of the USA.The transatlantic rugby pathway is one already being explored by the Premiership who staged a match in New York last March while Ireland will play New Zealand in Chicago in November. With rugby the fastest-growing team sport in America, Browne sees a potential opportunity for the PRO12 to expand into a new market.The one thing we can bring to bear, as four unions, is if you operate a franchise model we can provide the coaches, we can provide the administrative expertise, Browne said in the Irish Times. We can do what is needed to get a franchise up and running pretty quickly.So, thats what we are looking at. If we are going to do this we are not going to do it on the basis of putting together a half-baked team. What we need is a good team working in a market that has commercial opportunities for us.He added: Such an increase in values will require some radical change to the tournament and how it is structured. The expansion of the tournament into new territories is probably a prerequisite and the first steps are being taken now in relation to a new strategic plan for the tournament. Nicklas Lidstrom Jersey . After the whistle, Thornton skated the length of the ice, pulled Orpik to the ice from behind and punched him in the face several times. Steve Yzerman Jersey . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. http://www.hockeyredwings.info/authentic-frans-nielsen-red-wings-jersey/ .com) - Yankee Stadium is the home of the Bronx Bombers, but on Sunday afternoon it will open its gates to host the latest addition of the Hudson River Rivalry. Dylan Larkin Jersey . Cuban testified Thursday that he was upset when the companys CEO told him news that would reduce the value of his shares, for which hed paid $7.5 million. But he said he did nothing improper when he sold those shares over the next two days. Chris Chelios Jersey . -- Anaheim Ducks captain and leading scorer Ryan Getzlaf has been scratched from Sunday nights game against the Vancouver Canucks because of an upper-body injury. SAO PAULO -- Brazils hopes of winning its first Olympic gold medal in soccer took a hit Sunday when starting goalkeeper Fernando Prass was removed from the squad because of a right elbow injury.The Brazilian soccer confederation said Prass will not play in the tournament after tests showed a fracture in the goalkeepers elbow.Coach Rogerio Micale replaced Prass with 28-year-old Weverton, from Brazilian club Atletico Paranaense.Prass missed a couple of practice sessions last week after hurting his elbow on Monday. He appeared to have recovered and was expected to play in the teams friendly match against Japan on Saturday but was ruled out after re-injuring the elbow in a pre-game warmup.The 38-year-old Palmeiras goalkeeper was one of the selected players older than age 23, along with star striker Neymar and midfielder Renato Augusto. Neymar is Brazils captain at the Rio Games after missing the decisive stages of the World Cup at home two years ago because of a back injury.Prass had never been called up for the national team before.I gave my best to make my dream of playing for the national team come true, but unfortunately its not going to happen this time, Prass said on Twitter after undergoing the medical tests on Saturday. Ill recover and return even stronger to play for Palmmeiras and hopefully for the national team again.ddddddddddddhe Brazilian squad is under pressure to win the tournament in front of home fans. The gold medal is the only trophy the five-time world champions havent won in soccer.Prass substitute in the 2-0 win over Japan on Saturday was Uilson, a 22-year-old who is a reserve at Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro, but Micale is expected to use the more experienced Weverton as a starter at the Olympic tournament.Weverton was not in Micales preliminary list sent to FIFA. The other goalkeepers he had picked were Alisson of Roma, Jordi of Vasco da Gama and Jean of Bahia.Brazil won Olympic silver three times, including in London four years ago after a team led by Neymar lost the final to Mexico. It finished with the bronze twice.The teams first match is against South Africa on Thursday in the capital of Brasilia. Iraq and Denmark are the other two teams in Group A.The mens Olympic tournament is played with 16 teams, and the top two in each of the four groups advance to the quarterfinals.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/tales-azzoni ' ' '