Can a rugby player on Tourist Visa applied for a green card provided a rugby club is willing to sponsor?

: Can a rugby player on Tourist Visa applied for a green card provided a rugby club is willing to sponsor?
A friend of mine is on tourist visa right now and he plays rugby professionally. A club is willing to sponsor him and im just wondering if he applies for a green card do think he can be granted one?

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Answer by blm
Green card implies that he wants permission to play (professionally) and draw a salary in the USA. Yet there is no professional rugby played in the United States. Your question doesn’t really make sense — either you have some of your facts wrong, or you need to clarify.