"Pac-12 planning a game… in China?"

[Chechem]

"Attention Bamaphil, help needed here."

Sounds like someone — Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott — has been taking the hint.

In a phone conversation with the New York Times, Scott said that he plans to spend a few days in China with various officials to outline a “road map” for an expanded Pac-12 presence in the country.

At it’s core, it’s an attempt to globalize the member institutions to “lead to recruitment of future students and positive cultural experiences for their athletes who travel there.”...

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So, phil, does this mean these China Pac 12 games will be on TV very late or very early?

[cbbama99]

"Wercome to the Pac-22 footbarr game of the week between the Stanfold Caldinar and the Shanghai Fighting Maos."

[Chechem]

"Wercome to the Pac-22 footbarr game of the week between the Stanfold Caldinar and the Shanghai Fighting Maos."

This could make for a fun (separate) thread: Asian Football Teams.

"Ho Chi Minh Trailers"

[2Stater]

"Wercome to the Pac-22 footbarr game of the week between the Stanfold Caldinar and the Shanghai Fighting Maos."

 

How about the Olegon Ducks vs. the UCRA Bluins.

[Chechem]

"Wercome to the Pac-22 footbarr game of the week between the Stanfold Caldinar and the Shanghai Fighting Maos."

 

How about the Olegon Ducks vs. the UCRA Bluins.

 

[2Stater]

"Wercome to the Pac-22 footbarr game of the week between the Stanfold Caldinar and the Shanghai Fighting Maos."

 

How about the Olegon Ducks vs. the UCRA Bluins.

 

Or how about the Corolado Buffarroes against out of confelence foe Rouisiana Rafayette Lajun Cajuns.

Ok, I'm done know.

[Old Tider]

Refs better look out for the illegal chop suey block.

[2Stater]

Refs better look out for the illegal chop suey block.

 

[pmull]

I don't think this game is for the fans of the teams since very few will travel that far. To my knowledge China does not have many D-1 football recruits. I guess it is for the money. Imagine that?

[2Stater]

I don't think this game is for the fans of the teams since very few will travel that far. To my knowledge China does not have many D-1 football recruits. I guess it is for the money. Imagine that?

We've got to pay our debt back to them somehow.

[bamaphil]

"Attention Bamaphil, help needed here."

Sounds like someone — Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott — has been taking the hint.

In a phone conversation with the New York Times, Scott said that he plans to spend a few days in China with various officials to outline a “road map” for an expanded Pac-12 presence in the country.

At it’s core, it’s an attempt to globalize the member institutions to “lead to recruitment of future students and positive cultural experiences for their athletes who travel there.”...

Click here for link

So, phil, does this mean these China Pac 12 games will be on TV very late or very early?

Beijing is 15 or 16 hours ahead of California depending on daylight savings time.  So a morning/early afternoon game in China would be evening in PAC 12 country. 

This wouldn't be about recruiting athletes but raising the exposure of the member universities in China so Chinese parents will pay huge amounts of money to send their kids to PAC12 schools.  Alabama actually gets a large number of Asian students simply from being near the top of the list alphabetically. 

[bamaphil]

And by the way, most Chinese don't get their r's and l's mixed up.

[Catch Prothro]

And by the way, most Chinese don't get their r's and l's mixed up.

True, that would be the Japanese, where the "l" and "r" sounds (in their language) are the same.

I keep thinking about Georgetown's basketball visit to China this summer.  Is a football brawl foreseeable?

[Chechem]

And by the way, most Chinese don't get their r's and l's mixed up.

Thanks, phil.  You are nominated for CRS Cultural Czar. 

[cbbama99]

And by the way, most Chinese don't get their r's and l's mixed up.

Thanks, phil.  You are nominated for CRS Cultural Czar. 

Seconded. That's what I get for not paying better attention in racial stereotypes class. 

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