Scott Hanson in the studio! | Broadcast Royalty & NFL Redzone Host (05.05.26)
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What brings Scott Hanson to Melbourne?
Now, back to Whiteley. Here we go. Hi, everyone. Welcome to week one of the 2009 NFL season and welcome to NFL Red Zone. I'm your host, Scott Hanson. You're watching the first moments of the channel that we hope will change the way you watch football forever.
And so it did, Scott. a unique television property that so many of you will know well, NFL Red Zone. The host is Scott Hanson. Scott, it's great to meet you.
How does Scott compare Australian sports fandom to American football?
Welcome to SCN.
Oh, Jared, thank you for having me. I appreciate it. Honored to be with someone with so many broadcasting credentials here down here in this continent and mix the two together is a beautiful thing. How's your Melbourne trip been? Unbelievable. Unbelievable. So I'm here on about a week-long tour, courtesy of my friends at Visit Victoria and NFL Australia New Zealand, kind of in advance of the Rams and Niners coming in September to the G. And I told you right before we came on air, I've been to about 40 different countries already. Australia, I would put it right next to the United States in terms of sports fandom. Like the majority of the populace liking the majority of world sports and liking them at the highest level.
What are Scott's impressions of Aussie rules football?
Australians are just like Americans in that regard. And that's why I think it's going to be a perfect marriage when the NFL plays its first ever game here.
Your takeover of Thursday Night Footy on Channel 7 was quite brilliant. Oh, thank you. Thank you. When you... When you've had the full, well, that was 75,000 at the G. You'll get more than that for the NFL game. When you left, what impression did it leave you with?
The atmosphere is going to be one of maybe, I can't say the best. Let's let it play out.
How does Scott feel about the upcoming NFL game in Australia?
But you got to understand, that will be the biggest crowd ever. that either Brock Purdy or Matthew Stafford, the quarterbacks, have ever played in front of. Maybe even going back to their college days. Kind of a weird thing in the United States. I'm sure you know this. Maybe the listeners don't. College stadiums can be bigger than the pro stadiums in America. It just kind of works out that way. There are no NFL stadiums that hold 100,000 or more people. So the atmosphere there, just by the sheer number of people, and then the mixture of people, the Americans who come over to experience Australia for the first time, the expats that live here that love the NFL that's like, hey, the game's now where I live.
And then the Australian NFL fans who make a life change every September through January to wake up in the middle of the night on Monday morning to watch NFL football. You put that amount of passion together, it's going to be a chemistry explosion on September 11th. It's going to be fantastic. What did you think of Aussie rules? I liked it. You know, I'm a novice, so I did understand that most games do not finish in draws. What did you think about draws? In fact, most games do not finish in draws after the siren, as a matter of fact. In fact, somebody told me that it was like, there's only like... like less than 10 games in the history of the AFL had been a draw with the tying points scored after the siren, if I said that correctly.
I love the game. In fact, I'm hooked now. I'm going to start watching it back in the United States. I need to learn. The marks are the thing that I love the most. Goals, of course, but the marks to set up the field position like that are fantastic. I am in the dark, though, when it comes to what you're allowed to do opponent against opponent before the mark is made, during the mark, and then after the mark. I'm like, wait, he hit him.
What unique aspects of NFL Red Zone does Scott discuss?
It didn't look like it was that bad. Wait a minute. I need some refinement when it comes to my knowledge.
I'm not sure you'll ever find satisfaction on that front. Is it like the NFL? You probably tiptoed into a rather large debate there. Let me invite you into another debate. Should we have played overtime on Thursday night?
Yeah, so I've already been asked that question since the game. We have, we call them ties in the United States. We have ties in the NFL in the regular season. Nobody likes them.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What brings Scott Hanson to Melbourne?
0:00–0:25
2
How does Scott compare Australian sports fandom to American football?
0:25–1:14
3
What are Scott's impressions of Aussie rules football?
1:14–1:41
4
How does Scott feel about the upcoming NFL game in Australia?
1:41–3:40
5
What unique aspects of NFL Red Zone does Scott discuss?
3:40–5:31
6
How does Scott describe the 'witching hour' of NFL games?
5:31–7:39
7
What is Scott's perspective on the popularity of the NFL?
7:39–9:20
8
What other sports does Scott enjoy besides NFL?
9:20–15:30
Speakers
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