Latest / Sports History Network / The Baltic League: A Growing Hub for American Football

Transcript

The Baltic League: A Growing Hub for American Football · Sports History Network

• 0:57
  We
• 0:57
  know
• 0:57
  the
• 0:58
  sport
• 0:58
  of
• 0:58
  football
• 0:58
  is
• 0:59
  growing
• 0:59
  here
• 0:59
  in
• 0:59
  America
• 1:00
  as
• 1:00
  more
• 1:00
  and
• 1:00
  more
• 1:01
  people
• 1:01
  are
• 1:01
  starting
• 1:01
  to
• 1:01
  enjoy
• 1:02
  it,
• 1:02
  but
• 1:02
  it's
• 1:02
  growing
• 1:02
  around
• 1:03
  the
• 1:03
  world
• 1:03
  as
• 1:03
  well,
• 1:04
  and
• 1:04
  even
• 1:04
  in
• 1:05
  some
• 1:05
  spots
• 1:05
  you
• 1:05
  might
• 1:06
  not
• 1:06
  know
• 1:06
  of.
• 1:06
  We
• 1:07
  have
• 1:07
  a
• 1:07
  guest
• 1:07
  today
• 1:07
  that's
• 1:08
  calling
• 1:08
  from
• 1:08
  the
• 1:09
  Baltic
• 1:09
  region
• 1:10
  to
• 1:10
  tell
• 1:10
  us
• 1:10
  all
• 1:10
  about
• 1:11
  football
• 1:11
  in
• 1:11
  their
• 1:11
  area,
• 1:12
  and
• 1:12
  he's
• 1:12
  up
• 1:13
  in
• 1:13
  just
• 1:13
  a
• 1:13
  moment
• 1:13
  to
• 1:13
  tell
• 1:13
  us
• 1:14
  all
• 1:14
  about
• 1:14
  it.
• 1:15
  This
• 1:16
  is
• 1:16
  the
• 1:16
  Pigskin
• 1:17
  Daily
• 1:17
  History
• 1:17
  Dispatch,
• 1:18
  a
• 1:18
  podcast
• 1:19
  that
• 1:19
  covers
• 1:19
  the
• 1:19
  anniversaries
• 1:20
  of
• 1:20
  American
• 1:21
  football
• 1:21
  events
• 1:22
  throughout
• 1:22
  history.
• 1:23
  Your
• 1:23
  host,
• 1:23
  Darren
• 1:24
  Hayes,
• 1:24
  is
• 1:25
  podcasting
• 1:25
  from
• 1:26
  America's
• 1:26
  North
• 1:26
  Shore
• 1:27
  to
• 1:27
  bring
• 1:27
  you
• 1:27
  the
• 1:28
  memories
• 1:28
  of
• 1:28
  the
• 1:28
  griddle
• 1:29
  one
• 1:29
  day
• 1:29
  at
• 1:30
  a
• 1:30
  time.
• 1:34
  Hello,
• 1:34
  my
• 1:35
  football
• 1:35
  friends.
• 1:35
  This
• 1:35
  is
• 1:35
  Darren
• 1:35
  Hayes
• 1:36
  of
• 1:36
  pigskindispatch.com
• 1:37
  welcome
• 1:37
  once
• 1:37
  again
• 1:38
  to
• 1:38
  the
• 1:38
  Pig
• 1:38
  Pen,
• 1:38
  your
• 1:39
  portal
• 1:39
  to
• 1:39
  puzzle
• 1:39
  football
• 1:40
  history.
• 1:40
  And
• 1:40
  before
• 1:41
  we
• 1:41
  get
• 1:41
  going
• 1:41
  with
• 1:41
  today's
• 1:42
  episode,
• 1:42
  make
• 1:42
  sure
• 1:42
  you
• 1:42
  hit
• 1:43
  that
• 1:43
  like
• 1:43
  and
• 1:43
  subscribe
• 1:44
  button
• 1:44
  on
• 1:44
  your
• 1:44
  YouTube
• 1:45
  channel.
• 1:45
  Also,
• 1:46
  join
• 1:46
  us@pigskindispatch.com
• 1:47
  and
• 1:48
  hit
• 1:48
  the
• 1:48
  subscribe
• 1:48
  button
• 1:48
  there
• 1:49
  so
• 1:49
  you
• 1:49
  know
• 1:49
  when
• 1:49
  all
• 1:49
  of
• 1:49
  the
• 1:50
  latest
• 1:50
  articles
• 1:51
  are
• 1:51
  out
• 1:51
  on
• 1:52
  there.
• 1:52
  And
• 1:52
  don't
• 1:52
  forget
• 1:53
  our
• 1:53
  podcast,
• 1:53
  too.
• 1:54
  And
• 1:54
  today
• 1:55
  I.
• 1:55
  Our
• 1:55
  episode
• 1:56
  is
• 1:56
  coming
• 1:56
  from
• 1:56
  around
• 1:57
  the
• 1:57
  world
• 1:58
  in
• 1:59
  the
• 1:59
  Baltic
• 2:00
  Sea
• 2:00
  region,
• 2:01
  I
• 2:01
  believe
• 2:01
  in
• 2:02
  Estonia.
• 2:02
  And
• 2:02
  our
• 2:03
  guest
• 2:03
  is
• 2:03
  James
• 2:04
  Baxenfield.
• 2:05
  James,
• 2:05
  welcome
• 2:06
  to
• 2:06
  the
• 2:06
  Pig
• 2:06
  Pen.
• 2:08
  Thank
• 2:08
  you
• 2:09
  very
• 2:09
  much
• 2:09
  for
• 2:09
  having
• 2:09
  me.
• 2:09
  Pleasure
• 2:10
  to
• 2:10
  be
• 2:10
  here.
• 2:11
  Yeah,
• 2:12
  this
• 2:12
  is
• 2:12
  a
• 2:13
  pretty
• 2:13
  cool
• 2:13
  thing.
• 2:14
  I
• 2:14
  saw
• 2:15
  you
• 2:15
  had
• 2:15
  some
• 2:15
  correspondence
• 2:16
  with
• 2:17
  Arnie
• 2:17
  Chapman
• 2:18
  of
• 2:18
  the
• 2:18
  Sports
• 2:18
  History
• 2:18
  Network,
• 2:19
  and
• 2:20
  you're
• 2:20
  going
• 2:20
  to
• 2:20
  be
• 2:20
  thinking
• 2:21
  about
• 2:21
  starting
• 2:21
  a
• 2:21
  podcast
• 2:22
  for
• 2:23
  football
• 2:23
  in
• 2:23
  the
• 2:23
  Baltic,
• 2:24
  you
• 2:24
  know,
• 2:24
  and
• 2:25
  maybe
• 2:25
  you
• 2:25
  could
• 2:25
  tell
• 2:25
  us
• 2:25
  a
• 2:26
  little
• 2:26
  bit
• 2:26
  about
• 2:26
  that
• 2:26
  project
• 2:27
  and,
• 2:27
  you
• 2:28
  know,
• 2:28
  where
• 2:28
  your
• 2:29
  plans
• 2:29
  are
• 2:29
  going
• 2:29
  with
• 2:29
  that?
• 2:30
  Oh,
• 2:31
  absolutely.
• 2:32
  Well,
• 2:32
  yes,
• 2:33
  the.
• 2:33
  The
• 2:33
  podcast
• 2:34
  is
• 2:34
  starting.
• 2:34
  It'll
• 2:35
  be
• 2:35
  go.
• 2:36
  It'll
• 2:36
  be
• 2:36
  launching
• 2:37
  on
• 2:37
  the
• 2:37
  1st
• 2:37
  of
• 2:37
  December,
• 2:39
  and
• 2:39
  the
• 2:40
  first
• 2:40
  episodes
• 2:40
  are
• 2:41
  already
• 2:41
  recorded.
• 2:41
  It'll
• 2:42
  be
• 2:42
  a
• 2:42
  monthly
• 2:42
  podcast
• 2:44
  looking
• 2:44
  into
• 2:44
  different
• 2:45
  aspects
• 2:45
  of
• 2:45
  the
• 2:45
  history
• 2:46
  of
• 2:46
  American
• 2:46
  football
• 2:47
  in
• 2:47
  the
• 2:47
  Baltic
• 2:47
  region
• 2:48
  and
• 2:49
  among
• 2:49
  the
• 2:49
  Baltic
• 2:50
  nations,
• 2:50
  including
• 2:51
  the
• 2:51
  diasporas.
• 2:53
  Wow.
• 2:53
  Okay.
• 2:53
  That.
• 2:54
  That
• 2:54
  is
• 2:54
  really
• 2:55
  cool.
• 2:55
  Now,
• 2:55
  you
• 2:56
  have
• 2:56
  to
• 2:56
  excuse
• 2:56
  me,
• 2:56
  and
• 2:57
  I'm
• 2:57
  probably
• 2:57
  speaking
• 2:58
  for.
• 2:58
  For
• 2:58
  everybody
• 2:59
  that's
• 2:59
  listening
• 2:59
  here
• 2:59
  in
• 3:00
  the
• 3:00
  States,
• 3:00
  you
• 3:01
  know,
• 3:01
  American
• 3:02
  football
• 3:02
  played
• 3:03
  in
• 3:03
  the
• 3:03
  Baltic
• 3:04
  region,
• 3:04
  and
• 3:04
  correct
• 3:05
  me
• 3:05
  if
• 3:05
  I'm
• 3:05
  wrong,
• 3:05
  you
• 3:06
  know,
• 3:06
  Estonia,
• 3:07
  where
• 3:07
  you're
• 3:07
  at,
• 3:08
  that
• 3:08
  is
• 3:08
  a
• 3:08
  former
• 3:09
  USSR
• 3:11
  province
• 3:11
  or
• 3:12
  republic,
• 3:13
  you
• 3:13
  know,
• 3:13
  part
• 3:13
  of
• 3:13
  the
• 3:13
  USSR
• 3:14
  at
• 3:14
  one
• 3:14
  time.
• 3:15
  We
• 3:15
  don't
• 3:15
  really
• 3:15
  think
• 3:16
  of
• 3:16
  American
• 3:16
  football
• 3:17
  being
• 3:17
  played,
• 3:18
  you
• 3:18
  know,
• 3:18
  in
• 3:18
  that
• 3:19
  part
• 3:19
  of
• 3:19
  the
• 3:19
  world.
• 3:20
  So
• 3:20
  why
• 3:20
  don't
• 3:21
  you
• 3:21
  tell
• 3:21
  us
• 3:21
  a
• 3:21
  little
• 3:21
  about,
• 3:22
  you
• 3:22
  know,
• 3:23
  how
• 3:23
  people
• 3:23
  feel
• 3:24
  about
• 3:24
  American
• 3:24
  football
• 3:25
  there.
• 3:26
  So,
• 3:27
  yes,
• 3:27
  football
• 3:27
  came
• 3:28
  here
• 3:28
  in
• 3:28
  the.
• 3:29
  At
• 3:29
  the
• 3:29
  End
• 3:29
  of
• 3:29
  The
• 3:29
  Soviet
• 3:30
  Union,
• 3:30
  1989
• 3:31
  actually
• 3:32
  was
• 3:32
  the
• 3:32
  first
• 3:32
  games
• 3:32
  that
• 3:32
  were
• 3:33
  played
• 3:33
  here
• 3:33
  in
• 3:33
  Tallinn
• 3:34
  in
• 3:34
  Estonia.
• 3:35
  And
• 3:36
  since
• 3:36
  then
• 3:36
  it's
• 3:37
  been
• 3:37
  a
• 3:37
  small
• 3:38
  sport.
• 3:38
  It
• 3:38
  really
• 3:39
  started
• 3:39
  to
• 3:39
  develop
• 3:39
  in
• 3:40
  the
• 3:40
  mid-90s
• 3:40
  in
• 3:40
  Estonia,
• 3:41
  and
• 3:41
  then
• 3:42
  in
• 3:42
  the
• 3:42
  early
• 3:42
  2000s,
• 3:43
  and
• 3:43
  particularly
• 3:44
  in
• 3:44
  the
• 3:44
  2010s,
• 3:45
  it
• 3:45
  really
• 3:46
  took
• 3:46
  off
• 3:46
  at
• 3:46
  the
• 3:46
  local
• 3:47
  amateur
• 3:47
  level.
• 3:49
  It's
• 3:49
  still
• 3:50
  very
• 3:50
  much
• 3:50
  a
• 3:51
  niche
• 3:51
  sport
• 3:51
  in
• 3:51
  many
• 3:52
  respects,
• 3:52
  but
• 3:52
  growing
• 3:53
  constantly.
• 3:54
  Oh,
• 3:55
  okay,
• 3:55
  so.
• 3:56
  So
• 3:56
  the
• 3:56
  late
• 3:57
  80s,
• 3:57
  you
• 3:57
  know,
• 3:59
  it's
• 3:59
  under
• 3:59
  Soviet
• 4:00
  control
• 4:00
  now.
• 4:01
  How.
• 4:01
  How
• 4:01
  did
• 4:01
  things
• 4:02
  like
• 4:02
  players
• 4:02
  get
• 4:03
  equipment?
• 4:03
  Were
• 4:04
  they
• 4:04
  fully
• 4:04
  equipped,
• 4:05
  like.
• 4:05
  Like,
• 4:05
  we
• 4:05
  know
• 4:06
  a
• 4:06
  modern
• 4:06
  football
• 4:06
  player
• 4:06
  now,
• 4:07
  or
• 4:07
  were
• 4:07
  they
• 4:07
  playing
• 4:07
  more
• 4:08
  of
• 4:08
  like
• 4:08
  a
• 4:08
  tag
• 4:10
  or
• 4:10
  flag
• 4:10
  football?
• 4:13
  Yeah,
• 4:13
  most
• 4:13
  of
• 4:13
  it
• 4:13
  began
• 4:14
  with
• 4:15
  various
• 4:15
  forms
• 4:16
  of
• 4:16
  tag
• 4:16
  football.
• 4:16
  And
• 4:17
  you
• 4:17
  see
• 4:17
  a
• 4:18
  familiar
• 4:18
  pattern
• 4:18
  these
• 4:19
  in.
• 4:20
  So.
• 4:21
  And
• 4:21
  there's
• 4:21
  a
• 4:21
  pattern
• 4:22
  that
• 4:22
  you
• 4:22
  see
• 4:22
  in
• 4:22
  other
• 4:23
  parts
• 4:23
  of
• 4:23
  Europe
• 4:23
  or
• 4:24
  other
• 4:24
  places
• 4:24
  around
• 4:24
  the
• 4:25
  world
• 4:25
  where
• 4:25
  the
• 4:25
  game
• 4:25
  starts
• 4:26
  to
• 4:26
  develop,
• 4:27
  where
• 4:27
  quite
• 4:28
  often
• 4:28
  you
• 4:28
  have
• 4:28
  players
• 4:29
  using
• 4:29
  hockey
• 4:29
  gear
• 4:30
  or
• 4:31
  adapted
• 4:32
  helmets
• 4:32
  from
• 4:32
  different
• 4:32
  sports,
• 4:33
  this
• 4:33
  sort
• 4:33
  of
• 4:34
  thing.
• 4:34
  It
• 4:34
  took
• 4:34
  a
• 4:34
  while
• 4:35
  for
• 4:35
  the
• 4:35
  teams
• 4:35
  to
• 4:35
  become
• 4:36
  fully
• 4:36
  equipped,
• 4:36
  but
• 4:36
  there's
• 4:37
  quite
• 4:37
  a
• 4:37
  few
• 4:37
  of
• 4:37
  them
• 4:37
  in
• 4:37
  the
• 4:37
  region
• 4:38
  now.
• 4:39
  Well,
• 4:39
  that,
• 4:39
  I
• 4:39
  mean,
• 4:39
  that's
• 4:40
  really
• 4:40
  quite
• 4:40
  interesting
• 4:41
  because
• 4:41
  if
• 4:42
  you,
• 4:42
  you
• 4:42
  know,
• 4:42
  people
• 4:43
  that
• 4:43
  listen
• 4:43
  to
• 4:44
  this
• 4:44
  show,
• 4:44
  we
• 4:44
  know
• 4:44
  we.
• 4:44
  We
• 4:45
  have
• 4:45
  experts
• 4:45
  coming
• 4:46
  on
• 4:46
  talking
• 4:46
  about
• 4:47
  American
• 4:47
  football
• 4:48
  history,
• 4:48
  you
• 4:48
  know,
• 4:48
  here
• 4:48
  in
• 4:49
  the
• 4:49
  States,
• 4:49
  and
• 4:50
  how
• 4:50
  guys
• 4:51
  just
• 4:51
  grabbed
• 4:51
  whatever
• 4:52
  they
• 4:52
  could.
• 4:52
  You
• 4:53
  know,
• 4:53
  they'd
• 4:53
  grabbed,
• 4:53
  you
• 4:53
  know,
• 4:54
  baseball
• 4:54
  equipment,
• 4:55
  they'd
• 4:55
  play,
• 4:55
  you
• 4:56
  know,
• 4:56
  grab
• 4:56
  their
• 4:57
  old
• 4:57
  sweaters,
• 4:58
  anything
• 4:59
  they
• 4:59
  could,
• 4:59
  you
• 4:59
  know,
• 5:00
  farm
• 5:00
  equipment,
• 5:00
  their
• 5:01
  farm
• 5:03
  garments
• 5:03
  that
• 5:03
  they
• 5:03
  would
• 5:04
  wear
• 5:04
  just
• 5:04
  to
• 5:04
  protect
• 5:04
  them
• 5:05
  as
• 5:05
  they're
• 5:05
  doing
• 5:05
  some.
• 5:05
  Some
• 5:06
  heavy
• 5:06
  labors.
• 5:07
  Things
• 5:08
  work,
• 5:09
  you
• 5:09
  know,
• 5:09
  that's
• 5:10
  what
• 5:10
  they're
• 5:10
  wearing
• 5:10
  on
• 5:10
  the
• 5:11
  football
• 5:11
  field.
• 5:11
  It
• 5:11
  sounds
• 5:12
  much
• 5:12
  the
• 5:12
  same
• 5:13
  here
• 5:13
  in,
• 5:13
  you
• 5:13
  know,
• 5:14
  the
• 5:14
  20th
• 5:14
  century
• 5:15
  and
• 5:15
  21st
• 5:15
  century
• 5:16
  happened
• 5:17
  in
• 5:17
  your
• 5:17
  part
• 5:17
  of
• 5:17
  the
• 5:17
  world
• 5:17
  where
• 5:18
  people
• 5:18
  are
• 5:18
  grabbing
• 5:18
  their
• 5:18
  hockey
• 5:19
  gear
• 5:19
  and.
• 5:19
  And,
• 5:20
  you
• 5:20
  know,
• 5:20
  shoulder
• 5:20
  pads
• 5:21
  and
• 5:21
  stuff
• 5:21
  from.
• 5:21
  From
• 5:21
  other
• 5:22
  sports.
• 5:22
  That's
• 5:22
  pretty
• 5:22
  cool.
• 5:22
  That's
• 5:23
  very
• 5:23
  interesting.
• 5:24
  It
• 5:25
  is,
• 5:25
  yes.
• 5:25
  It
• 5:25
  seems
• 5:26
  to
• 5:26
  be
• 5:26
  a
• 5:26
  familiar
• 5:26
  pattern
• 5:27
  in
• 5:27
  pretty
• 5:27
  much
• 5:27
  everywhere
• 5:28
  the
• 5:29
  game
• 5:29
  takes
• 5:29
  hold.
• 5:31
  Yeah,
• 5:31
  and
• 5:31
  it's
• 5:32
  also,
• 5:32
  you
• 5:32
  know,
• 5:33
  very
• 5:33
  likened
• 5:33
  to
• 5:34
  where,
• 5:34
  because
• 5:35
  I
• 5:35
  know
• 5:35
  myself,
• 5:36
  you
• 5:36
  know,
• 5:36
  being
• 5:36
  exposed
• 5:37
  to
• 5:37
  the
• 5:37
  sport
• 5:37
  from
• 5:38
  birth,
• 5:38
  basically
• 5:39
  living
• 5:39
  in
• 5:39
  Western
• 5:40
  Pennsylvania,
• 5:41
  you
• 5:41
  know,
• 5:42
  I
• 5:42
  can
• 5:42
  remember
• 5:42
  on
• 5:42
  the
• 5:42
  playgrounds,
• 5:43
  even
• 5:43
  in
• 5:43
  first
• 5:44
  grade
• 5:44
  and,
• 5:45
  you
• 5:45
  know,
• 5:45
  early
• 5:46
  elementary
• 5:47
  school,
• 5:47
  we
• 5:48
  would
• 5:48
  be
• 5:48
  on
• 5:48
  the
• 5:48
  playgrounds
• 5:49
  playing
• 5:49
  tag
• 5:50
  football
• 5:50
  and
• 5:51
  flag
• 5:51
  football
• 5:51
  and
• 5:52
  sometimes
• 5:52
  tackle
• 5:53
  football
• 5:53
  and
• 5:53
  having
• 5:53
  our.
• 5:54
  Our
• 5:54
  teachers
• 5:55
  yell
• 5:55
  at
• 5:55
  us
• 5:55
  for
• 5:55
  taking
• 5:56
  each
• 5:56
  other
• 5:56
  ground
• 5:56
  and
• 5:56
  getting
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  bruised
• 5:57
  elbows
• 5:58
  and
• 5:58
  skin,
• 5:59
  knees
• 5:59
  and
• 5:59
  everything.
• 6:00
  But,
• 6:00
  you
• 6:00
  know,
• 6:01
  sounds
• 6:01
  very
• 6:01
  much
• 6:01
  like
• 6:02
  the
• 6:02
  development
• 6:03
  of
• 6:03
  folks
• 6:04
  there
• 6:04
  in
• 6:04
  your
• 6:05
  part
• 6:05
  of
• 6:05
  the
• 6:05
  world.
• 6:05
  That
• 6:05
  are
• 6:06
  getting
• 6:06
  accustomed
• 6:06
  to
• 6:07
  the
• 6:07
  game
• 6:07
  of
• 6:07
  American
• 6:07
  football?
• 6:09
  Yes,
• 6:10
  absolutely.
• 6:12
  Yeah.
• 6:12
  Okay,
• 6:13
  so
• 6:13
  is
• 6:13
  there
• 6:14
  like
• 6:14
  some,
• 6:14
  some
• 6:15
  organized
• 6:16
  leagues
• 6:16
  playing
• 6:17
  in
• 6:17
  local
• 6:17
  teams
• 6:18
  or
• 6:18
  how
• 6:19
  is
• 6:19
  this
• 6:19
  set
• 6:19
  up
• 6:20
  the
• 6:20
  most
• 6:20
  popular
• 6:22
  level
• 6:22
  of
• 6:22
  football
• 6:22
  in
• 6:23
  Estonia?
• 6:25
  Okay,
• 6:25
  absolutely.
• 6:26
  Yes,
• 6:26
  there
• 6:27
  are
• 6:27
  certainly
• 6:28
  teams.
• 6:28
  They're
• 6:28
  mostly
• 6:29
  located
• 6:30
  in
• 6:30
  the
• 6:30
  largest
• 6:30
  cities.
• 6:31
  And
• 6:31
  actually
• 6:31
  currently,
• 6:32
  at
• 6:32
  the
• 6:32
  moment,
• 6:32
  the
• 6:33
  largest
• 6:33
  competition
• 6:34
  involves
• 6:34
  all
• 6:35
  three
• 6:35
  of
• 6:35
  the
• 6:35
  Baltic
• 6:36
  states.
• 6:36
  The
• 6:37
  Baltic
• 6:37
  League
• 6:38
  is
• 6:39
  currently
• 6:39
  coming
• 6:40
  to
• 6:40
  the
• 6:40
  end
• 6:40
  of
• 6:40
  its
• 6:40
  regular
• 6:41
  season
• 6:41
  going
• 6:42
  into
• 6:42
  the.
• 6:42
  The
• 6:43
  final
• 6:43
  quite
• 6:43
  soon,
• 6:43
  actually.
• 6:45
  Oh,
• 6:45
  okay.
• 6:46
  So
• 6:46
  it's
• 6:46
  right
• 6:46
  on
• 6:47
  parallel
• 6:47
  season
• 6:47
  with
• 6:48
  almost
• 6:48
  like
• 6:48
  the
• 6:48
  Canadian
• 6:49
  football
• 6:49
  as
• 6:49
  they're
• 6:49
  getting
• 6:50
  ready
• 6:50
  for
• 6:50
  their.
• 6:50
  Their
• 6:51
  grade
• 6:51
  cup.
• 6:51
  You
• 6:51
  folks
• 6:51
  are
• 6:52
  getting
• 6:52
  ready
• 6:52
  for
• 6:52
  your.
• 6:53
  For
• 6:53
  your
• 6:53
  championship
• 6:54
  series.
• 6:54
  So
• 6:55
  what
• 6:55
  do
• 6:55
  they
• 6:55
  call
• 6:55
  the.
• 6:56
  The
• 6:56
  championship
• 6:56
  game
• 6:57
  or
• 6:57
  the
• 6:57
  championship
• 6:58
  series
• 6:58
  over
• 6:58
  there?
• 7:00
  So
• 7:00
  it's
• 7:00
  the
• 7:01
  Baltic
• 7:01
  League.
• 7:01
  The.
• 7:02
  And
• 7:02
  they're
• 7:03
  competing
• 7:03
  for
• 7:03
  the
• 7:03
  Baltic
• 7:04
  League
• 7:04
  Cup.
• 7:05
  Okay,
• 7:06
  all
• 7:06
  right,
• 7:06
  well,
• 7:07
  that's
• 7:07
  very
• 7:07
  appropriate
• 7:08
  name.
• 7:08
  You
• 7:08
  have
• 7:08
  to
• 7:09
  reach
• 7:09
  too
• 7:09
  far
• 7:09
  for
• 7:10
  that
• 7:10
  to
• 7:10
  recognize
• 7:10
  what's
• 7:11
  going
• 7:11
  on.
• 7:11
  That's.
• 7:12
  That's
• 7:12
  really
• 7:12
  cool.
• 7:13
  So
• 7:13
  who.
• 7:13
  So
• 7:13
  who
• 7:14
  are
• 7:14
  the
• 7:14
  big
• 7:14
  favorite
• 7:15
  teams
• 7:15
  this
• 7:15
  year?
• 7:15
  Who's.
• 7:16
  Who's
• 7:16
  in
• 7:16
  competition
• 7:17
  this
• 7:17
  year?
• 7:18
  Well,
• 7:19
  I'll
• 7:19
  give
• 7:20
  you
• 7:20
  a
• 7:20
  quick
• 7:20
  rundown
• 7:20
  of
• 7:20
  the
• 7:21
  teams
• 7:21
  that
• 7:21
  we
• 7:21
  have
• 7:21
  in
• 7:21
  there
• 7:22
  currently.
• 7:23
  Yeah,
• 7:23
  certainly.
• 7:23
  So
• 7:24
  from
• 7:24
  Estonia
• 7:25
  we
• 7:25
  have
• 7:25
  the
• 7:25
  Tartu
• 7:26
  Titans,
• 7:28
  From
• 7:28
  Latvia,
• 7:29
  the
• 7:29
  Rig
• 7:30
  Burrs.
• 7:31
  And
• 7:32
  Lithuania
• 7:33
  has
• 7:33
  the
• 7:33
  most
• 7:33
  teams
• 7:34
  currently
• 7:34
  represented.
• 7:35
  We
• 7:35
  have
• 7:35
  the
• 7:36
  Vilnius
• 7:36
  Iron
• 7:37
  Wolves,
• 7:38
  the
• 7:38
  Cornus
• 7:39
  Jukes
• 7:39
  and
• 7:40
  the
• 7:41
  Klaipeda
• 7:42
  Coronians.
• 7:44
  Karonians
• 7:44
  is
• 7:45
  the
• 7:45
  name
• 7:45
  of
• 7:45
  a
• 7:46
  tribe
• 7:46
  that
• 7:46
  lived
• 7:46
  in
• 7:46
  the
• 7:47
  region
• 7:47
  during
• 7:47
  the
• 7:47
  medieval
• 7:48
  period,
• 7:48
  associated
• 7:49
  with
• 7:50
  piracy
• 7:50
  and
• 7:50
  various
• 7:51
  other
• 7:51
  things
• 7:51
  in
• 7:51
  the
• 7:51
  coastal
• 7:52
  area.
• 7:53
  So
• 7:53
  sort
• 7:53
  of
• 7:53
  like
• 7:53
  our
• 7:54
  Buccaneers
• 7:54
  here
• 7:55
  in
• 7:55
  the
• 7:55
  NFL.
• 7:57
  Yeah,
• 7:58
  yeah,
• 7:58
  that's
• 7:58
  a
• 7:58
  good
• 7:58
  comparison.
• 7:59
  Yeah,
• 7:59
  yeah.
• 8:00
  I
• 8:00
  like
• 8:00
  the
• 8:00
  name
• 8:01
  Iron
• 8:01
  Wolves
• 8:01
  to
• 8:02
  the
• 8:02
  one
• 8:02
  you
• 8:02
  mentioned.
• 8:02
  That
• 8:03
  sounds
• 8:03
  kind
• 8:03
  of
• 8:03
  a
• 8:04
  fearsome
• 8:04
  name.
• 8:05
  I
• 8:05
  don't
• 8:05
  know
• 8:05
  if
• 8:05
  I'd
• 8:05
  want
• 8:05
  to
• 8:05
  mess
• 8:06
  with
• 8:06
  the
• 8:06
  Iron
• 8:06
  Wolf.
• 8:08
  It
• 8:08
  is
• 8:08
  a
• 8:08
  good
• 8:08
  name.
• 8:09
  It
• 8:09
  comes
• 8:09
  from
• 8:10
  a
• 8:10
  legend
• 8:11
  about
• 8:11
  the.
• 8:11
  The
• 8:11
  founding
• 8:12
  of
• 8:12
  the
• 8:13
  Vilnius,
• 8:14
  the
• 8:14
  ancient
• 8:14
  capital
• 8:14
  and
• 8:15
  the
• 8:15
  current
• 8:15
  capital
• 8:15
  of
• 8:16
  Lithuania.
• 8:17
  Actually,
• 8:17
  the.
• 8:18
  The
• 8:18
  way
• 8:18
  the
• 8:18
  teams
• 8:19
  are
• 8:19
  named
• 8:19
  is
• 8:21
  the
• 8:21
  way
• 8:21
  that
• 8:21
  the
• 8:22
  teams
• 8:22
  are
• 8:22
  named.
• 8:23
  Particularly
• 8:24
  in
• 8:24
  Lithuania.
• 8:24
  They
• 8:24
  very
• 8:25
  much
• 8:25
  draw
• 8:25
  from
• 8:26
  local
• 8:26
  history.
• 8:27
  So
• 8:27
  the
• 8:27
  founding
• 8:28
  of
• 8:28
  the
• 8:28
  city
• 8:29
  of
• 8:29
  Vilnius,
• 8:30
  the
• 8:30
  Dukes
• 8:31
  is
• 8:32
  the
• 8:32
  name
• 8:32
  of
• 8:32
  the.
• 8:33
  The
• 8:33
  title
• 8:33
  of
• 8:33
  the
• 8:34
  rulers
• 8:35
  of
• 8:35
  the
• 8:35
  Grand
• 8:36
  Duchy
• 8:36
  of
• 8:36
  Lithuania
• 8:37
  and
• 8:37
  the
• 8:38
  Curonians,
• 8:38
  as
• 8:38
  I
• 8:39
  mentioned
• 8:39
  a
• 8:39
  moment
• 8:39
  ago.
• 8:40
  But
• 8:41
  then
• 8:41
  at
• 8:41
  the
• 8:41
  other
• 8:41
  end
• 8:41
  of
• 8:42
  the
• 8:42
  scale
• 8:42
  in
• 8:42
  Estonia,
• 8:43
  you
• 8:43
  actually
• 8:43
  have
• 8:44
  teams
• 8:44
  that
• 8:44
  appear
• 8:44
  from
• 8:45
  time
• 8:45
  to
• 8:45
  time
• 8:45
  where
• 8:45
  they
• 8:46
  have
• 8:46
  Estonian
• 8:47
  language
• 8:47
  names,
• 8:48
  which
• 8:48
  kind
• 8:48
  of
• 8:49
  books
• 8:49
  the
• 8:49
  trend
• 8:49
  that
• 8:49
  we
• 8:49
  normally
• 8:50
  see
• 8:50
  of
• 8:51
  American
• 8:52
  football
• 8:52
  teams
• 8:53
  adopting
• 8:53
  English
• 8:54
  language
• 8:54
  names.
• 8:56
  Yeah,
• 8:56
  you
• 8:56
  got
• 8:56
  to
• 8:56
  have
• 8:57
  some
• 8:57
  local
• 8:57
  flavor
• 8:57
  in
• 8:58
  it.
• 8:58
  Too,
• 8:58
  you
• 8:58
  know,
• 8:58
  it's.
• 8:59
  It's
• 8:59
  not
• 8:59
  just
• 9:00
  our
• 9:00
  game
• 9:00
  here
• 9:00
  in
• 9:00
  America.
• 9:01
  If
• 9:01
  you're
• 9:01
  playing
• 9:01
  it
• 9:01
  there,
• 9:01
  that's
• 9:02
  your
• 9:02
  game
• 9:02
  too.
• 9:03
  And,
• 9:03
  you
• 9:03
  know,
• 9:04
  bring
• 9:04
  your
• 9:04
  own
• 9:05
  local
• 9:05
  culture
• 9:05
  names
• 9:06
  to
• 9:06
  it.
• 9:06
  That's.
• 9:06
  That's
• 9:06
  kind
• 9:06
  of
• 9:06
  interesting.
• 9:07
  So,
• 9:07
  so
• 9:07
  how
• 9:08
  so,
• 9:08
  you
• 9:09
  know,
• 9:09
  do
• 9:09
  they,
• 9:09
  the
• 9:10
  teams
• 9:10
  have
• 9:10
  like
• 9:10
  team
• 9:11
  logos
• 9:11
  and
• 9:12
  everything
• 9:12
  too,
• 9:12
  to
• 9:12
  go
• 9:12
  with
• 9:13
  the
• 9:13
  names?
• 9:14
  Oh,
• 9:14
  yeah,
• 9:14
  absolutely.
• 9:15
  Everything
• 9:15
  that
• 9:15
  you
• 9:16
  would
• 9:16
  associate
• 9:16
  with
• 9:16
  an
• 9:17
  American
• 9:17
  football
• 9:17
  team.
• 9:18
  It's
• 9:18
  all
• 9:18
  there.
• 9:18
  There's
• 9:19
  sometimes
• 9:19
  cheerleaders,
• 9:19
  sometimes
• 9:20
  bands
• 9:20
  get
• 9:20
  involved.
• 9:22
  They
• 9:22
  have
• 9:22
  live
• 9:23
  coverage,
• 9:24
  which
• 9:24
  is
• 9:24
  increasing
• 9:25
  quite
• 9:25
  a
• 9:25
  lot
• 9:25
  now
• 9:25
  you
• 9:26
  can
• 9:26
  watch
• 9:26
  the
• 9:26
  games
• 9:26
  on
• 9:27
  YouTube.
• 9:28
  Okay,
• 9:29
  so
• 9:30
  yeah,
• 9:30
  there's
• 9:30
  really
• 9:30
  two
• 9:31
  aspects
• 9:31
  to
• 9:31
  the
• 9:31
  podcast.
• 9:32
  One
• 9:32
  is
• 9:33
  a
• 9:33
  personal
• 9:34
  aspect
• 9:34
  that
• 9:34
  I
• 9:34
  want
• 9:35
  to
• 9:36
  improve.
• 9:36
  Communicating
• 9:37
  research
• 9:37
  outside
• 9:38
  of
• 9:38
  academia.
• 9:39
  And
• 9:40
  this
• 9:40
  felt
• 9:40
  like
• 9:40
  a
• 9:41
  really
• 9:41
  good
• 9:41
  topic
• 9:41
  to
• 9:41
  approach,
• 9:42
  something
• 9:42
  that
• 9:42
  I'm
• 9:42
  very
• 9:42
  passionate
• 9:43
  about.
• 9:44
  Okay.
• 9:44
  And
• 9:45
  the
• 9:45
  second
• 9:45
  aim
• 9:46
  of
• 9:46
  the
• 9:46
  podcast
• 9:46
  is
• 9:47
  to
• 9:47
  try
• 9:47
  to
• 9:47
  help
• 9:48
  gain
• 9:48
  a
• 9:48
  little
• 9:48
  bit
• 9:48
  of
• 9:49
  visibility
• 9:49
  for
• 9:49
  the
• 9:50
  sport
• 9:50
  in
• 9:50
  this
• 9:50
  part
• 9:50
  of
• 9:51
  the
• 9:51
  world.
• 9:52
  And
• 9:52
  I
• 9:52
  say
• 9:52
  help
• 9:53
  specifically
• 9:53
  because
• 9:54
  the
• 9:54
  teams
• 9:55
  themselves
• 9:55
  and
• 9:55
  other
• 9:55
  people
• 9:56
  involved
• 9:56
  with
• 9:56
  the
• 9:56
  game
• 9:58
  are
• 9:58
  really
• 9:58
  doing
• 9:58
  a
• 9:58
  fantastic
• 9:59
  job
• 9:59
  in
• 9:59
  that
• 9:59
  area
• 10:00
  themselves.
• 10:02
  Particularly
• 10:02
  over
• 10:02
  the
• 10:02
  last
• 10:03
  12
• 10:03
  months.
• 10:03
  Their
• 10:05
  social
• 10:05
  media
• 10:05
  presence
• 10:06
  is
• 10:06
  increasing
• 10:06
  constantly.
• 10:08
  There's
• 10:08
  coverage
• 10:09
  of
• 10:09
  the
• 10:09
  games.
• 10:10
  You
• 10:10
  can
• 10:10
  watch
• 10:11
  them
• 10:11
  live
• 10:11
  on
• 10:11
  YouTube
• 10:12
  and
• 10:12
  then
• 10:12
  later
• 10:12
  on
• 10:13
  afterwards.
• 10:13
  Yeah,
• 10:14
  very
• 10:15
  cool.
• 10:15
  So,
• 10:16
  you
• 10:16
  know,
• 10:17
  with
• 10:17
  the
• 10:17
  games
• 10:17
  being
• 10:18
  on
• 10:18
  YouTube
• 10:19
  and
• 10:20
  are
• 10:20
  people
• 10:21
  attending
• 10:22
  games,
• 10:22
  are
• 10:22
  you
• 10:22
  having
• 10:22
  like
• 10:23
  some,
• 10:23
  some
• 10:23
  local
• 10:23
  crowds
• 10:24
  that
• 10:24
  are
• 10:25
  coming
• 10:25
  in
• 10:25
  and
• 10:25
  watching
• 10:26
  the
• 10:26
  games
• 10:26
  and
• 10:26
  starting
• 10:26
  to
• 10:26
  support
• 10:27
  and
• 10:27
  understand
• 10:27
  the
• 10:28
  game?
• 10:30
  Yes,
• 10:31
  absolutely.
• 10:31
  There
• 10:31
  are,
• 10:32
  of
• 10:32
  course
• 10:32
  people
• 10:32
  are
• 10:33
  attending
• 10:34
  the
• 10:34
  games
• 10:34
  live.
• 10:35
  It's
• 10:35
  not.
• 10:36
  Sometimes
• 10:37
  the
• 10:37
  crowds
• 10:38
  can
• 10:38
  be
• 10:38
  quite
• 10:38
  large,
• 10:38
  sometimes
• 10:39
  smaller.
• 10:40
  But
• 10:41
  as
• 10:41
  I
• 10:41
  say,
• 10:41
  it's
• 10:41
  still
• 10:42
  very
• 10:42
  much
• 10:42
  a
• 10:42
  developing
• 10:43
  sport.
• 10:45
  The
• 10:45
  largest
• 10:45
  crowds
• 10:46
  that
• 10:46
  we've
• 10:46
  ever
• 10:46
  seen
• 10:46
  here
• 10:46
  were
• 10:47
  actually
• 10:47
  back
• 10:47
  in
• 10:47
  1989
• 10:49
  when
• 10:51
  two
• 10:51
  Finnish
• 10:51
  teams
• 10:52
  came
• 10:52
  over
• 10:52
  and
• 10:52
  played
• 10:52
  in
• 10:52
  Tallinn.
• 10:53
  Approximately
• 10:54
  7,300
• 10:55
  people
• 10:55
  attended
• 10:56
  that
• 10:56
  game.
• 10:56
  It's
• 10:57
  still
• 10:57
  the
• 10:57
  record
• 10:57
  for
• 10:58
  the
• 10:58
  region.
• 10:59
  And
• 10:59
  shortly
• 11:00
  afterwards,
• 11:01
  a
• 11:01
  group
• 11:01
  of
• 11:02
  Americans
• 11:02
  from
• 11:02
  Oklahoma,
• 11:03
  the
• 11:03
  Oklahoma
• 11:04
  Stampede,
• 11:05
  came
• 11:05
  over
• 11:06
  to
• 11:06
  the
• 11:06
  Soviet
• 11:07
  Union
• 11:07
  to
• 11:07
  play
• 11:07
  three
• 11:07
  exhibition
• 11:08
  games.
• 11:09
  One
• 11:09
  in
• 11:09
  Moscow,
• 11:10
  one
• 11:10
  in
• 11:10
  Tallinn,
• 11:11
  and
• 11:11
  one
• 11:11
  in
• 11:11
  Leningrad,
• 11:12
  present
• 11:12
  there,
• 11:13
  St.
• 11:13
  Petersburg.
• 11:15
  And
• 11:15
  I
• 11:15
  believe
• 11:16
  it
• 11:16
  was
• 11:16
  around
• 11:16
  3,000
• 11:17
  or
• 11:17
  just
• 11:17
  a
• 11:17
  little
• 11:17
  bit
• 11:18
  over
• 11:18
  3,000
• 11:18
  people
• 11:18
  who
• 11:19
  attended
• 11:19
  that
• 11:19
  game.
• 11:20
  Those
• 11:20
  are
• 11:20
  still
• 11:21
  the
• 11:21
  records
• 11:21
  by
• 11:21
  far.
• 11:24
  I
• 11:24
  don't
• 11:25
  have
• 11:25
  the
• 11:25
  specific
• 11:25
  numbers
• 11:26
  for
• 11:26
  how
• 11:26
  many
• 11:26
  people
• 11:26
  attend
• 11:27
  the
• 11:27
  games.
• 11:28
  Hey,
• 11:28
  that's
• 11:29
  all
• 11:29
  right.
• 11:29
  Those
• 11:29
  are,
• 11:30
  you
• 11:30
  know,
• 11:30
  some.
• 11:31
  We
• 11:31
  have
• 11:31
  college
• 11:32
  games
• 11:32
  that
• 11:32
  don't
• 11:33
  get
• 11:33
  that
• 11:33
  many
• 11:33
  people
• 11:33
  in
• 11:34
  it
• 11:34
  sometimes.
• 11:34
  So,
• 11:34
  you
• 11:35
  know,
• 11:35
  don't
• 11:35
  feel
• 11:35
  bad
• 11:36
  about
• 11:36
  that.
• 11:36
  You
• 11:36
  know,
• 11:36
  that's
• 11:37
  nothing
• 11:37
  to
• 11:37
  be
• 11:37
  ashamed
• 11:37
  of.
• 11:37
  We
• 11:38
  have
• 11:38
  150
• 11:38
  year
• 11:39
  head
• 11:39
  start
• 11:39
  on,
• 11:40
  on
• 11:40
  the
• 11:40
  Game
• 11:40
  here
• 11:40
  to
• 11:41
  people
• 11:41
  understanding
• 11:42
  now,
• 11:42
  you
• 11:43
  know,
• 11:43
  you
• 11:43
  really,
• 11:43
  you
• 11:44
  think
• 11:44
  about
• 11:44
  it,
• 11:44
  you
• 11:45
  know,
• 11:45
  I,
• 11:45
  I
• 11:45
  officiated
• 11:46
  football
• 11:46
  for
• 11:47
  27
• 11:47
  years
• 11:47
  at
• 11:48
  the
• 11:48
  high
• 11:48
  school
• 11:48
  level
• 11:48
  here
• 11:49
  and
• 11:49
  football
• 11:50
  is
• 11:50
  by
• 11:50
  far
• 11:51
  the
• 11:51
  most
• 11:51
  complicated
• 11:52
  sport.
• 11:53
  The
• 11:53
  rules
• 11:53
  are
• 11:53
  the
• 11:53
  most
• 11:54
  complicated
• 11:54
  probably
• 11:54
  of
• 11:55
  any
• 11:55
  sport
• 11:55
  around
• 11:56
  that
• 11:56
  I'm
• 11:56
  aware
• 11:56
  of.
• 11:57
  The
• 11:58
  strategies
• 11:58
  involved
• 11:59
  are,
• 11:59
  you
• 12:00
  know,
• 12:00
  from
• 12:00
  a,
• 12:01
  a
• 12:01
  man
• 12:01
  on
• 12:02
  man
• 12:02
  strategy
• 12:03
  all
• 12:03
  the
• 12:03
  way
• 12:03
  up
• 12:03
  to
• 12:03
  team
• 12:04
  strategy
• 12:04
  or
• 12:05
  just,
• 12:05
  you
• 12:05
  know,
• 12:05
  it's
• 12:06
  just
• 12:06
  mind
• 12:06
  blowing
• 12:07
  how
• 12:07
  different,
• 12:08
  many
• 12:08
  different
• 12:08
  directions
• 12:09
  that
• 12:09
  coaches
• 12:10
  and
• 12:10
  players
• 12:11
  can
• 12:11
  take.
• 12:11
  The
• 12:11
  strategies,
• 12:12
  you
• 12:12
  know,
• 12:12
  win
• 12:13
  your
• 12:13
  personal
• 12:14
  one
• 12:15
  on
• 12:15
  one
• 12:16
  assignments
• 12:17
  to
• 12:17
  your
• 12:17
  overall
• 12:18
  team
• 12:18
  assignments
• 12:19
  to,
• 12:19
  to
• 12:20
  get
• 12:20
  victory
• 12:21
  and
• 12:21
  you
• 12:21
  know,
• 12:21
  it's
• 12:22
  where
• 12:22
  the
• 12:23
  game
• 12:23
  of,
• 12:23
  you
• 12:23
  know,
• 12:23
  what
• 12:24
  we
• 12:24
  call
• 12:24
  here
• 12:24
  in
• 12:24
  the
• 12:24
  States,
• 12:25
  you
• 12:25
  know,
• 12:25
  soccer
• 12:26
  and
• 12:26
  rugby
• 12:27
  are
• 12:28
  complicated
• 12:28
  games
• 12:29
  themselves.
• 12:29
  They're
• 12:30
  much
• 12:30
  simpler
• 12:30
  in
• 12:30
  rules
• 12:31
  and
• 12:31
  objective
• 12:32
  than
• 12:32
  the
• 12:32
  game
• 12:32
  of
• 12:33
  football.
• 12:33
  So
• 12:34
  it's,
• 12:34
  it's
• 12:34
  hard
• 12:35
  to
• 12:35
  educate
• 12:36
  a
• 12:36
  culture
• 12:38
  to
• 12:38
  the
• 12:38
  complications
• 12:39
  of
• 12:39
  football,
• 12:39
  but
• 12:39
  it's
• 12:40
  amazing
• 12:40
  how,
• 12:41
  how
• 12:41
  it's
• 12:41
  growing
• 12:42
  around
• 12:42
  the
• 12:42
  world,
• 12:43
  you
• 12:43
  know,
• 12:43
  and
• 12:43
  in
• 12:44
  your
• 12:44
  area
• 12:45
  to
• 12:45
  do
• 12:45
  that.
• 12:45
  We,
• 12:45
  we
• 12:46
  see
• 12:46
  the
• 12:46
  National
• 12:46
  Football
• 12:47
  League
• 12:47
  is
• 12:47
  starting
• 12:48
  to
• 12:48
  play
• 12:48
  games.
• 12:48
  You
• 12:49
  know,
• 12:49
  we
• 12:49
  just
• 12:49
  had
• 12:50
  one
• 12:50
  recently
• 12:50
  in
• 12:51
  Germany.
• 12:51
  They've
• 12:51
  been
• 12:51
  in
• 12:52
  Ireland.
• 12:52
  You
• 12:53
  know,
• 12:53
  my
• 12:53
  team,
• 12:53
  the
• 12:53
  Pittsburgh
• 12:54
  Steelers
• 12:54
  played
• 12:54
  in
• 12:54
  Ireland
• 12:55
  about
• 12:55
  a
• 12:55
  month
• 12:56
  ago.
• 12:56
  They're
• 12:57
  in,
• 12:57
  you
• 12:57
  know,
• 12:57
  all
• 12:57
  over
• 12:58
  Europe.
• 12:58
  There's
• 12:58
  NFL
• 12:59
  Europe
• 12:59
  for
• 12:59
  a
• 12:59
  while.
• 13:00
  Do
• 13:00
  you
• 13:00
  ever
• 13:00
  foresee
• 13:01
  possibly
• 13:02
  a
• 13:02
  National
• 13:02
  Football
• 13:03
  League
• 13:03
  game
• 13:03
  being
• 13:04
  played
• 13:04
  in
• 13:05
  your
• 13:05
  area?
• 13:06
  That
• 13:06
  would
• 13:06
  be,
• 13:07
  that
• 13:07
  would
• 13:07
  be
• 13:07
  fantastic
• 13:08
  and
• 13:09
  I
• 13:09
  would
• 13:09
  love
• 13:09
  to
• 13:09
  see
• 13:09
  that.
• 13:11
  I
• 13:11
  think
• 13:11
  it
• 13:11
  will
• 13:11
  be
• 13:12
  some
• 13:12
  way
• 13:12
  down
• 13:12
  the
• 13:13
  road
• 13:13
  before
• 13:13
  anything
• 13:14
  like
• 13:14
  that
• 13:14
  could
• 13:14
  happen.
• 13:15
  And
• 13:16
  in
• 13:16
  terms
• 13:16
  of
• 13:17
  the,
• 13:17
  the
• 13:17
  rules,
• 13:17
  like
• 13:18
  what,
• 13:18
  in
• 13:19
  terms
• 13:19
  of
• 13:19
  the
• 13:19
  rules
• 13:19
  that
• 13:20
  you
• 13:20
  just
• 13:20
  mentioned,
• 13:21
  it's
• 13:21
  really
• 13:22
  not
• 13:22
  unusual
• 13:22
  for
• 13:23
  the,
• 13:23
  as
• 13:24
  a
• 13:24
  setting
• 13:24
  up
• 13:24
  for
• 13:24
  the
• 13:24
  game
• 13:25
  in
• 13:25
  the
• 13:25
  broadcast
• 13:25
  for
• 13:26
  the
• 13:27
  commentators
• 13:28
  to
• 13:28
  be
• 13:29
  explaining
• 13:30
  the
• 13:30
  rules
• 13:30
  still
• 13:31
  at
• 13:31
  this
• 13:31
  point
• 13:32
  to
• 13:32
  help
• 13:33
  people
• 13:33
  understand
• 13:34
  some
• 13:34
  aspects
• 13:34
  of
• 13:35
  what's
• 13:35
  going
• 13:35
  on.
• 13:37
  Well,
• 13:37
  you,
• 13:37
  you,
• 13:37
  I'm
• 13:37
  sure
• 13:38
  you
• 13:38
  probably
• 13:38
  watch
• 13:38
  some
• 13:39
  American
• 13:39
  football
• 13:40
  there
• 13:40
  when
• 13:40
  National
• 13:41
  Football
• 13:41
  League
• 13:41
  or
• 13:41
  sometimes
• 13:42
  the
• 13:42
  commentators
• 13:42
  have
• 13:43
  to
• 13:43
  explain
• 13:43
  to
• 13:44
  the
• 13:44
  American
• 13:44
  audience
• 13:45
  the
• 13:45
  rules
• 13:45
  because
• 13:46
  rules
• 13:46
  are
• 13:46
  changing,
• 13:47
  you
• 13:47
  know,
• 13:47
  like,
• 13:48
  such
• 13:48
  as
• 13:48
  the
• 13:48
  dynamic
• 13:49
  kickoff
• 13:49
  is
• 13:49
  the
• 13:50
  last
• 13:50
  couple
• 13:50
  years
• 13:50
  in
• 13:51
  the
• 13:51
  National
• 13:51
  Football
• 13:51
  League
• 13:51
  is
• 13:52
  really
• 13:52
  kind
• 13:52
  of
• 13:53
  foreign
• 13:53
  to
• 13:53
  us
• 13:53
  and
• 13:54
  it's
• 13:54
  really,
• 13:55
  you
• 13:55
  know,
• 13:55
  catching
• 13:55
  on.
• 13:56
  I
• 13:56
  kind
• 13:56
  of
• 13:56
  enjoy
• 13:56
  it.
• 13:57
  But
• 13:57
  yeah,
• 13:58
  sometimes
• 13:58
  you
• 13:58
  have
• 13:58
  to
• 13:59
  have
• 13:59
  the
• 13:59
  rules
• 13:59
  explained
• 13:59
  to
• 13:59
  you
• 14:00
  here
• 14:00
  too.
• 14:00
  So
• 14:01
  it's
• 14:01
  good.
• 14:02
  This
• 14:02
  is
• 14:02
  true.
• 14:02
  Coaches
• 14:03
  and
• 14:03
  commentators
• 14:04
  or
• 14:04
  experts.
• 14:06
  Absolutely.
• 14:07
  I
• 14:07
  should
• 14:07
  really
• 14:07
  explain
• 14:08
  that
• 14:08
  sometimes
• 14:08
  the
• 14:08
  rules
• 14:09
  that
• 14:09
  are
• 14:09
  being
• 14:09
  explained
• 14:10
  are
• 14:10
  adaptions
• 14:10
  to
• 14:11
  the
• 14:11
  game
• 14:12
  because
• 14:12
  quite
• 14:12
  often
• 14:13
  the
• 14:13
  games
• 14:13
  take
• 14:14
  place
• 14:15
  on
• 14:16
  local
• 14:16
  fields
• 14:17
  or
• 14:17
  local
• 14:17
  pitches.
• 14:18
  And
• 14:19
  for
• 14:19
  example,
• 14:20
  particularly
• 14:21
  the
• 14:22
  rules
• 14:22
  for
• 14:22
  kicking
• 14:22
  are
• 14:23
  quite
• 14:23
  often
• 14:23
  adapted
• 14:24
  Just
• 14:24
  simply
• 14:25
  if
• 14:25
  it's
• 14:25
  in
• 14:25
  a
• 14:25
  residential
• 14:26
  area,
• 14:27
  it's
• 14:27
  not
• 14:27
  exactly
• 14:27
  safe
• 14:28
  to
• 14:28
  be
• 14:28
  kicking
• 14:29
  them
• 14:29
  off
• 14:29
  into
• 14:30
  traffic.
• 14:32
  So
• 14:33
  with
• 14:33
  the
• 14:33
  Baltic
• 14:34
  League
• 14:34
  that's
• 14:34
  happening
• 14:35
  at
• 14:35
  the
• 14:35
  moment,
• 14:35
  for
• 14:35
  example,
• 14:36
  there's
• 14:37
  agreed
• 14:38
  upon
• 14:38
  starts
• 14:38
  at
• 14:39
  the
• 14:39
  20
• 14:39
  yard
• 14:40
  line
• 14:40
  and
• 14:41
  theoretical
• 14:42
  punts
• 14:43
  starting
• 14:43
  from
• 14:43
  the
• 14:43
  30.
• 14:45
  Yeah,
• 14:45
  that,
• 14:46
  that
• 14:46
  we
• 14:46
  do
• 14:46
  that
• 14:46
  quite
• 14:47
  a
• 14:47
  bit.
• 14:47
  And
• 14:48
  as
• 14:48
  people
• 14:48
  are
• 14:49
  trying
• 14:49
  to
• 14:49
  learn
• 14:49
  the
• 14:49
  game
• 14:49
  here,
• 14:50
  you
• 14:50
  know,
• 14:51
  younger
• 14:52
  children
• 14:53
  are
• 14:53
  learning,
• 14:53
  you
• 14:53
  know,
• 14:53
  maybe
• 14:54
  elementary
• 14:55
  school
• 14:56
  level.
• 14:57
  They're
• 14:57
  often
• 14:57
  doing
• 14:57
  that
• 14:58
  because,
• 14:58
  you
• 14:58
  know,
• 14:58
  a
• 14:58
  lot
• 14:59
  of
• 14:59
  the
• 15:00
  craziest
• 15:00
  things
• 15:00
  that
• 15:00
  can
• 15:01
  happen
• 15:01
  and
• 15:01
  the
• 15:01
  weirdest
• 15:02
  rules
• 15:02
  are
• 15:02
  during
• 15:03
  the
• 15:03
  kicking
• 15:03
  game.
• 15:03
  So
• 15:04
  if
• 15:04
  you
• 15:04
  can
• 15:04
  control
• 15:05
  those
• 15:05
  kicking
• 15:05
  games
• 15:05
  to
• 15:06
  say,
• 15:06
  okay,
• 15:06
  we're,
• 15:06
  we're
• 15:07
  starting
• 15:07
  a
• 15:08
  new
• 15:08
  series
• 15:08
  for
• 15:09
  the
• 15:09
  offense
• 15:09
  here
• 15:10
  without
• 15:10
  having
• 15:10
  the
• 15:11
  kicking
• 15:11
  game
• 15:11
  or
• 15:11
  the
• 15:11
  punting
• 15:12
  game,
• 15:12
  that's
• 15:13
  probably
• 15:13
  a
• 15:13
  smart
• 15:13
  thing
• 15:13
  to
• 15:14
  just
• 15:14
  learn
• 15:14
  the
• 15:14
  fundamentals
• 15:15
  of
• 15:15
  scrimmage
• 15:16
  play.
• 15:16
  And
• 15:17
  the
• 15:17
  kicking
• 15:17
  stuff
• 15:18
  will
• 15:18
  come
• 15:18
  later
• 15:19
  because
• 15:19
  that's,
• 15:19
  that's
• 15:20
  the
• 15:20
  most
• 15:20
  complicated
• 15:20
  part
• 15:21
  and
• 15:21
  area,
• 15:22
  quite
• 15:22
  frankly,
• 15:23
  a
• 15:23
  lot
• 15:23
  of
• 15:23
  people
• 15:23
  get
• 15:24
  hurt
• 15:24
  because
• 15:24
  there's
• 15:24
  a
• 15:24
  lot
• 15:25
  of
• 15:25
  activity
• 15:25
  going
• 15:25
  on
• 15:26
  and
• 15:26
  it's
• 15:27
  sometimes
• 15:27
  kind
• 15:27
  of
• 15:27
  nefarious
• 15:28
  the
• 15:28
  way,
• 15:29
  the
• 15:29
  way
• 15:29
  things
• 15:29
  go
• 15:30
  on.
• 15:30
  A
• 15:30
  kicking
• 15:31
  game.
• 15:32
  This
• 15:32
  is
• 15:32
  true.
• 15:33
  There
• 15:33
  is
• 15:33
  a
• 15:33
  kicking
• 15:33
  game
• 15:34
  here.
• 15:34
  It's
• 15:34
  just
• 15:34
  not
• 15:34
  currently
• 15:35
  being
• 15:35
  played
• 15:35
  in
• 15:35
  the
• 15:35
  Baltic
• 15:36
  League.
• 15:36
  It
• 15:37
  really
• 15:37
  depends
• 15:37
  on
• 15:37
  who's
• 15:38
  playing,
• 15:38
  where
• 15:38
  they're
• 15:39
  playing
• 15:40
  and
• 15:42
  they
• 15:42
  have,
• 15:43
  on
• 15:43
  the
• 15:43
  time.
• 15:43
  It's
• 15:43
  still
• 15:44
  quite,
• 15:46
  it's
• 15:46
  still
• 15:46
  not
• 15:47
  uncommon
• 15:47
  to
• 15:47
  see
• 15:48
  players
• 15:48
  playing
• 15:48
  from,
• 15:49
  from
• 15:49
  one
• 15:49
  team
• 15:49
  playing
• 15:50
  for
• 15:50
  a
• 15:50
  different
• 15:50
  team
• 15:51
  to
• 15:52
  help
• 15:52
  make
• 15:52
  up
• 15:52
  the
• 15:52
  numbers
• 15:52
  from
• 15:52
  time
• 15:53
  to
• 15:53
  time.
• 15:54
  All
• 15:55
  right,
• 15:55
  all
• 15:55
  right.
• 15:56
  So,
• 15:56
  you
• 15:56
  know,
• 15:56
  with,
• 15:56
  with
• 15:57
  the
• 15:57
  sport
• 15:57
  growing
• 15:58
  there
• 15:58
  now,
• 15:58
  do
• 15:58
  you
• 15:58
  often.
• 15:59
  I
• 15:59
  know
• 16:00
  sometimes
• 16:01
  one
• 16:01
  of
• 16:01
  the
• 16:01
  signs
• 16:02
  that
• 16:02
  the
• 16:03
  culture
• 16:03
  starting
• 16:03
  to
• 16:04
  accept
• 16:04
  it
• 16:04
  is
• 16:05
  maybe
• 16:05
  you're,
• 16:05
  you're
• 16:06
  driving,
• 16:06
  you
• 16:06
  know,
• 16:07
  down
• 16:07
  the
• 16:07
  street
• 16:07
  and
• 16:07
  you,
• 16:07
  you
• 16:08
  see
• 16:08
  some,
• 16:08
  some
• 16:09
  kids
• 16:09
  playing
• 16:10
  ball
• 16:10
  in
• 16:10
  a
• 16:10
  local
• 16:11
  open
• 16:11
  area,
• 16:12
  you
• 16:12
  know,
• 16:12
  sandlots,
• 16:13
  we
• 16:13
  call
• 16:13
  them
• 16:13
  here.
• 16:15
  And
• 16:15
  are.
• 16:15
  Have
• 16:15
  you
• 16:16
  ever
• 16:16
  like
• 16:16
  starting
• 16:17
  to
• 16:17
  witness
• 16:17
  that
• 16:17
  of,
• 16:18
  of
• 16:18
  younger
• 16:19
  crowds,
• 16:19
  you
• 16:19
  know,
• 16:20
  playing
• 16:20
  American
• 16:21
  football,
• 16:21
  or
• 16:21
  is
• 16:21
  it
• 16:22
  not.
• 16:22
  Not
• 16:22
  to
• 16:23
  that
• 16:23
  point
• 16:23
  yet.
• 16:23
  That
• 16:23
  you've
• 16:24
  noticed?
• 16:26
  I've
• 16:26
  certainly
• 16:26
  seen
• 16:27
  people,
• 16:30
  sorry.
• 16:30
  I've
• 16:30
  certainly
• 16:30
  seen
• 16:31
  people
• 16:31
  playing
• 16:31
  recreational
• 16:32
  games
• 16:32
  here
• 16:33
  and
• 16:33
  there,
• 16:33
  mostly
• 16:33
  throwing
• 16:34
  the
• 16:34
  ball.
• 16:35
  But
• 16:36
  flag
• 16:36
  football,
• 16:37
  aside
• 16:37
  from
• 16:37
  the
• 16:37
  tackle
• 16:38
  game,
• 16:38
  is
• 16:38
  starting
• 16:38
  to
• 16:39
  develop
• 16:39
  quite
• 16:39
  quickly
• 16:39
  here
• 16:40
  as
• 16:40
  well.
• 16:40
  There's,
• 16:41
  I
• 16:42
  believe,
• 16:42
  two
• 16:42
  teams
• 16:43
  within
• 16:43
  the
• 16:43
  last
• 16:44
  year
• 16:44
  or
• 16:44
  so
• 16:44
  have
• 16:44
  been
• 16:45
  established
• 16:45
  here
• 16:45
  in
• 16:46
  Tallinn.
• 16:47
  The
• 16:47
  Tallinn
• 16:48
  Bay
• 16:48
  Bowlers
• 16:48
  and
• 16:50
  the
• 16:52
  Hapsalu
• 16:53
  Hyenas.
• 16:54
  And
• 16:55
  additionally
• 16:56
  we
• 16:56
  also
• 16:56
  have
• 16:56
  the
• 16:57
  first
• 16:57
  women's
• 16:58
  flag
• 16:58
  football
• 16:59
  team
• 16:59
  here
• 16:59
  in
• 17:00
  Tallinn,
• 17:00
  the
• 17:01
  Tallinn
• 17:01
  Diamonds.
• 17:03
  All
• 17:03
  right,
• 17:04
  well,
• 17:04
  that's,
• 17:04
  that's
• 17:05
  definitely
• 17:05
  a
• 17:05
  great
• 17:05
  way
• 17:06
  to
• 17:06
  start
• 17:06
  it
• 17:06
  out
• 17:06
  here.
• 17:07
  I
• 17:07
  know
• 17:07
  the
• 17:08
  National
• 17:08
  Football
• 17:08
  League
• 17:09
  is
• 17:09
  starting
• 17:09
  to
• 17:09
  promote
• 17:10
  that
• 17:11
  for,
• 17:11
  for
• 17:11
  young
• 17:11
  ladies
• 17:12
  to,
• 17:12
  to
• 17:12
  play
• 17:13
  flag
• 17:13
  football
• 17:14
  at
• 17:14
  the
• 17:14
  high
• 17:14
  school
• 17:14
  level
• 17:15
  and
• 17:15
  below
• 17:16
  here
• 17:16
  as
• 17:16
  well.
• 17:16
  Just
• 17:17
  trying
• 17:17
  to
• 17:17
  encompass
• 17:18
  everybody.
• 17:18
  You
• 17:18
  know,
• 17:19
  the,
• 17:19
  they're
• 17:20
  quite
• 17:20
  a
• 17:20
  powerful
• 17:21
  machine,
• 17:21
  you
• 17:21
  know,
• 17:21
  billions
• 17:22
  of
• 17:22
  dollars
• 17:22
  going
• 17:22
  into
• 17:23
  there.
• 17:23
  So
• 17:23
  they're
• 17:23
  trying
• 17:24
  to
• 17:24
  develop
• 17:24
  their
• 17:25
  game,
• 17:25
  you
• 17:25
  know,
• 17:25
  not
• 17:26
  only
• 17:26
  across
• 17:26
  the
• 17:27
  world,
• 17:27
  but
• 17:28
  also,
• 17:28
  you
• 17:28
  know,
• 17:28
  here
• 17:29
  at
• 17:29
  home
• 17:29
  to
• 17:29
  some,
• 17:30
  some
• 17:30
  folks.
• 17:30
  You
• 17:30
  know,
• 17:30
  the,
• 17:31
  the
• 17:31
  female
• 17:32
  gender
• 17:32
  has
• 17:32
  not
• 17:33
  always
• 17:33
  been
• 17:33
  exposed
• 17:34
  to
• 17:34
  football
• 17:34
  the
• 17:34
  way
• 17:35
  that
• 17:35
  the.
• 17:35
  It
• 17:35
  has
• 17:35
  been
• 17:36
  to
• 17:36
  the
• 17:36
  male
• 17:36
  population,
• 17:37
  but
• 17:37
  it's
• 17:37
  really
• 17:38
  growing
• 17:38
  and
• 17:38
  there's
• 17:39
  more
• 17:39
  and
• 17:39
  more
• 17:39
  ladies
• 17:40
  starting
• 17:40
  to
• 17:40
  enjoy
• 17:41
  the
• 17:41
  game.
• 17:41
  Matter
• 17:41
  of
• 17:41
  fact,
• 17:42
  my,
• 17:42
  my
• 17:42
  wife
• 17:43
  and
• 17:43
  my
• 17:43
  21
• 17:44
  year
• 17:44
  old
• 17:44
  daughter,
• 17:44
  my
• 17:44
  youngest,
• 17:45
  we
• 17:46
  bought
• 17:46
  season
• 17:47
  tickets
• 17:47
  to
• 17:47
  go
• 17:48
  see
• 17:48
  the
• 17:48
  Pittsburgh
• 17:49
  Panthers,
• 17:49
  the
• 17:50
  college
• 17:50
  team
• 17:51
  and
• 17:51
  actually,
• 17:52
  you
• 17:52
  know,
• 17:52
  we're
• 17:52
  going
• 17:53
  to
• 17:53
  see
• 17:53
  the.
• 17:53
  Them
• 17:53
  play
• 17:54
  Notre
• 17:54
  Dame
• 17:54
  this
• 17:54
  weekend,
• 17:55
  which
• 17:55
  is
• 17:55
  my
• 17:55
  favorite
• 17:56
  team.
• 17:56
  So
• 17:56
  be
• 17:57
  kind
• 17:57
  of,
• 17:57
  kind
• 17:57
  of
• 17:57
  enjoyable
• 17:58
  to
• 17:58
  go
• 17:58
  to
• 17:58
  a
• 17:59
  sold
• 17:59
  out
• 17:59
  crowd.
• 17:59
  We'll
• 17:59
  probably
• 18:00
  have
• 18:00
  65,000
• 18:01
  people
• 18:01
  in
• 18:01
  Pittsburgh
• 18:02
  to
• 18:02
  watch
• 18:03
  that
• 18:03
  game,
• 18:03
  so
• 18:03
  that'll
• 18:04
  be
• 18:04
  a
• 18:04
  lot
• 18:04
  of
• 18:04
  fun.
• 18:04
  But
• 18:05
  women
• 18:05
  are
• 18:05
  starting
• 18:05
  to
• 18:05
  love
• 18:06
  football.
• 18:07
  Yeah,
• 18:08
  absolutely.
• 18:08
  And
• 18:09
  I
• 18:09
  think
• 18:09
  flag
• 18:10
  football
• 18:10
  in
• 18:10
  general
• 18:10
  for
• 18:11
  everybody
• 18:11
  across
• 18:11
  the
• 18:12
  board
• 18:12
  is
• 18:12
  a
• 18:12
  great
• 18:13
  way
• 18:13
  into
• 18:13
  the
• 18:13
  sport.
• 18:14
  It
• 18:14
  removes
• 18:15
  a
• 18:15
  lot
• 18:15
  of
• 18:15
  barriers
• 18:16
  that
• 18:16
  can
• 18:16
  exist
• 18:17
  to
• 18:17
  playing
• 18:17
  tackle
• 18:18
  football,
• 18:18
  whether
• 18:18
  it's
• 18:19
  to
• 18:19
  do
• 18:19
  with
• 18:19
  the
• 18:20
  equipment
• 18:20
  or
• 18:21
  the
• 18:21
  availability
• 18:22
  of
• 18:22
  pitches.
• 18:23
  And
• 18:23
  you
• 18:23
  don't
• 18:23
  get
• 18:24
  smashed
• 18:24
  to
• 18:24
  the
• 18:25
  ground
• 18:25
  as
• 18:25
  much
• 18:25
  either.
• 18:26
  It's
• 18:26
  still
• 18:26
  contact
• 18:27
  sport,
• 18:27
  but
• 18:27
  not
• 18:28
  as
• 18:28
  painful.
• 18:29
  This
• 18:29
  is
• 18:29
  true.
• 18:30
  This
• 18:30
  is
• 18:30
  true.
• 18:30
  I
• 18:31
  never
• 18:31
  played
• 18:31
  football.
• 18:32
  Yeah,
• 18:32
  I
• 18:33
  never
• 18:33
  played
• 18:33
  for.
• 18:33
  I
• 18:34
  never
• 18:34
  played
• 18:34
  football
• 18:34
  myself,
• 18:35
  but
• 18:35
  I
• 18:35
  used
• 18:36
  to
• 18:36
  play
• 18:36
  rugby.
• 18:38
  Oh
• 18:38
  yeah.
• 18:38
  I'm
• 18:38
  probably
• 18:39
  a
• 18:39
  little
• 18:39
  bit
• 18:39
  too,
• 18:39
  I'm
• 18:40
  probably
• 18:40
  a
• 18:40
  little
• 18:40
  bit
• 18:40
  too
• 18:40
  old
• 18:41
  now
• 18:41
  to
• 18:41
  play
• 18:41
  tackle.
• 18:41
  But
• 18:42
  I
• 18:42
  haven't
• 18:42
  completely
• 18:43
  ruled
• 18:43
  out
• 18:45
  trying
• 18:45
  to
• 18:45
  form
• 18:45
  a
• 18:45
  small
• 18:46
  flag
• 18:46
  team,
• 18:46
  even
• 18:46
  if
• 18:47
  just
• 18:47
  to
• 18:49
  give
• 18:49
  a
• 18:49
  few
• 18:49
  of
• 18:49
  the
• 18:49
  teams
• 18:50
  because
• 18:50
  I'm
• 18:50
  often
• 18:50
  moving
• 18:51
  around
• 18:51
  the
• 18:51
  Baltic
• 18:52
  States
• 18:52
  quite
• 18:52
  a
• 18:52
  lot
• 18:52
  for
• 18:53
  my
• 18:53
  research
• 18:54
  just
• 18:54
  to
• 18:55
  give
• 18:55
  them
• 18:55
  somebody
• 18:56
  to
• 18:56
  play
• 18:56
  against.
• 18:57
  Just
• 18:57
  to.
• 18:59
  I
• 18:59
  don't
• 18:59
  practice.
• 19:01
  Right.
• 19:02
  Yeah.
• 19:02
  Hey,
• 19:03
  you
• 19:03
  got
• 19:03
  to
• 19:03
  start
• 19:03
  somewhere,
• 19:04
  right?
• 19:04
  Very
• 19:04
  cool.
• 19:05
  Okay,
• 19:06
  so
• 19:06
  I
• 19:06
  guess,
• 19:06
  you
• 19:07
  know,
• 19:08
  do
• 19:08
  the,
• 19:09
  the
• 19:09
  super
• 19:09
  bowl
• 19:10
  here
• 19:10
  is
• 19:11
  probably
• 19:11
  the
• 19:11
  biggest
• 19:12
  television
• 19:12
  show.
• 19:13
  Has
• 19:13
  the
• 19:13
  highest
• 19:14
  ratings
• 19:14
  every
• 19:15
  single
• 19:15
  year
• 19:15
  in
• 19:16
  American
• 19:16
  culture.
• 19:17
  I
• 19:17
  know
• 19:17
  people
• 19:18
  around
• 19:18
  the
• 19:18
  world
• 19:18
  are
• 19:19
  watching
• 19:19
  it.
• 19:20
  They'll
• 19:20
  often,
• 19:21
  you
• 19:21
  know,
• 19:21
  flash
• 19:21
  to,
• 19:22
  you
• 19:22
  know,
• 19:23
  military
• 19:23
  bases
• 19:24
  or
• 19:24
  people
• 19:25
  are
• 19:25
  watching
• 19:25
  it.
• 19:25
  But
• 19:26
  is
• 19:26
  a
• 19:26
  Super
• 19:26
  bowl
• 19:27
  something
• 19:27
  that's
• 19:27
  watched
• 19:28
  live
• 19:29
  in
• 19:29
  your
• 19:30
  neck
• 19:30
  of
• 19:30
  the
• 19:30
  woods?
• 19:31
  Oh,
• 19:31
  absolutely.
• 19:32
  I
• 19:32
  mean,
• 19:32
  I
• 19:33
  watched
• 19:33
  every
• 19:33
  year
• 19:33
  myself
• 19:34
  and
• 19:34
  there
• 19:35
  are
• 19:35
  watch
• 19:35
  parties
• 19:36
  springing
• 19:37
  up
• 19:37
  all
• 19:37
  the
• 19:37
  time
• 19:37
  in
• 19:37
  different
• 19:38
  places.
• 19:38
  Quite
• 19:38
  often
• 19:39
  the
• 19:39
  bar
• 19:39
  will
• 19:40
  have
• 19:40
  a
• 19:40
  watch
• 19:41
  Party.
• 19:44
  So,
• 19:44
  so
• 19:44
  what's
• 19:45
  the
• 19:45
  time
• 19:45
  difference
• 19:45
  here?
• 19:45
  So
• 19:46
  if
• 19:46
  the
• 19:46
  super
• 19:46
  bowl
• 19:46
  roughly
• 19:47
  starts
• 19:47
  here
• 19:48
  about
• 19:48
  6:30pm
• 19:50
  on
• 19:50
  Super
• 19:50
  Bowl
• 19:51
  Sunday,
• 19:52
  you
• 19:52
  know,
• 19:52
  on
• 19:53
  Eastern
• 19:53
  time
• 19:54
  zone,
• 19:54
  what
• 19:55
  time
• 19:55
  is
• 19:55
  it
• 19:55
  there
• 19:55
  in
• 19:56
  Estonia
• 19:56
  when
• 19:56
  the
• 19:56
  super
• 19:57
  bowl
• 19:57
  is
• 19:57
  kicking
• 19:57
  off?
• 19:59
  Well,
• 19:59
  it
• 20:00
  depends
• 20:00
  on
• 20:00
  the
• 20:00
  location,
• 20:01
  of
• 20:01
  course,
• 20:01
  but
• 20:01
  roughly
• 20:02
  a
• 20:03
  six
• 20:03
  to
• 20:03
  eight
• 20:04
  hour
• 20:04
  time
• 20:05
  difference
• 20:05
  or
• 20:05
  so
• 20:05
  depending
• 20:06
  on
• 20:06
  the
• 20:06
  time
• 20:06
  of
• 20:06
  the
• 20:06
  year.
• 20:07
  So.
• 20:07
  So
• 20:08
  like
• 20:08
  almost
• 20:09
  2am
• 20:09
  in
• 20:09
  the
• 20:09
  morning,
• 20:11
  your
• 20:11
  local
• 20:11
  time.
• 20:12
  You're,
• 20:13
  you're
• 20:13
  getting
• 20:13
  up,
• 20:13
  people
• 20:13
  are
• 20:14
  getting
• 20:14
  up
• 20:14
  to,
• 20:14
  or
• 20:14
  staying
• 20:15
  up
• 20:15
  to
• 20:15
  watch
• 20:16
  the
• 20:17
  biggest
• 20:17
  game
• 20:17
  in
• 20:17
  America,
• 20:18
  American
• 20:18
  football.
• 20:19
  So.
• 20:19
  Wow,
• 20:20
  that's,
• 20:20
  that's
• 20:20
  amazing.
• 20:22
  That's
• 20:22
  some
• 20:23
  dedication.
• 20:23
  And
• 20:24
  you
• 20:24
  know,
• 20:24
  folks,
• 20:25
  just
• 20:25
  to
• 20:25
  be
• 20:26
  totally
• 20:26
  honest
• 20:26
  with
• 20:27
  you,
• 20:27
  you
• 20:27
  know,
• 20:27
  we
• 20:28
  started
• 20:28
  this
• 20:29
  interview
• 20:29
  here
• 20:30
  with
• 20:30
  James
• 20:30
  at
• 20:31
  7:30pm
• 20:33
  Eastern
• 20:33
  time.
• 20:34
  So
• 20:34
  he,
• 20:35
  he's,
• 20:35
  you
• 20:35
  know,
• 20:36
  being
• 20:36
  a
• 20:36
  real
• 20:36
  trooper
• 20:37
  here,
• 20:37
  being
• 20:37
  up
• 20:37
  like
• 20:38
  3:30
• 20:38
  in
• 20:38
  the
• 20:39
  morning
• 20:39
  over
• 20:39
  there.
• 20:39
  So
• 20:40
  we
• 20:40
  really
• 20:40
  appreciate
• 20:41
  you
• 20:41
  being
• 20:41
  able
• 20:41
  to
• 20:42
  take,
• 20:42
  you
• 20:42
  know,
• 20:43
  take
• 20:43
  one
• 20:43
  for
• 20:43
  the
• 20:44
  team
• 20:44
  here
• 20:44
  and
• 20:45
  help
• 20:45
  us
• 20:45
  out
• 20:45
  in
• 20:46
  educating
• 20:46
  us
• 20:46
  here
• 20:47
  on
• 20:47
  Baltic
• 20:47
  football.
• 20:48
  Oh,
• 20:49
  thank
• 20:49
  you.
• 20:49
  It's
• 20:49
  really
• 20:50
  a
• 20:50
  pleasure.
• 20:50
  And
• 20:52
  yeah.
• 20:52
  So
• 20:53
  James,
• 20:53
  why
• 20:53
  don't
• 20:53
  you
• 20:53
  give
• 20:54
  us
• 20:54
  one
• 20:54
  more
• 20:54
  time
• 20:54
  before
• 20:54
  you
• 20:55
  go
• 20:55
  what,
• 20:55
  what
• 20:56
  the
• 20:56
  title
• 20:56
  of
• 20:56
  your
• 20:57
  podcast
• 20:57
  is
• 20:58
  and
• 20:58
  when,
• 20:59
  when
• 20:59
  and
• 21:00
  where
• 21:00
  people
• 21:00
  can
• 21:01
  find
• 21:01
  you.
• 21:02
  Okay,
• 21:03
  certainly.
• 21:05
  So
• 21:05
  the
• 21:06
  podcast
• 21:06
  is
• 21:06
  called
• 21:07
  Gridiron
• 21:07
  Baltic.
• 21:08
  It
• 21:08
  looks
• 21:08
  at
• 21:09
  the
• 21:09
  history
• 21:09
  of
• 21:10
  American
• 21:10
  football
• 21:10
  in
• 21:11
  Estonia,
• 21:11
  Latvia
• 21:12
  and
• 21:12
  Lithuania.
• 21:13
  Also
• 21:13
  among
• 21:13
  the
• 21:14
  diasporas,
• 21:15
  there's
• 21:15
  quite
• 21:16
  a
• 21:16
  large
• 21:16
  history
• 21:16
  that
• 21:16
  stretches
• 21:16
  back
• 21:17
  to
• 21:17
  the
• 21:17
  beginning
• 21:17
  of
• 21:17
  American
• 21:17
  football
• 21:18
  because,
• 21:18
  because
• 21:18
  of
• 21:18
  immigration
• 21:19
  to
• 21:19
  the
• 21:19
  United
• 21:19
  States
• 21:19
  for
• 21:19
  various
• 21:20
  regions,
• 21:21
  particularly
• 21:21
  amongst
• 21:21
  Lithuanians,
• 21:22
  you
• 21:22
  find
• 21:22
  them
• 21:23
  quite
• 21:23
  often
• 21:23
  in
• 21:24
  college
• 21:24
  rosters
• 21:25
  from
• 21:25
  the
• 21:25
  late
• 21:25
  19th
• 21:26
  century
• 21:26
  onwards.
• 21:27
  And
• 21:27
  also
• 21:28
  a
• 21:28
  lot
• 21:28
  of
• 21:28
  local
• 21:29
  players
• 21:30
  emerged
• 21:30
  shortly
• 21:31
  after
• 21:31
  the
• 21:31
  First
• 21:31
  World
• 21:32
  War.
• 21:33
  Actually,
• 21:34
  I
• 21:34
  believe
• 21:34
  you'll
• 21:35
  be
• 21:35
  joining
• 21:35
  me
• 21:35
  on
• 21:35
  Gridiron
• 21:36
  Baltic
• 21:38
  before
• 21:39
  too
• 21:39
  long
• 21:39
  to
• 21:39
  talk
• 21:40
  about
• 21:40
  one
• 21:40
  of
• 21:40
  those
• 21:41
  specific
• 21:41
  players
• 21:42
  that
• 21:42
  you've
• 21:42
  written
• 21:42
  about
• 21:42
  in
• 21:43
  the
• 21:43
  book
• 21:43
  of
• 21:43
  yours
• 21:43
  recently.
• 21:46
  Looking
• 21:47
  forward
• 21:47
  to
• 21:47
  that.
• 21:48
  Yeah,
• 21:48
  yeah,
• 21:49
  me
• 21:49
  too.
• 21:49
  Very
• 21:49
  much
• 21:52
  so.
• 21:53
  Yeah.
• 21:53
  And
• 21:53
  it's,
• 21:54
  it's
• 21:54
  affiliated
• 21:54
  with
• 21:54
  the
• 21:55
  Sports
• 21:55
  History
• 21:55
  Network
• 21:56
  and
• 21:56
  the
• 21:56
  episodes
• 21:57
  will
• 21:57
  be
• 21:57
  going
• 21:57
  out
• 21:57
  on
• 21:58
  the
• 21:58
  first
• 21:58
  of
• 21:58
  each
• 21:58
  month
• 21:58
  beginning
• 21:59
  in
• 21:59
  December.
• 22:00
  We'll
• 22:00
  start
• 22:00
  with
• 22:01
  two
• 22:01
  episodes
• 22:03
  which
• 22:03
  is
• 22:03
  about
• 22:03
  the
• 22:04
  Estonian
• 22:04
  bowl,
• 22:05
  which
• 22:05
  took
• 22:05
  place
• 22:06
  in
• 22:06
  1989.
• 22:07
  It's
• 22:07
  when
• 22:07
  two
• 22:07
  Finnish
• 22:08
  teams
• 22:08
  came
• 22:08
  over
• 22:09
  to
• 22:09
  Tallinn
• 22:10
  and
• 22:10
  played
• 22:10
  the
• 22:10
  first
• 22:10
  game
• 22:11
  in
• 22:11
  not
• 22:11
  only
• 22:11
  in
• 22:12
  Estonia,
• 22:12
  but
• 22:13
  also
• 22:13
  in
• 22:13
  the
• 22:13
  Soviet
• 22:14
  Union.
• 22:16
  Wow,
• 22:17
  that
• 22:17
  is
• 22:18
  still
• 22:18
  amazing.
• 22:19
  That
• 22:19
  blows
• 22:19
  me
• 22:19
  away.
• 22:20
  And
• 22:20
  I
• 22:20
  can't
• 22:20
  wait
• 22:21
  to
• 22:21
  hear
• 22:21
  that
• 22:21
  episode.
• 22:22
  You
• 22:22
  know,
• 22:23
  it's
• 22:23
  going
• 22:23
  to
• 22:24
  be,
• 22:24
  you
• 22:24
  know,
• 22:24
  here
• 22:25
  actually
• 22:26
  the
• 22:26
  first
• 22:26
  of
• 22:26
  December
• 22:27
  is
• 22:27
  my
• 22:27
  birthday.
• 22:28
  So
• 22:28
  I'll
• 22:28
  be,
• 22:28
  listen,
• 22:28
  I'll
• 22:28
  get
• 22:29
  to
• 22:29
  listen
• 22:29
  to
• 22:29
  it
• 22:29
  on
• 22:29
  my
• 22:29
  birthday
• 22:30
  be
• 22:30
  part
• 22:30
  of
• 22:30
  my
• 22:30
  birthday
• 22:31
  gift
• 22:31
  here
• 22:31
  to
• 22:32
  listen
• 22:32
  to
• 22:32
  that.
• 22:32
  I
• 22:33
  can't
• 22:33
  wait
• 22:33
  to
• 22:33
  hear
• 22:33
  that.
• 22:33
  And
• 22:34
  welcome
• 22:35
  to
• 22:35
  you
• 22:35
  Know
• 22:36
  the
• 22:37
  History
• 22:37
  of
• 22:37
  Football
• 22:37
  in
• 22:38
  Podcasting
• 22:38
  and
• 22:39
  welcome
• 22:39
  to
• 22:39
  Sports
• 22:40
  History
• 22:40
  Network.
• 22:40
  We
• 22:41
  can't
• 22:41
  wait
• 22:41
  to
• 22:41
  see
• 22:41
  you
• 22:42
  folks.
• 22:42
  If
• 22:42
  you're
• 22:42
  driving
• 22:43
  or
• 22:43
  don't
• 22:43
  have
• 22:43
  a
• 22:44
  pen
• 22:44
  or
• 22:44
  jot
• 22:45
  it
• 22:45
  down,
• 22:45
  we'll
• 22:45
  put
• 22:45
  it
• 22:46
  in
• 22:46
  the
• 22:46
  show
• 22:46
  notes
• 22:47
  of
• 22:47
  both
• 22:47
  the
• 22:47
  YouTube
• 22:48
  channel
• 22:48
  and
• 22:49
  the
• 22:49
  podcast
• 22:49
  show
• 22:50
  Notes.
• 22:50
  Also,
• 22:50
  we'll
• 22:51
  have
• 22:51
  a
• 22:51
  post
• 22:51
  on
• 22:51
  pigskindispatch.com
• 22:53
  where
• 22:53
  you'll
• 22:54
  be
• 22:54
  able
• 22:54
  to
• 22:54
  find
• 22:54
  James
• 22:55
  and
• 22:55
  his
• 22:55
  great
• 22:56
  Gridiron
• 22:56
  Baltic
• 22:57
  podcast
• 22:58
  that's
• 22:58
  going
• 22:58
  to
• 22:58
  be
• 22:58
  coming
• 22:58
  up
• 22:59
  here
• 22:59
  in
• 22:59
  just
• 23:00
  a
• 23:00
  few
• 23:00
  weeks.
• 23:00
  So
• 23:01
  James,
• 23:01
  really
• 23:02
  appreciate
• 23:02
  you
• 23:02
  coming
• 23:02
  on
• 23:03
  and
• 23:03
  staying
• 23:03
  up
• 23:03
  and
• 23:04
  helping
• 23:04
  us
• 23:04
  out
• 23:04
  to
• 23:05
  learn
• 23:05
  a
• 23:05
  little
• 23:05
  bit
• 23:05
  about
• 23:05
  football
• 23:06
  in
• 23:06
  your
• 23:06
  region
• 23:07
  and
• 23:07
  supporting
• 23:08
  your
• 23:08
  football
• 23:08
  history.
• 23:08
  So
• 23:09
  thank
• 23:09
  you.
• 23:11
  Thank
• 23:11
  you
• 23:11
  very
• 23:11
  much.
• 23:13
  That's
• 23:13
  all
• 23:13
  the
• 23:13
  football
• 23:13
  history
• 23:14
  we
• 23:14
  have
• 23:14
  today,
• 23:14
  folks.
• 23:15
  Join
• 23:15
  us
• 23:15
  back
• 23:16
  tomorrow
• 23:16
  for
• 23:16
  more
• 23:17
  of
• 23:17
  your
• 23:17
  football
• 23:17
  history.
• 23:19
  We
• 23:20
  invite
• 23:20
  you
• 23:20
  to
• 23:20
  check
• 23:20
  out
• 23:21
  our
• 23:21
  website,
• 23:21
  pigskindispatch.com
• 23:23
  not
• 23:24
  only
• 23:24
  to
• 23:24
  see
• 23:24
  the
• 23:24
  daily
• 23:25
  football
• 23:25
  history,
• 23:26
  but
• 23:26
  to
• 23:26
  experience
• 23:27
  positive
• 23:27
  football
• 23:27
  with
• 23:28
  our
• 23:28
  many
• 23:28
  articles
• 23:29
  on
• 23:29
  the
• 23:29
  good
• 23:29
  people
• 23:30
  of
• 23:30
  the
• 23:30
  game
• 23:31
  as
• 23:31
  well
• 23:31
  as
• 23:31
  our
• 23:31
  own
• 23:31
  football
• 23:32
  comic
• 23:32
  strip
• 23:33
  cleat
• 23:33
  marks
• 23:33
  comics.
• 23:34
  Pigskindispatch.com
• 23:36
  is
• 23:36
  also
• 23:36
  on
• 23:36
  social
• 23:37
  media
• 23:37
  outlets,
• 23:38
  Facebook,
• 23:38
  Twitter,
• 23:39
  Instagram,
• 23:40
  and
• 23:40
  don't
• 23:40
  forget
• 23:40
  the
• 23:40
  Big
• 23:41
  Skin
• 23:41
  Dispatch
• 23:41
  YouTube
• 23:42
  channel
• 23:42
  to
• 23:43
  get
• 23:43
  all
• 23:43
  of
• 23:43
  your
• 23:43
  positive
• 23:44
  football
• 23:44
  news
• 23:45
  and
• 23:45
  history.
• 23:46
  Special
• 23:46
  thanks
• 23:46
  to
• 23:47
  the
• 23:47
  talents
• 23:47
  of
• 23:47
  Mike
• 23:47
  and
• 23:48
  Gene
• 23:48
  Monroe
• 23:48
  as
• 23:49
  well
• 23:49
  as
• 23:49
  Jason
• 23:49
  Neff
• 23:50
  for
• 23:50
  letting
• 23:50
  us
• 23:50
  use
• 23:51
  their
• 23:51
  music
• 23:51
  during
• 23:51
  our
• 23:52
  podcast.
• 23:53
  This
• 23:54
  podcast
• 23:54
  is
• 23:54
  part
• 23:54
  of
• 23:55
  Sports
• 23:55
  History
• 23:55
  Network,
• 23:56
  your
• 23:56
  headquarters
• 23:57
  with
• 23:57
  yesteryear
• 23:58
  of
• 23:58
  your
• 23:58
  favorite
• 23:58
  sport.
• 23:59
  You
• 23:59
  can
• 23:59
  learn
• 23:59
  more@sportshistorynetwork.com.