In my travels, I have gotten quite proficient at answering the question, "THEY PLAY AMERICAN FOOTBALL IN EUROPE?" However, it should now be no surprise that football in Europe is just the tip of the iceberg - football is now literally a WORLDWIDE GAME. Case in point: JAPAN!
My former University of Arizona teammate Brad Brennan runs the best corner routes in the world - and now does so for Fujitsu in Japan!Two weeks ago at the Las Vegas Bowl I got to catch up with a former University of Arizona teammate, wide receiver Brad Brennan, who was one of the first players to ever play in Japan. He has now been playing in Japan for over 7 years, and his stories were as crazy and hilarious as mine from Italy! The two best Brad did a VLOG about - TAE-BO TRAINING and INDOOR BBQ! Check it out!
Brad came to Japan to play for the Onward Skylarks back in 2000. He later joined the Fujitsu Frontiers, who he has now played for 6 seasons. The Redwood City, CA native and cousin of Heisman-trophy runner up Colt Brennan never dreamed he would have been in Japan for so long, "Other people in professional football play the game of getting cut, signed, cut signed, etc... but here I am in a foreign country, playing the game, getting paid and having this cultural experience, and still playing at age 29." He said in one article, "I want to leave a legacy - that I helped and influenced in a positive way Japanese football."
Just like me, Brad fell in love with the culture and looks at his teammates as family. He will head over in early 2009 to try to bring the Japan X Bowl Trophy to his team/corporation - who he works for full-time (players in Japan are not allowed to have any professional experience, and must also work as full-time employees for the company that sponsors them!) I visited Japan two years ago in Japan, and he showed me around Tokyo and introduced me to Japan football. What an experience!
TAE-BO TRAINING - CLASSIC!
INDOOR BBQ - IS THIS SAFE?
Brad came to Japan to play for the Onward Skylarks back in 2000. He later joined the Fujitsu Frontiers, who he has now played for 6 seasons. The Redwood City, CA native and cousin of Heisman-trophy runner up Colt Brennan never dreamed he would have been in Japan for so long, "Other people in professional football play the game of getting cut, signed, cut signed, etc... but here I am in a foreign country, playing the game, getting paid and having this cultural experience, and still playing at age 29." He said in one article, "I want to leave a legacy - that I helped and influenced in a positive way Japanese football."
Just like me, Brad fell in love with the culture and looks at his teammates as family. He will head over in early 2009 to try to bring the Japan X Bowl Trophy to his team/corporation - who he works for full-time (players in Japan are not allowed to have any professional experience, and must also work as full-time employees for the company that sponsors them!) I visited Japan two years ago in Japan, and he showed me around Tokyo and introduced me to Japan football. What an experience!
An explanation of football on a Japanese website...
... and a Japanese player Blog! I love it!
... and a Japanese player Blog! I love it!Japan's top league is called the "X LEAGUE" and is comprised of 60 teams over 4 divisions (X1, X2, etc.) The top league contains 18 teams, of which they are split into 4 regions. They play a five game regular season and three weeks of play-offs in the fall, as well as a tournament in the spring. The camaraderie and teamwork of football is the same around the world!
At the University of Arizona, Brad went from a walk-on to starter as a FRESHMAN! After leading the Pac-10 in yards per catch for multiple seasons, he capped his career by scoring the go-ahead touchdown in our 1998 Holiday Bowl victory over Nebraska.ATTAWAY BRAD!!! Keep representing America Football around the Globe! To read more:
X LEAGUE: www.xleague.com
ARTICLE ON BRAD: Click HERE
~ J. Twice
X LEAGUE: www.xleague.com
ARTICLE ON BRAD: Click HERE
~ J. Twice
3 comments:
...and i thought WE were the weirdos...
lol...
DUDE HERE AT KATE'S HOUSE W HER SISTERS. THEY THINK WE, YOU AND I ARE THE BIGGEST WEIRDOES. GONNA GET WEIRD BRO. HOPE ALL IS GOING WELL FOR YOU AND THE JANE FONDA WORKOUTS IN NIPPON. PEACE, G
Very entertaining and enthusiastic job has been done here. Yea, football is now very popular game in the world and people love to watch the art of football. I appreciate your great post and videos and also happy to learn about Japanese 'XLeague'. To understand FIFA packaging online, please click here to view
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