![]() And since that moment, I have always made an effort to splice apart the differences between football and Fußball. In her expressed moments of astonishment, I was able to realize that although she was a lover of sport, she grew up participating-in and watching a very different sport: Fußball (soccer). Amidst the rules, formations, and athletic artistry that I was processing, her mind could only process the fact that very large grown men were running at very high speeds directly into each other! Seeing shudder after shudder spread across her face following each ‘block and tackle’, my own awareness did shift. ![]() One Sunday, I did invite a non-American colleague to Belushi’s to see my favorite team play its rival, and her immediate impression was one of shock at the sport’s violence. In Berlin one of the primary viewing venues was (and generally remains) Belushi’s. In 2010, the year I first moved to Germany, I did everything in my power to watch the NFL. football references are often met with blank stares from those unfamiliar with football, or even the inducement of violent visualization from those audiences that are familiar with the sport. ![]() citizen living in Germany for 6 of the past 8 years, and someone in regular conversation with people from around the world, when I hear these “blocking and tackling” references I’m conscious enough to know that U.S. football to describe business, I couldn’t help but think of how these references did (or did not) connect with their global audiences.įor example, have you ever been in a business conversation and have someone refer to business fundamentals, or a process, as “blocking and tackling”? As a transatlantic traveler, U.S. Considering this was in the midst of business travel, and several business calls-calls with Americans that sometimes made reference to U.S. During the first 10-days of World Cup 2018 I was able to travel over 10,000 miles (over 17,000 kilometers), and watch, from their home soil, 3 of the tournament’s most intriguing teams*. ![]()
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