CBS - 60 minutes USA run story on the AFL - Mason Cox

[Bjo187]

I thought this was really great promotion for the AFL. Cox did well talking up our great game to the U.S audience too.

Watch 60 Minutes: Mason Cox: The 60 Minutes Interview - Full show on CBS

A Texas man had an engineering job lined up, but then an opportunity came knocking from across the globe. Mason Cox tells Jon Wertheim how he became an unlikely Australian rules football star.

www.cbs.com

 

[HirdyLannister]

Youtube link here.

 

[Shane Heard]

There’s no link

Just a 30 promo where the journo said “ Walton Matilda “

 

[Pancakes]

There’s no link

Just a 30 promo where the journo said “ Walton Matilda “

The CBS link works.


Decent piece which obviously builds Cox up above his actual ability to promote the game to an international audience which i understand.

If it leads to more exposure overseas then it will have done good for the game.

 

[Shane Heard]

The CBS link works.


Decent piece which obviously builds Cox up above his actual ability to promote the game to an international audience which i understand.

If it leads to more exposure overseas then it will have done good for the game.

He did well ..good interview

 

[Slartibartfast]

I cant get the CBS link to work

 

[COOGRE]

Great, even more yanks on social media who become pies fans

 

[Bjo187]

I like that they actually used good highlights too, often when you see afl highlights you think 'why the hell did they pick those ones'.

 

[domus]

He exaggerated or maybe told a porky when he said all of the Collingwood players were belting out the national anthem! Not one opened his mouth!

 

[Angus Young]

Good video and great story.

Be good to get more Americans into the game.

 

[CrazyJoeFevola]

Very articulate man, spoke up our game very well.

 

[PizzaPie]

He exaggerated or maybe told a porky when he said all of the Collingwood players were belting out the national anthem! Not one opened his mouth!

He definitely told a few porky pies or just made stuff up if he didn't know... no harm done, it came across to me like someone that was really excited to tell people back home about AFL so he embellished on things he thought would catch their attention a bit.
Big LOL when he was asked about Sherrin footballs and the meaning of 'Kangaroo Brand', confidently answering they're made out of Kangaroos, only to be corrected by his teammate that they're made from pig skin and subsequently ribbed and told to stay in his lane... 60 Minutes edited in a voiceover correcting them all, informing they're actually made out of cows ("cowhide" or something more specific like that I think...).

 

[Cmarsh]

Bit disingenuous to say the game has no rules.

If anything the game is overumpired.

 

[Big Papa Ted]

Every AFL fan should support this, regardless of club. Great for the game

 

[darcytiger]

Good on him, the game needs some more promo overseas.

I still feel sick about 40,000 people chanting USA, USA at the in that Prelim at the MCG.

 

[The Sultan]

thanks for the link.. bit of mayo added to it in parts, but good to see the great game being put into the minds of other markets.

 

[Bjo187]

I lived in the U.S myself back around 2009, showed my housemates highlights of AFL on youtube and funnily enough picked out the same Harbrow on Lewis hit. My yanky housemate who was a fireman over there was like 'Whoaaaa, lights out dude, thats crazy and no pads! I said 'yeah he came back on the field to play after that too'. His response 'That sh*t is gnarly dude' !

My ex, also american use to love AFL when she came here, they like how fast and athletic it is, i think particularly compared to their own sports which can be a bit stop start. They have no time for rugby and cricket though, anything British they tend to think is sh*t.

 

[Tbonefreo]

Bruh

I lived in the U.S myself back around 2009, showed my housemates highlights of AFL on youtube and funnily enough picked out the same Harbrow on Lewis hit. My yanky housemate who was a fireman over there was like 'Whoaaaa, lights out dude, thats crazy and no pads! I said 'yeah he came back on the field to play after that too'. His response 'That sh*t is gnarly dude' !

My ex, also american use to love AFL when she came here, they like how fast and athletic it is, i think particularly compared to their own sports which can be a bit stop start. They have no time for rugby and cricket though, anything British they tend to think is sh*t.

 

[Bjo187]

Bruh

Are you ok mate?

 

[bzparkes]

Bit disingenuous to say the game has no rules.

If anything the game is overumpired.

Yes, from what we're used to.

Do you watch other ball sports?

 

[Cmarsh]

Guy just tore us a new a-hole.

Outstanding game.

 

[PieLebo87]

Still the greatest sport in the world. Prove me wrong.

 

[ibd77]

Still the greatest sport in the world. Prove me wrong.

I'm sure it is

 

[ibd77]

Mason's got an AFL channel running.

https://www.youtube.com/@DiscoverAFL/videos

Description

Mason Cox

46

Mason Cox

Age

33

Ht

211cm

Wt

110kg

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Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.7

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

3.5

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

1.6

4star

G

1.2

4star

D

6.0

1star

K

3.0

1star

HB

3.0

2star

M

2.3

2star

T

0.3

1star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.4

4star

G

1.8

5star

explains Australian Rules Football (AFL) to Americans. AFL IS NOT RUGBY. AFL is the ROUGHEST SPORT IN THE WORLD! Mason a current AFL player for Collingwood Football Club gives everyone an introduction to the craziest sport you have never heard of from highlights to the rules of the sport he covers what makes Aussie Rules unique.

 

[TheSunGod]

Great story and very happy for Mason but calling him “one of the best players in the game?”.