American football is gaining in popularity in China, and the NFL sees it as a great market.
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Soccer is the No. 1 sport in China, and basketball is No. 2, but football is somewhere in the top 10 of the sports hierarchy. And the origins of the sport are believed to date back to 1908, when visiting U.S. Navy sailors played in Xiamen. Super Bowl LIII aired on the morning of the Chinese New Year’s Eve and drew a live audience of more than 8 million in mainland China.
The University of Pennsylvania played against the American Football League of China All-Stars, a squad made up of several different clubs, in March. Though some of the taller players carried more than optimal weight, they executed sophisticated schemes like RPOs and spread passing formations.Priore said he does not envision Division I Football Bowl Subdivision teams going over to play but expects more Football Championship Subdivision teams to make the trip.Global Football/Patrick SteenbergeMarty Judge, a co-owner, along with Jaworski, of the Philadelphia Soul — an Arena Football League team — founded the CAFL.
More Chinese are now growing up around the game as well. There are more than 30,000 children under age 12 who regularly participate in organized youth football training programs, and that number is projected to exceed 120,000 by 2020.
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