David Neal, the Head of Fox Sports's World Cup Broadcasts, Describes How He's Approaching World Cup 2018

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

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4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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David Neal, whose more than three-decade career in sports television production has included the Olympics, the NBA Finals and the World Series, tells Grant how Fox will be approaching its coverage of World Cup 2018 in Russia. Neal details how he has built relationships in Russia, how he and his staff approach a typical day during the tournament and why there will be more American voices on Fox's broadcasts than we have seen in previous World Cups on other networks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Grant Wall, and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast, where I go in depth with the most intriguing people in the world of soccer.
0:09.0	On today's show, I'm joined by David Neal, the executive producer for the FIFA World Cup at Fox Sports,
0:16.0	who discusses his more than 30-year career and Fox's extensive plans to cover this summer's tournament in Russia that includes details of how he has built
0:25.0	relationships in Russia, how a typical day goes for him during the event, and why Fox is relying
0:30.9	more on American Voices to cover the World Cup than we have seen other
0:35.0	networks do in the past.
0:36.8	We have great American Voices.
0:38.3	We are an American Network.
0:39.6	We are entertaining an American audience.
0:42.2	So to me, it makes complete and perfect sense to
0:45.0	be featuring the American voices that we are fortunate enough to have.
0:49.0	All that and more coming up.
0:52.0	Our guest today on the podcast is full disclosure one of my bosses. But don't
0:58.0	let that scare you away. David Neal is one of the most respected producers in
1:02.2	sports television with a career spanning more
1:04.8	than three decades at places like NBC, where he produced mega events like the Olympics, the
1:10.0	NBA finals in the World Series, and later at Univision.
1:14.4	For the past six years, David has been at Fox Sports
1:17.7	where he is the executive producer for the FIFA World Cup
1:20.9	and will be running the broadcasts that you see this summer from Russia.
1:25.1	He also happens to be a really good guy.
1:26.9	David, thanks for joining me.
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