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From left, broadcasters Angus Scott, Ruud Gullit, a former Chelsea and Dutch national team player, and Ars\u00e8ne Wenger, former Arsenal manager, appear on set at the Qatar World Cup with the Jules Rimet Trophy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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From the turf at Carson Park to the pitches of Qatar, Angus Scott has seen plenty of football \u2014 both the American version and the internationally recognized sport.<\/p>\n

More than three decades after he was an exchange student at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the international broadcast journalist is in Qatar covering the World Cup, the world\u2019s biggest sporting event for British broadcasting company ITV. The Bristol, England-born broadcaster spent a semester at UW-Eau Claire as an exchange student from the University of Winchester in 1987.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember turning up on Labor Day and that was my first day,\u201d Scott says. \u201cThe brilliant sunshine and then I remember it getting very, very cold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott doesn\u2019t have to worry about the cold in Qatar, the World Cup host country. Before he was sitting alongside soccer royalty such as Ars\u00e8ne Wenger and Jose Mourinho, Scott was a journalism student at the University of Winchester with a taste for adventure. While at UW-Eau Claire, Scott played for the men\u2019s rugby team and honed his journalism skills at student-run TV-10.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love nearly everything about UWEC. The people that made some great friendships. I love the TV studio,\u201d Scott says. \u201cBut I think some of my favorite experiences were actually going back to my roommate\u2019s house in Colby and being with his family. Then going over to another friend\u2019s house to share Thanksgiving with their family, which was just such a great experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott is no stranger to Qatar as he lived there for seven years. As he prepares for the World Cup, he still uses skills and experiences he learned years ago at UW-Eau Claire.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the experiences I learned in Wisconsin I used in the Middle East,\u201d Scott says. \u201cLike meeting people, and getting to know them and learning about different people\u2019s cultures. I have to say the culture in Wisconsin was very different to the other parts of the U.S. that I had been to previously.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to his duties in front the camera, Scott is a part-time lecturer at his alma mater at the University of Winchester, teaching the next generation of journalists in the United Kingdom. Scott encourages both his students and UW-Eau Claire students to take advantage of the exchange between the two universities to grow as people and professionals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s important to learn that there is more than just one way of writing new stories or presenting news bulletins,\u201d Scott says. \u201cWe can learn a lot from the way that the U.S. broadcasts its news programs. It’s very refreshing the way some of the broadcasts are presented \u2014 although I sometimes find it very difficult how opinionated some anchors can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

UW-Eau Claire and University of Winchester have exchanged more than 300 students each over the past 30 years. Students from both universities get a chance to see a new place and a new way of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinchester is a beautiful city \u2014 it is full of so much history, Scott says. \u201cIt has an amazing cathedral, a great community, and I would say a great university. You will learn as much coming to the U.K. as I did going to the U.S. \u2014 it is a life-enhancing experience. There\u2019s a different way of teaching, there\u2019s a different sort of culture \u2014 it will open your eyes to a different way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the World Cup is the pinnacle of world soccer, the 2022 tournament has been controversial since its announcement in 2010. This tournament presents a unique challenge to the veteran broadcaster.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lived in Qatar for seven years, so it is great to come back and see how the country has transformed itself into a host for the World Cup,\u201d Scott says. \u201cThere are many controversial things about Qatar and many of the criticisms are justified \u2014 but the World Cup has shone a light on many of them, and under scrutiny Qatar has changed its ways. But above all this is the biggest tournament in the world, and to be here presenting it is the pinnacle of anyone\u2019s career. But, for the first time, events away from football have superseded what is about to happen on the pitch, so the difficulty for us as presenters is how to editorially reflect this. We have to talk about migrant workers\u2019 deaths, we have to talk about slave labor, we have to talk about Qatar\u2019s position on homosexuality, but also we have to talk about football and finding the balance between all that is complex.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the tournament kicking off and England considered a top contender, there\u2019s one game this week that will be important to fans on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean \u2014 the Black Friday matchup between USA and England. Scott took a diplomatic stance on his prediction for the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this could be a really tough game for England, and as for a result, I\u2019m going to sit on the fence and say it\u2019ll be a one-all draw,\u201d Scott says.<\/p>\n

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Written by Jackson Schmidtke<\/p>\n

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