My Answer to less football more commercials rule change

[Catfanlou]

I read some where that even under the old rules in a 60 minute game on average the offense and defense only play an average of six minutes . Twelve minutes total.
so I’m going to Simply record it and start viewing about halftime skipping all commercials.

I found when I did it last year I could time it to see the fourth quarter live .

Doesn’t get rid of all of the commercials but does three fourths of them .

I hope fans understand that NCAA answer to games being too long because of xcess commercials is to simply give the fans less product . Second time they have done that. Then added commercials.
kind of silly to tie up three and a half hours to see 11 or 12 minutes of play and 100 commercials .
I put this in the gouge the fans for everything you can category.

 

[bthaunert]

I just flip to another game during commercial breaks. Pretty simple.

 

[specialkd24]

Are there really more commercials? Chip Kelly made the comment, but I haven't seen once place showing there are actually more.

They are long, but I feel like it is the same number of breaks as before.

 

[Catfanlou]

According to something called sports enthusiast ( I’m not smart enough to link) the number of plays the first week went from an average of 131 last year to 117 this year BUT game times are 12 minutes longer .
I don’t think they’re using the extra time to talk to holly rowe or show the marching bands .

 

[The-Hack]

I’m not smart enough to link)

Are the New Rules Shortening College Football Games?

The start of the 2023 college football season has been marked by two big themes: realignment and new rules. While there is no shortage of realignment news on this website, we want to look at how th…

sportsenthusiasts.net

 

[vhcat70]

Are there really more commercials? Chip Kelly made the comment, but I haven't seen once place showing there are actually more.

They are long, but I feel like it is the same number of breaks as before.

Unless the game length shortens, what else could there be besides more commercials? More sideline interviews? More announcers' BS? More breaks to studios with more announcers' BS?

 

[SosaUK1987]

I just flip to another game during commercial breaks. Pretty simple.

I mess around on my phone. I actually don’t mind commercials sometimes. Haha and if UK is playing, I usually check out here during breaks.

 

[JDHoss]

I just flip to another game during commercial breaks. Pretty simple.

Yep. Switch to another game, go to the bathroom, get something to eat/drink. I've never had a problem with commercials. Without them, we won't have the massive number of games to watch that we do.

 

[BBBLazing]

I read an article tonight that said that during the average 3 hour NFL game the ball is only actually in play 11 minutes. That is 11 minutes out of 60 minutes of clock time. Also, TV commercials account for about 1 hour of the 3 hours the game is on TV, but if you are attending the game, that time is just spent on timeouts, quarter breaks or halftime. It does seem astonishing that only 11 minutes out of 60 minutes occur between snap and the whistle.

 

[Mozzie]

Yep. Switch to another game, go to the bathroom, get something to eat/drink. I've never had a problem with commercials. Without them, we won't have the massive number of games to watch that we do.

Exactly. Commercials are the reason we get to watch these things on TV. Very tiny price to pay, easily avoidable if you want, and many of them are entertaining (the first 50 times).

 

[SosaUK1987]

I read an article tonight that said that during the average 3 hour NFL game the ball is only actually in play 11 minutes. That is 11 minutes out of 60 minutes of clock time. Also, TV commercials account for about 1 hour of the 3 hours the game is on TV, but if you are attending the game, that time is just spent on timeouts, quarter breaks or halftime. It does seem astonishing that only 11 minutes out of 60 minutes occur between snap and the whistle.

I kinda find that hard to believe.

 

[BBBLazing]

I kinda find that hard to believe.

How Many Minutes of Game Play Does the Average NFL Game Have?

According to reports, the actual amount of time a ball is in play in the average NFL game is 11 minutes. That might strike any Texas fan in the heart, but the honest truth is that for a large share of the year, the National Football League (NFL) has us mesmerized.

texashillcountry.com

 

[Tf2217]

While it does seem to be getting worse I usually check up on the game thread and stuff here during breaks helps it go a little better.

 

[SosaUK1987]

How Many Minutes of Game Play Does the Average NFL Game Have?

According to reports, the actual amount of time a ball is in play in the average NFL game is 11 minutes. That might strike any Texas fan in the heart, but the honest truth is that for a large share of the year, the National Football League (NFL) has us mesmerized.

texashillcountry.com

I believed you. Just saying it’s hard to believe.

 

[TucsonCat]

I read an article tonight that said that during the average 3 hour NFL game the ball is only actually in play 11 minutes. That is 11 minutes out of 60 minutes of clock time. Also, TV commercials account for about 1 hour of the 3 hours the game is on TV, but if you are attending the game, that time is just spent on timeouts, quarter breaks or halftime. It does seem astonishing that only 11 minutes out of 60 minutes occur between snap and the whistle.

Sport Total durationLive actionPercent of actionCommercial time
(American) Football3hr 10min11min5.79%75min
Baseball2hr 56min18min10.21%43min
Basketball2hr 18min48min34.78%45min
Hockey2hr 20min60min42.86%30min
Soccer1hr 55min57min50.09%19min

https://critter.blog/2021/06/08/the-actual-playing-time-of-sports/

The link has the information spaced better. But baseball has almost twice as much game play. I've heard foreigners complain about this compared to soccer. And I understand. But at least with football, it's all worthwhile action.

I'm glad football is looking at shortening time. It was getting like cricket.

Hockey is the superior sport.

 

[UKnCincy]

According to something called sports enthusiast ( I’m not smart enough to link) the number of plays the first week went from an average of 131 last year to 117 this year BUT game times are 12 minutes longer .
I don’t think they’re using the extra time to talk to holly rowe or show the marching bands .

The number of commercials is dictated by the TV agreements with conferences, and those agreements didn’t change with the rule change, so the number of commercials is the same.

Game length so far this year has also increased in both D2 and D3, so it’s not due to added commercials. And in D3, they also didn’t change the clock rules, so that’s not the issue either.

I’d say the problem is that the website you looked at is using only one week of data for 2023 versus full seasons of data for prior years. Weather delays get counted in total game time, so when you have fewer games in your data set, games with weather delays can skew the average.

 

[vhcat70]

I read an article tonight that said that during the average 3 hour NFL game the ball is only actually in play 11 minutes. That is 11 minutes out of 60 minutes of clock time. Also, TV commercials account for about 1 hour of the 3 hours the game is on TV, but if you are attending the game, that time is just spent on timeouts, quarter breaks or halftime. It does seem astonishing that only 11 minutes out of 60 minutes occur between snap and the whistle.

With 60 minutes clock running in 3hours elapsed, how is there ONLY 71 minutes of commercials? That leaves another 49 minutes of what? BTW, don't know the last time I've seen a game end in 3 hours.

 

[Deeeefense]

Simply record it and start viewing about halftime skipping all commercials.

I've been doing this for over 10 years. You knock about an hour or so off the time to watch a game, so the total time you watch comes out to about 2 hours. Interestingly that means had you watched the game straight through, you would have wasted an hour of your time watching commercials and half time.

 

[Trubluepopeye]

I read some where that even under the old rules in a 60 minute game on average the offense and defense only play an average of six minutes . Twelve minutes total.
so I’m going to Simply record it and start viewing about halftime skipping all commercials.

I found when I did it last year I could time it to see the fourth quarter live .

Doesn’t get rid of all of the commercials but does three fourths of them .

I hope fans understand that NCAA answer to games being too long because of xcess commercials is to simply give the fans less product . Second time they have done that. Then added commercials.
kind of silly to tie up three and a half hours to see 11 or 12 minutes of play and 100 commercials .
I put this in the gouge the fans for everything you can category.

I’ve been recording the games now is my 3 rd year. I st to record and on a noon kick off I start game 2 1/2 hours late. Flip thru commercials and usually it works out just about right. It might be different if you didn’t have to sit thru same commercials all time. You can only hear “roll that beautiful bean footage so much” before you go crazy.

 

[Creed Bratton]

I mess around on my phone. I actually don’t mind commercials sometimes. Haha and if UK is playing, I usually check out here during breaks.

It sucks if you are there in person though.

 

[Hjack]

I just flip to another game during commercial breaks. Pretty simple.

Many times, I record the game, watch it later, and speed over the commercial breaks.

 

[Hjack]

It sucks if you are there in person though.

Maybe that is one of the big reasons they started beer sales.

 

[SosaUK1987]

It sucks if you are there in person though.

Oh God yes. Didn’t really factor that into my response. Yeah, **** that lol.

 

[Creed Bratton]

Oh God yes. Didn’t really factor that into my response. Yeah, **** that lol.

Especially when the cell service sucks. 😂

 

[yes_takeaside]

Almost never watch any game live. Watch it on fast forward after unless UK. And on mute if Tirico is calling it.

 

[specialkd24]

Unless the game length shortens, what else could there be besides more commercials? More sideline interviews? More announcers' BS? More breaks to studios with more announcers' BS?

Incomplete passes. Instant Replay.

Maybe there are more commercials or longer breaks, but it seems the same to me (they've always been long).

 

[R.O.T.Muckinfush]

DVR has been around 15 or more years, I've been recording uk and games of interest and not watching commercials about that long, i can simply just wait to watch a bunch of college kids or pros for that matter play with a ball. Now that I've cut the cord a few years back, I just miss most of the games and go back and watch the replay on YouTube. I can't ever see a world were I have the time to watch a 5 or 6 hour broadcast on a regular basis that is mostly all advertisements and talking heads yammering on. Way too much real life going on but still enjoy the replays and big games when I can.