Soccer style basketball layout.

[EliteBlue]

(Sorry for the length). With the increasing money to be made in advertising during college basketball games and the added tv timeouts in the tournament the flow of the game has been greatly disrupted.

The original rules didn't really take into consideration all the extra breaks that we now see throughout a game.

An interesting "solution" to this would be semi following the soccer layout for games where they play uninterrupted halves with a longer commercial heavy halftime.

Do away with tv timeouts during halves. Give each team 5 timeouts for the game (3) 30 sec and (2) 1 minute TO. Add 5 minutes to halftime of nothing but commercials sprinkled through game recap or reduce some of the useless halftime report.

You'd make up the revenue by charging slightly more for the in game during timeout spots since eyes are glued and still break even with the extra 5 minutes of halftime.

The uninterrupted halves brings back how important conditioning should be to the game and produces a product closer to what was originally intended and creates a better flow to the game. Which creates a better product for viewing.

Just a thought while I procrastinate what I should be doing.

 

[BigKari]

It will never happen, but it would be better than the current product. You couldn't do subs like soccer though, it would have to be like hockey. Good idea.

 

[EliteBlue]

It will never happen, but it would be better than the current product. You couldn't do subs like soccer though, it would have to be like hockey. Good idea.

You'd sub the same way as we currently do. Dead balls. Out of bounds and fouls.

 

[EliteBlue]

Essentially you're taking it back to the pre tv days. Think of how the highschool game or lower level college game is since they don't deal with tv stoppage.

So it's a basketball game by the basketball rules with no outside factors and stoppages that kill flow and negate conditioning and tempo.

 

[EliteBlue]

Or do away with timeouts other than TV timeouts and (1) one minute TO in the final 2 minutes of each half.

It'd Make coaches have to call all plays via the sideline and PG unless it's an end of half situation. And you'd still have all the same TV revenue.

Basically a super structured pickup game where there's flow and guys get really tired from nonstop playing...with a coach and defense. Lol.

 

[wildcatsboston1984]

Basically you are making it easier for people to avoid watching all the commercials. That's not going to fly with the TV stations.

 

[EliteBlue]

Basically you are making it easier for people to avoid watching all the commercials. That's not going to fly with the TV stations.

True. Which is where eliminating all te team timeouts except 1 in the final 2 minutes of the half and only having TV timeouts may be more practical.