I actually enjoy football more than a lot of continuous-play sports, perhaps because it feels more like a turn-based game, which is my preferred wargaming MO. But the overall numbers of play vs. replay vs. standing around vs. commercials is … well, honestly, more than a bit crazy.
An average NFL game: more than 100 commercials and just 11 minutes of play
For five months of the year, the National Football League dominates Sundays in the United States; it’s more popular than church. The NFL’s popularity is all the more remarkable when you inspect the fare it has to offer each week on television. An average professional football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if…
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A someone who only enjoys the 11 minutes — if they’re pretty good minutes — this is excruciatingly obvious. That’s like 6 hours of ads for a half hour (22 min) tv show.