Vikes are pretty solid going into week 6, Pack got bumped by the Bengals, who look very very sharp so far.

NFL Power Rankings: Move over, Packers, there's a new No. 1 - NFL - CBSSports.com

everything comes with an advertsising cost, have you tried to read a news link on your phone? pop ups, install our app, more popups, auto run video commercials, all before you can even get to the news story.

besides, the # of vendors willing to pay top dollar to air a commercial is a testimony to how exciting the game is to watch. the # of commercials has no impact on that excitment as viewership numbers climb. just like roger goodal being a douchenozzle has very little impact on viewership.

i'd bet a hockey broadcast of a 60 minute hockey game lasts close to 3 hours.

About 95.4% of the Earth's population has no idea what is that...

Hockey is a fast paced game while the play is going. So why does the average NHL game last two hours and twenty minutes. This NHL average game length is the second quickest among the four major professional sports. The only professional sport that completes their games quicker is the National Basketball Association. The NBA game length average is just 5 minutes less than that of the NHL. The National Football League and Major League Baseball are over the three-hour average.

So why are sixty minute regulation games taking over two hours. Here are some very interesting facts that determine the length of the game.
The average number of stoppages in an NHL game is 81.

Averages per NHL game:

Off-sides: 16

Icings: 9

Goals: 5

Penalties: 5

TV Time-outs: 12

incidental stoppages 34 ? (non-penalized skirmishes, puck leaving rink, puck frozen, etc).

everyone knows that.

the NFL is working hard to bring this game to more people around the globe, apparently it's a challenge. and that's because it's a hit wherever in the world it's played. USA, Mexico, Britain.

there ya go, all the major pro sports take 2.5 hours + to play a 60 minute game.

Yeah, and you will marry some bitch for 40 years just to have six minutes total of orgasms.


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excellent analogy!

I am just glad I don't have to watch 20 minutes of commercial to get access to 2 minutes of content.
Rugby, MMA and real football are on top of my list :thumbsup
They pay top dollars for ads there too trust me.

still better than 11 minutes of game play on a 3 hour game

Or you can watch real Sports and have non stop action with very few commercials :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

"real football"


gfy.

don't try and troll this thread because the name of the game doesn't perfectly explain the game to you.

I watched that whole game and turned it off when less than a minute left. Caught the highlight while watching another game. Was fucking unbelievable is what it was.

I hope they can play the full 60 minute this week. We almost gave that game away on Sunday in the 2nd half.

If you like sitting by yourself at the bar cheering alone at a single TV then Hockey is the way to go.

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I would rather watch hockey than football even on tv but think it would benefit by better coverage - which I think is part of what made football better over the years as a TV sport.

Once producers really figure out how to cover the action, admittedly harder with such a non stop action game, but in a way that makes sense to viewers that don't necessarily instinctively know the game like true fans, then hockey will become a much more popular sport imo. Those overhead cams will help significantly, just like it did for football coverage. :2 cents:

Second only to boxing.

On TV or in the stadium?

I hate football live. 35 seconds between 1 yard runs and my small ass on those cold seats?

I don't watch hockey in fact I don't much care for it, but it's the best sport I have watched live in terms of action.

If those who diidn't make it to the NFL ended up playing rugby, you'd be really good at it.

But rugby has too many stupid rules, so NFL probably works better as a spectator sport.

Rugby 7's is cool to watch but only because it has some similarities to NFL, regular rugby is rough to watch IMO with so much time spend to only gain or lose a single yard. Last game I watched it was 10 minutes of just that.

It's modeled on war. The forwards are the infantry, the backs are the cavalry. So yeah, it can get quite turgid when it's all tied up amongst the forwards.

It's worse in the UK and Ireland than it is in the southern hemisphere (Aus, NZ, SA, Argentina), because we play a forward-oriented game with very little creative flair. Which has been found out in the current world cup.

yeah it was the FR vs NZL game, where FR stood on the 1 for 10 min and didn't do shit. Maybe commonwealth rugby is like soccer, unable to adapt?

Serious question

I'm entering my second football season in Malaysia. What sucks is the time difference 12/13 hours ahead, meaning Sunday games start at 1am or 4am Monday morning. Works out good for Sunday, Monday & Thursday nights.

But their is an equalizer: NFL GamePass. I watch the condensed versions - about 20-25 minutes of non-stop action. I watch everything on Monday with the scores off. A couple of games I'll watch live - like this weeks Jets-Pats (I've been a Jets fan since Joe Namath). Otherwise, Monday is my NFL day.

I watch the Yankees and Mets the same way. Condensed versions (12 min avg.) of virtually every game. No geo blackouts either!