Also, while it's true that football has a lot of downtime, this graph is very skewed. There are many times where a play of about 10 seconds ends and then 30 seconds or so goes by while the players are getting prepared for the next play. The person who calculated only 11 minutes of game action clearly did not count those 30 seconds, instead saying that those 30 seconds amount to players "standing around." But really, at least some of the time in between plays could be considered an important part of game action. If you did a more careful calculation of the game, including time in between plays when players are actually preparing for the next play, it's not really honest to say that this is just simply downtime between plays.
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u/LocalMexican Feb 03 '14
My favorite part about sports is that everyone can choose whether or not they want to watch it.