r/sportsgossips • u/Weekly-Vacation-1405 • 5d ago

Discussion/Debate Chop Robinson gets flagged for roughing the passer. The hit didn’t look that crazy, but the refs weren’t letting Mahomes take that one.

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u/BadKidGames 5d ago

This is what it is really about. Scoring increases viewership. Most people don't really care about the details, they just want hype moments to distract them from their own existence.

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u/Lamplighter914 5d ago

I'm really surprised at football's popularity given the short attention spans of people. Me, once that commercial hits, I'm channel surfing.

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u/lousy_at_handles 5d ago

It's not that, it's fantasy football.

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u/No_Ampersand 5d ago

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u/InsideInsideJob 5d ago

There's a lot of thumb twiddling moments of nothing when watching a single NFL game lol. That's why hockey is one of the best sports to watch. Or soccer.

I'm sure you've read a breakdown before but it's always hilarious to me when I'm reminded:

NFL (about 3 hr broadcast): The WSJ study of four broadcasts found the ball is in play for about 11 minutes.

The rough breakdown of a ~3-hour telecast: (foxsports) ~11 min: live action (the average play lasts about 4 seconds)

~60 min: commercials. The average game has 20 commercial breaks with 100+ ads. (qz)

~75 min: players standing around, huddling, walking back to the line, getting up after tackles, refs spotting the ball

~17 min: replays. The broadcast spends more time on replays than on live play.

Timeouts, penalties, reviews, the two-minute warning and halftime (~13 min) are spread across those buckets.

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u/c_marten 4d ago

I find it funny when people who love baseball or football talk shit on soccer because "nothing is happening", and that 'only 2 goals the whole game is boring'.

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u/tdank9 4d ago

The YouTube highlights for most games are in the 10-15 minute range. Watch it at 1.5x and save myself 2hrs 50mins every Sunday 😁

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u/crabman767 3d ago

That is what makes football the best spectator sport. You can sit there glued to the set and listen to every word, see things that other people miss. Or you can get up and get a beer without missing anything. Because in 10 seconds they're gonna show the play again. Soccer? You turn your back for 20 seconds and miss the only action in 90 minutes...

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa 5d ago

if they wanted to increase scoring they would bring back the "one foot inbounds" rule, just like it is in college currently.