New Rule Change Means Less Football

So they squeeze in more commercials. These TV vultures and their money are ruining college football. The college presidents and ADs don’t know how to say no and we are worse off because of it.

I feel better now.
 


Shaw told ESPN on Friday the combined changes are estimated to shorten the game by seven to eight minutes and eight plays, but the changes weren't directed at just shortening the game time. He said it was more about keeping the game moving while reducing the number of plays.
 
Any time the game is shortened by plays or time, it is a slight advantage for the less talented team.
 
:lol:

I only very recently began to believe it was possible, but soon they might finally make these sports unwatchable to me. This is ööööing gross.
 
They already changed it to start on ready to play instead of the snap some years back, right?
 
I'm amazed at how some people around here say this is making the product worse. I mean really, how? The clock only stops by a few seconds after each first down so if you add up 40-50 first downs in a game, you've lost 2-3 minutes of game clock. If you can't coach a team to do a two minute offense without first down clock stoppages, you really suck at coaching. Besides, IMO the clock stopping was too much advantage to the offense in the two minute offense.
 
TampaBayJacket said:
I'm amazed at how some people around here say this is making the product worse. I mean really, how? The clock only stops by a few seconds after each first down so if you add up 40-50 first downs in a game, you've lost 2-3 minutes of game clock. If you can't coach a team to do a two minute offense without first down clock stoppages, you really suck at coaching. Besides, IMO the clock stopping was too much advantage to the offense in the two minute offense.
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Because it’s college football.
 
TampaBayJacket said:
I'm amazed at how some people around here say this is making the product worse. I mean really, how? The clock only stops by a few seconds after each first down so if you add up 40-50 first downs in a game, you've lost 2-3 minutes of game clock. If you can't coach a team to do a two minute offense without first down clock stoppages, you really suck at coaching. Besides, IMO the clock stopping was too much advantage to the offense in the two minute offense.
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The clock will still stop during the last two minutes of each half.
 
TampaBayJacket said:
I'm amazed at how some people around here say this is making the product worse. I mean really, how? The clock only stops by a few seconds after each first down so if you add up 40-50 first downs in a game, you've lost 2-3 minutes of game clock. If you can't coach a team to do a two minute offense without first down clock stoppages, you really suck at coaching. Besides, IMO the clock stopping was too much advantage to the offense in the two minute offense.
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I'd otherwise probably not care, except it feels too much like TV execs just trying to get in 2-3 more min of ads. think they're starting to realize they overpaid for them B1G and SEC contracts and need more revenue.
 
greenmachine said:
I'd otherwise probably not care, except it feels too much like TV execs just trying to get in 2-3 more min of ads. think they're starting to realize they overpaid for them B1G and SEC contracts and need more revenue.
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Ah well I can actually see this point. If you replace the lost 2-3 minutes with commercials rather than actually shorten the air time, that definitely is a loss in quality. Great point. However, the networks have to pay for those ridiculous contracts somehow so I get that too. Hopefully they do something creative like split screen during these breaks so we can see the fans, cheerleaders, bands or players to keep us engaged.
 
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