Pac 12 Shortening Games

[LegendaryGT]

Yeah, I think the advertisers that pay for most of CFB are interested in selling both to real CFB fans and to non-real/lukewarm CFB fans. If it was just real fans they were catering to, they could probably increase ticket prices ten fold and do away with advertising altogether. The cost of some tix is many times the cost of tix that others pay for theirs.

"Hey, are you trying to pay for this hotdog with fake-fan money? Get outta here!"

 

[Akinji07]

I'd love to see commercials like they do for other sports. Make the screen that shows football about 75% of the screen size and run a few ads instead of stopping for a commercial break. Commercial breaks only cause people to fast forward when they re-watch, so why not force them to atleast see the ad?

Yeah I was a kid in Turkey when they decided to implement this for soccer broadcasts. Thousands of TVs have been broken by rabid Turkish soccer fans who were glued to their tvs to watch a big game, only to have the screen get much smaller with ads all around just as someone was about to take a shot.

 

[Architorture23]

Yeah I was a kid in Turkey when they decided to implement this for soccer broadcasts. Thousands of TVs have been broken by rabid Turkish soccer fans who were glued to their tvs to watch a big game, only to have the screen get much smaller with ads all around just as someone was about to take a shot.

why don't they just go to commercial when the players are faking injuries?

 

[LagrangeJacket]

Need to revamp instant replay reviews, too. 1 minute is all you get. If you can't determine the call within 30 seconds, then it is too close and the call should stand.

Wishful thinking. ACC refs can't turn on the tv and put on their headsets in 30 seconds.

 

[bravejason]

why don't they just go to commercial when the players are faking injuries?

Because it'd be 90 minutes of commercials?

 

[gte490v]

Yeah I was a kid in Turkey when they decided to implement this for soccer broadcasts. Thousands of TVs have been broken by rabid Turkish soccer fans who were glued to their tvs to watch a big game, only to have the screen get much smaller with ads all around just as someone was about to take a shot.

You run a 30 second spot when the clock is stopped / change of possession / injuries. Why would you think live action would be a good time to put in a live ad?