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Too many stoppages in the NFL?

posted 13 years ago by Eels14
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Being a rugby league fan or rugby to those who don't know anything about league, many people not into NFL believe the game has too many stoppages in between plays. Watch the superbowl and there are commercials all the time! What are your thoughts?

[–] crockett3663 13 years ago

My thoughts are that your only reason for coming on this board was to slam a beloved AMERICAN game with your high-brow "we're better than you because we're European" attitude.

You obviously don't like the game, so the simple solution is to not watch it. I hate soccer, so when I'm channel surfing and I see a soccer game on TV, I simply cruise right past it. And I certainly don't cruise IMDB looking for soccer movies to slam on the movie's message board.

[–] Eels14 13 years ago

hahah Mate, I'm Australian and support the 49ers who won this morning against Seattle. I was just pointing out a general statement made by many people who tend to support Rugby. Don't know where you got Europe and soccer from? lol

[–] Iwishyouwell 13 years ago

I don't think there's a bag in existence to hold that enormous chip on your shoulder.

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[–] Eels14 12 years ago

Wow, no wonder Americans are thought of as being arrogant and misinformed. I was just making comment about what many people say to me when I talk about the NFL and just wanted an unbiased American opinion. Whether you support soccer, rugby or in your case jacking off, there aren't too many stops in between plays and just wanted to know what the crowd does during those moments, are they shown replays, do they discuss the last play or take a squirt from drinking too much beer. Lighten up people!!!

[–] jgroub 12 years ago

Hey, I support jacking off. But as a more enlightened American than my counterparts above, I will agree with your general statement - that there are too many stoppages in the NFL. One rules change that they adopted to speed things up was that going out of bounds in the first 25 minutes of each half would not stop the clock any longer. But the game does drag on for a loooong time. They are always scheduled in a 3-hour time slot, and always end up taking 3 1/2 hours. That just too goddamned long.

My personal solution is to DVR the game, and then watch it while fast-forwarding through all the commercials, halftime, and even the instant replay they show on every single play. I can watch an game that has one-hour on the game clock in about an hour and 15 minutes.

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[–] popstrippin 12 years ago

It is all about the way you look at it. American Football is not a continuous game like Rugby or soccer or to some extent basketball. It stops and starts as you know and needs to be viewed more as a sport like cricket or baseball. On each 'play' something WILL happen. Yes you have to wait up to 40 seconds between 'plays' - grab a beer, chat to your mates check your email etc. but once that ball snaps there are many different things that will go on that makes it as a sport even more exciting. I have watched many soccer or rugby games (rugby is much more exciting granted) where nothing happens for 30 / 40 mins, and I'm not talking about 'goals' i'm talking about actually NOTHING happening. So what is more boring??

So just take a different approach when getting your friends into the sport. They will be hooked in no time.

[–] jefgg 10 years ago

You are entitled to your opinion. The Super Bowl has more commercials than a regular NFL game. The NFL really knows how to make a buck. Back in the day NFL games took about two and a half hours to play. I wish I could watch games like that.

[–] Huskie_Jon 10 years ago

Being a rugby league fan or rugby to those who don't know anything about league, many people not into NFL believe the game has too many stoppages in between plays. Watch the superbowl and there are commercials all the time! What are your thoughts?

There is lots of money to be made in American football, by players, sponsors, teams and cities, so they all squeeze what they can out of it. Fortunately, they have not yet started putting large advertisements on the playing field and the players' uniforms (although you will see the equipment logos). Some things are still sacred.

The numerous stoppages allow every play to be planned out and reassessed in accordance with the overall gameplan. That's why teams have large coaching staffs assigned to every aspect of the game. I do not know of any other team sport that requires as much strategic planning as American football. It also allows commentators "armchair quarterbacks" to second-guess everything for a week and show off their "expertise".

"They should have ran it instead of throwing that interception."

"They should have ran a sweep instead of a draw."

The stoppages also allow the defensive players to really focus their efforts on doing whatever they can to prevent giving up yardage, and that usually involves an intense collision of some sort. That's why they wear all the protective gear.

I have seen some rugby on TV and it seems like a rough and tumble sport too. I would not want to cross and angry rugby player or a football player in a bar. Except, maybe, a kicker.

Football evolved from Rugby. Blame it on the forward pass.

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[–] etevisw2000 9 years ago

There is many more time outs in televised football than in standard American Football. They are allotted what are called tv time out that go way back to when stations being on public airwaves were required to give there call signals. Now the 20 seconds is a few minutes of ads. Tv also gives teams extra time between change of possession.