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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Carolina296864 on 2024-09-15 20:01:15+00:00.
The South Carolina/LSU game yesterday took 4+ hours, and it did not go into overtime, have a weather delay, or an extravagant halftime performance. The Panthers/Chargers game just took 2 hours 45 minutes. In fact of the ten 1pm NFL games today, only 1 will be going well past 4pm.
Obviously commercials are the biggest issue, but will the lengths of these games ever actually turn people off? Seems like this is a yearly complaint, and even though it’s been addressed, games are still longer anyways, and ratings seem stable. I feel like this is a reason they subtly try to squeeze in more and more breaks.
Do you think it’ll get to a point where the networks and schools are forced to truly address it and put caps on commercial breaks, review time lengths, add more clock rules, etc, or do you think it’s just something fans have to accept if we want to watch?