I used to enjoy watching football on TV. These days, not so much. Gone are the days when you sat on the sofa and watched for 3 or more hours, waiting for the occasional commercial break to get a fresh beer or/and go to the bathroom. Now commercials and filler dominate the time viewing more than game action.
During a 3.5 hour telecast a viewer is exposed to as many as 100 commercials and less than 19 minutes of Where someone is carrying or running or kicking a ball.* I never bother with the "filler" pre-game shows or half-time recaps or end of game highlights, nor am I interested in the meaningless esoteric statistics that they come up with (Jim, did you know that this was the 27th consecutive quarter in a home game where Aaron Rodgers has not attempted to kick an extra point after a touchdown?")
*https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-football-is-even-in-a-football-broadcast/
No comments:
Post a Comment