[Husker] 2008 rule changes

[Mark Landin]

They really can't squeeze in more games but they do want to limit the
disruption to regular TV programming which follows games, because
advertisers are sensitive to what times their advertising is being
shown. Advertisers paying for a particular time slot won't pay as much
if there's a chance their spots are showing 30 minutes later.

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
> I'd love to have someone explain to me why the NCAA and the NFL are so bent
> on shortening games.  I don't know many fans that are excited to see games
> shortened.
>
> I know it's probably all driven by T.V. $$ because they want to squeeze more
> games in a day, but...
>
> No Horse-collar is a good rule and I'm glad they put that in.
>
> --
> Skylar
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
> Joe Janecek
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:18 AM
> To: husker at tssi.com
> Subject: [Husker] 2008 rule changes
>
> looks like some rule changes are in place for 2008.
>
> no more horse-collar tackles.
>
> Also, a 40 second play clock will be implemented much of the time, except
> for most 'administrative' stoppages, and additional clock tweaks...
>
> here's a video that explains it.
> http://web1.ncaa.org/web_video/football/2008ACCGameClock.html
>
>
> joe big red
>
>
>
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