[NU Sports] Potential Football Rules Changes

[NEONRye at aol.com]

Jonathan's points are all well taken.  
 
Another reason why 15 minutes is wholly insufficient and inappropriate for  
halftime:  It cuts down on the time that fans have to use rest rooms, buy  food 
and beverages, etc.  The trend towards favoring TV over fans in the  seats is 
getting really ugly--especially in the NFL, with late-season night  games in 
the always-balmy Northeast and Midwest, 4 p.m. E.S.T. starts on Sundays  for 
far too many games that should otherwise be played at 1 p.m. (or 12 p.m. in  
C.S.T.), long commercial breaks, etc.  And, of course, my favorite sport,  
baseball, has built a strong future fan base with those wonderful World Series  
night games that stretch into next week.  Not to mention our very own NCAA  with 
its night games on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays--which fits  
nicely into academic schedules and provides more than ample recovery time for  
the athletes between games.   Yes, the "idiot box" rules the Sports  Kingdom, 
and if anyone doubts this premise, just tune in NBC's coverage of the  
Olympics.  You just might see some competition amidst all of the commercial  clutter.  
 
Paul Levinson