[NU Sports] Potential Football Rules Changes

[prplehaze at insightbb.com]

At least ESPN has decided to push Monday night football ahead to an 8:30 start,
marking one small item of progress.  Particularly strange in that it came from
Bristol.
--
Mark Ament
prplehaze at insightbb.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
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