Study: NFL games only have 11 minutes of action

That's 11 more minutes of action than I had last night.

That is why the rest of the world does not get into American football like those of us who grew up with it and played it as kids.
Rest of the world does not get our made for TV sport. Replays during the huddle etc.
The original football (what we call soccer) is the worlds most popular game.
Not much scoring in soccer, but no TV timeouts, breaks to the fridge for more beer or drain the lizard. Not as tv friendly.
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That's 11 more minutes of action than I had last night.


zing!

And that's all some of us need any way.

That's 11 more minutes of action than I had last night.

You know how to make a guy feel good

That's 11 more minutes of action than I had last night.

That just made my day

yeah, the biggest difference being that everyone on the football field is playing

in soccer you have guys standing.. in baseball you have a couple of defensive guys per hit.. when there's a hit.. otherwise.. pitcher catcher... batter?

etcFootball definitely requires maximum effort when the ball is in play. What makes football truly great for fans is the strategy involved from play to play, based on down and distance, exploiting matchups, etc. I love being able to analyze a situation between plays and have an opinion about how the opposition should be attacked. I watch other sports as "filler" during the NFL offseason, but the NFL is my sports watching passion. Give me my 11 minutes of action over 3+ hours, and I'm engrossed.

You're absolutely right Defensewins, football is the perfect game for the television age. For someone with ADD like me, I love how football rewards my ten seconds of concentration with 50 seconds of me time, in which to take a sip of beer and eat a couple of chips. Definitely too many commercials these days though.

Good point about A.D.D.
It is alsmot like we are a nation of sports fans with ADD.

Football definitely requires maximum effort when the ball is in play. What makes football truly great for fans is the strategy involved from play to play, based on down and distance, exploiting matchups, etc. I love being able to analyze a situation between plays and have an opinion about how the opposition should be attacked. I watch other sports as "filler" during the NFL offseason, but the NFL is my sports watching passion. Give me my 11 minutes of action over 3+ hours, and I'm engrossed.

Well put. NFL football is the sport most like chess IMO and that is a good thing.

This post has ruined my game day experience. Haha.

No joke, all day I kept just seeing how much time I got to see an actual play. I stopped watching both games in the 1st quarter and just started reading instead.

Well put. NFL football is the sport most like chess IMO and that is a good thing.

Was exactly what I was going to say... Chess has what 20 seconds of "action".