Tue Nov 26 00:24:53 EST 2013
Some NFL (US football) statistics presented on Radio Canada's
As It Happens | Nov 25, 2013:average NFL football game: 3.5 hours
average game - minutes of live-action football: 11 minutes
average play: 4 seconds
analysis: 17 minutes
half-time show: 20 minutes
shots of coaches/players on sidelines: unspecified
commercials: 100 (approx)
11 min / 4 sec = 165 plays/game
100 / 3.5 = 28 commercials/hour
(It's at the very end of the recording, for those who care to follow the link.)
I guess it's no surprise I don't watch football. I complain that PBS programs often don't have enough content density; their information could be presented in less time. Professional football takes this another order of magnitude.
This might really confuse my DVR's commercial skipping. In "normal" TV (at least what I watch) the commercial breaks are shorter than the program content.
My biggest gripe with NFL is that the broadcasts often run longer than scheduled and shift the network's lineup, causing my DVR to record shows with the ends cut off. (No, really my biggest gripe with professional sports is that I think they're a tremendous waste of society's resources.)
This appears to be the source material: "
11 Minutes of Action" from the Wall Street Journal, Jan. 15, 2010.
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