College Football Has A MASSIVE Commercial Problem

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[@Ssschah]

The number of plays is down 8%, but the game time is down only 2%. They made these clock changes in the name of "player safety," but it really was just so the networks could show more commercials. Something else I noticed in a lot of games this weekend is that they would often cut off the color commentators mid-sentence to go to commercials. Ridiculous.

[@jeremiahtisdell4823]

It it was really about player safety, they wouldn’t be increasing the amount of games players would play. The max was 13 in the 90s but next year it will be 16 or 17.

[@drewp.weiner2473]

I was watching 5 games at once at one point and they all were in a commercial at the same time multiple times

[@trotva]

I never watch the regular time games. Commercials have always been a pain. More now. I love to watch the late games shown in the East time zone. Usually lower level teams, or even lower division. Games are more fun to watch. Commercials are not as prevalent. Schools that are never on during the day. Been my only interest in watching college football. Makes you really enjoy the game. Especially the Wed, Thursday or Friday games during the season.

[@pgee4342]

The fact they say it’s for “player safety” with a straight face is actually offensive to me. It’s insulting to everyone’s intelligence.

[@cavalierfan2008]

​@@jeremiahtisdell4823player safety? No...

[@bryanjones8778]

You hit the nail on the head. This is about paying for these massive TV deals with the conferences. I know it's been said a million times, but greed is slowly killing the game we love.

[@commonsense3921]

Greed eventually kills everything….Hey PAC 12.

[@andrewnovak5478]

not even slowly anymore

[@irmaveps4618]

Not slowly. It's dead.

[@EvansEasyJapanese]

All they have to do is charge 10% more for ads and run 10% fewer ads.

[@panther755]

These athletes have absolutely no loyalty to the college they are supposedly committed to,they are hired guns that will leave in a nano second if they get more money in NIL,this has nothing to do with amateur athletics or student athletes

[@jefftee0421]

I watch games at my local casino and at one point there were 8 different games on and all 8 were on a commercial. It's becoming absolutely ridiculous at this point.

[@jimboscooter432]

Almost as ridiculous as your gambling addiction?

[@charlesbrown4483]

Stop watching football and start watching MMA. I made the switch back in 2016 and I’ve never looked back once, honestly. And I played two years of college football myself at Morehead State. Commercials are very short and they only happen during shitty cards or during prelims of a good card. Not to mention the fact that I’ve never felt excitement watching football the way I have watching a big fight.

[@TheBigRedOutlaw]

@@charlesbrown4483chad recommendation

[@cvm6854]

First time I watched a soccer match I was amazed honestly. No commercials? Even during a stop? And they add on extra time for those stoppages? Shit blew my mind.

[@into_play3226]

It’s probably why professional soccer is not promoted more in the United States. If broadcasters can’t dump commercials into it, then they want no part of it.

[@bigjuicefolife]

Soccer is the future of this country. I love the sport. Very competitive and fluid game with lots of passion and rivalries. I'm sorry but I'm not going to sit and watch a game that is only 12 minutes of actual game time + rest of the time 2.5 hours of commercials just to "support" a team that I don't give two rats butts about.

[@gudmundursteinar]

@@into_play3226 This is why soccer needs cable and/or pay per view tv deals. You can't really broadcast it generally unless you are a public broadcaster like the BBC or CBC.

[@mattrinck7503]

That's the one sport I would choose to watch commercials instead.

[@erniehernandez7162]

Welcome to a whole new world

[@Yodasoda4416]

"I woke up feeling the cheeseiest coach" *hears for the 10,761 time this week* This commercial has litterally been running since 2019

[@jsaurman]

It has brainwashed me and I now have 4,577 boxes of Cheez-its on shelves in my garage.

[@elibaumann9718]

CHEESE! CHEESE! CHEESE!

[@SpecOpsCM]

Cheez-itz. Brought to you by college football.

[@andrewhendrix2297]

If I saw on the news that a man went crazy and walked into his workplace and blew four people away, and they say that in his manifesto, written in half eaten crayon, that what drove him to this was, and I quote "dat anthropomorphic cheez fella", I would believe it without question.

[@braydenanderson2520]

@@andrewhendrix2297🤣🤣🤣

[@yankees2864]

NHL and College Hockey: designated times for commercials NBA and College Basketball: designated times for commercials NFL: limited amount of commercials MLB: designated to only every half inning (about 15 minutes), injuries, and pitching changes European Soccer: Only Commercials at Halftime F1: No commercials NCAAF: HAHHAHAHA GUYS LETS MAKE A COMMERCIAL EVERY 2 MINUTES

[@MrCubFan415]

NCAAF: designated times for not-commercials

[@nowens4060]

Actually, every college football televised game has 3 commercials breaks, but no more than 4 per quarter. That includes certain timeouts, injuries and when a team scores.

[@Cubroncs03]

@@nowens4060 Are you saying other than between every single offensive drive, before the extra point, after the extra point, and after the kickoff? There can be 4 commercial breaks per DRIVE, wtf are you talking about?

[@nowens4060]

@Cubroncs03 No. Absolutely not. 4 commercials max which could be an injury timeout, a team requested timeout, or after a team drive, regardless whether they scored or not.

[@MrRedfoxx1989]

Say what you will about F1, but I love that you have no commercials (other than the SkyQ, Sky Glass, Red Button).

[@beckf1858]

The TV timeouts are agonizing if you're attending the game. My dad kept asking me what was taking so long. It was TV timeouts, for an ESPN+ game. 🤦‍♀️

[@aaronmartin1830]

No two minute warning in college football

[@justicerathje8670]

​@@aaronmartin1830?

[@TBTwinsFan09]

Was at an FCS game yesterday and the amount of TV timeouts was staggering.

[@Ogga137]

This rule is awful. I was in Nashville in Saturday, and me and my family were drenched in sweat, while we were waiting on commercials. This has made the games awful, especially if their isn’t anything going on during the breaks.

[@joshchoate9499]

Go Vols

[@Ogga137]

@@joshchoate9499yessir!!! Go vols!

[@isellfreemoney9899]

i was at work watching on my phone and it felt like there were constant ads

[@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220]

Welcome to the NIL era

[@saythetruth2426]

True GO VOLS🍊

[@jchapman8248]

I'm an old dog and remember watching college and pro football on TV when it was broadcast over the aerial antenna. From what I understand, commercials paid for the broadcast back then so we could watch the games. Now with advent of cable, satellite and streaming TV, not only are we expected to pay for the broadcast, we're also paying to watch those BS commercials! That's double dipping, imo. That sucks! Then the sports networks have gone and snuck in even more commercials? F-DAT They've ruined football in my eyes. 🤬 I'm now getting my footbal viewing pleasure from YT highlight videos since the commercials are cut out! 😞

[@luckymosola8196]

Extended highlights are how I watch football now too. I can't go back to live except for the truly important games, I hate commercials so much. I pay money to avoid them, not to watch them ffs.

[@bryanjones8778]

Same here. I can still follow the game live on ESPN's Gamecast and then catch the highlights on KZbin. There are even some sites on KZbin where you can see extended highlights (five to even twenty minutes!) without commercials.

[@rowdyrebel5820]

So true! I never watch games from the start now unless I’m off and got nothing to do. I can easily follow everything with highlights and if there’s a matchup I wanted to see but missed I got the recap to pull up and can enjoy it in 15 minutes compared to 3 hours!

[@Ghoster311]

This is why I always record games and watch them when enough time has gone by that I can fast forward through all the commercials. I’ve been doing this for years because I’m sick and tired of commercials. You can see the whole game in an hour. Love it.

[@mattolson7037]

Any company who puts out an insane amount of ads and commercials I have stopped buying their products. More people should do the same

[@earnthis1]

Unfortunately, fighting capitalism or corporate culture by trying not to consume their products, has proven over and over, within our monopolistic world, not to work at all. You live in an illusion where you have choices, but most products are owned by a few umbrella companies with multiple "small companies" under their ownership.

[@mrdonutswildride7808]

Jake from State Farm says good luck not getting insurance, peasant.

[@sethtenrec]

My answer is simple, I watch the highlights on KZbin. 8 to 13 minutes about, a couple ads at the beginning and that’s it. In other words, don’t care so much about a sport that’s trying to rip you off.

[@shekelmcfreckle]

@@sethtenrecsoon everyone is going to consume all their media like this because it’s simply better. and then companies are gonna come in and ruin the everloving crap out of it. Some say it’s already happened

[@gregmendoza1915]

It ends up being more of an unconscious decision. I don't necessarily want that product but when I go to the store I need the product. Without even noticing I watched 5 commercials

[@calebeckert05]

I went to both the Michigan State game and the Michigan game on Friday and Saturday. This was 100% noticeable. The amount of plays, the amount of stops in play, the lower scoring, and yet the game still takes 3 and a half hours. So stupid.

[@MostLikelyMortal]

As a Spartan alumn, at least the lions games might not hurt so much to watch

[@robertl8270]

A Michigan fan and Ohio State fan are in unanimous agreement... hell has truly frozen over, and it's loaded with commercials.

[@gracielynn9623]

Having slightly lower scoring isn’t necessarily an issue because over 60% of college football games are decided by 20 or more points anyway, so it actually helps reduce the embarrassment for most of the teams.

[@seanwalters1977]

At Spartan Stadium, and I'm sure elsewhere, we always boo the red hat man when he comes on the field. I guess we're going to have to strengthen our vocal chords for the extra commercial break lengths. At least with the MLB, the quickening of the game makes sense and the time isn't replaced with commercials.

[@mas5867]

You went to see MSU and MI. Your life sucks. How bout TCU, 1-3 in the last 4 games.

[@linusrochelle9701]

It’s absurd that you have to pay like $70 a month to watch the games, then you gotta watch like 50 commercials

[@stevescruby1343]

Yeah I agree. Total ripoff.

[@Bond-gz6vg]

I’m literally watching AnM vs Miami on yt for free as I type this. Morons

[@billtandy7524]

Wait...you pay for cable, then you pay more to watch the same game on network?

[@TheAuggie124]

​@@billtandy7524you can usually get your local team with basic cable but to watch all the games you usually need an add on package 😂

[@shovellware]

​@@billtandy7524I think they mean like, KZbin TV is over $70 for all the networks that show football games. Which is more than a bunch of commercial-free streaming services combined

[@GribGFX]

I watched the Ireland v South Africa Rugby World Cup match and the only commercials I saw were at half time. No commercials before and after the anthems, no long stops in the game (a rugby ball is often always a live ball) and no commercials at full time, it went straight to post match talks. Any mid game ads and there’d be an uproar. Made for such a nail biting intense match. Half time was a well needed break.

[@Daniboi971]

Great game.

[@Alexander-vd6th]

american sports are so boring to watch because of the commercials. it’s the reason soccer is becoming more popular in the US

[@zozzledwolf4653]

​@@Alexander-vd6thI'd honestly rather watch nothing but commercials then 1 game of soccer

[@randomuruk7230]

@@zozzledwolf4653 That's an ego issue

[@zozzledwolf4653]

@@randomuruk7230 nah its a soccer issue that shit is boring as hell. At least 1 in every 100 commercials is funny.

[@Daniboi971]

As a European, watching American sport is an assault of commercials. It’s crazy high. You guys gotta stamp them back

[@julianrosas9134]

The problem is they won’t get “stamped back” unless live viewership starts to decline, and it won’t because we’re addicted

[@krusher181]

Dude I’m American/Canadian, but was raised Scottish, so watching lots of footy. And nowadays I watch Celtic and Arsenal… so when I watch a Bills game… holy shit it’s hard. Thank god it’s a social event

[@AltitudeOdyssey]

I’m an American and can’t agree more. I can’t even watch my favorite fucking teams anymore due to so many commercials. 2 minutes of game time followed by a 5 minute commercial.

[@robertwarren7428]

When I tried to flip between games, it seemed that everyone was at commercial. It's getting harder and harder to find any action on the field.

[@haroldfarquad6886]

I have 3-4 games streaming on Hulu at a time, and this constantly happens. It happened last year before this new rule, now it's just worse.

[@robertwarren7428]

@@haroldfarquad6886 Any game I can record, I do. I will wait a couple of hours to start it so I can fast forward through all that garbage.

[@haroldfarquad6886]

@@robertwarren7428 I need to figure out if I can do the same. Some games I pick up in the middle, pause, and then I'll be able to FF when I get around to resuming it.

[@jk-sc4ri]

I just watch the highlight channels now. I'd rather watch the best 10-15 minutes of a game with zero commercials than 3.5 hours of a game that I never could get into because of all the commercial interruptions. Just cant do it anymore.

[@stupidhole15]

So glad Chip Kelly said something. I think if anything changes it'll be because a head coach of a P5 program said it was making the game worse.

[@chuckdawg2799]

No. The NCAA used to exist for player safety and it became part of the problem. College needs a governing body and there is none. A coach isn't going to impact a thing

[@Cubroncs03]

@@chuckdawg2799 The NCAA never existed for player safety. From day one the NCAA existed as device to validate the notion that collegiate sports was viable and wasn't exploitation of athletes, such as in the invention of the term "student athlete". This allowed school to not have to consider the players to be what they have always been - employees. Schools could then take advantage of the labor provided by those athletes that would generate millions of dollars for schools that those athletes were never intended to receive. The NCAA exists for the benefit schools themselves (at least their athletic departments) as a body to maintain the cash cow. That's all it was ever even intended to be. Even the NLI does nothing to actually stop this, only existing as a workaround to the system to provide sources of income that were once considered illegal.

[@poisonpotato1]

​@@Cubroncs03stfu oh boohoo the poor players are so mistreated... Wrong! theyre students playing an extra curricula activity. They have the best facilities, trainers, doctors, coaches, tutors, food, transportation, recreation, on the campus. They'll even bend the rules so they can stay in the school. You name it they got it. And when they graduate they're not going to have massive debt due to their scholarships. Don't believe me? Look recently at LSU's library versus their football teams facility. The building was leaking with plastic and buckets everywhere. Meanwhile the football team brand new state of the art facility. UNC made fake classes for athletes so they could stay in the school to compete. That completely negates the NCAA rules in place so they could actually get a real education, since not all of them are going to nba or nfl.

[@goblue142]

Every P5 coach could stand together on the same stage and call it bullshit. Nothing would change because money.

[@edkiely2712]

So did Kyle Whittingham after the Florida game!

[@fishersofmen4727]

I made a vow years ago that I will NEVER buy a Nissan just because of their constant commercial spam 😂😂

[@blakeabel4721]

Also their cars suck

[@gtalanguage5058]

fuck nissan 🤣

[@TheHutchIsOn]

How will Nissan ever recover

[@gtalanguage5058]

@@TheHutchIsOn probably pimp your family out

[@TheHutchIsOn]

@@gtalanguage5058 Honestly not a bad idea

[@WiseSnake]

The sheer amount of commercials is what pushed me away from the NFL and American football in general many years ago. I made the switch to football (soccer) in 2010 and stayed with it ever since. Only commercials at half-time. 😎

[@zerobyte802]

My family held season tickets for our local U's inaugural football seasons. For the first few years, their games weren't televised / streamed. The games lasted about 90 minutes in total. It was fun to go tailgate, watch the game, and get home at a reasonable time. We saw their first everything. TD, Win, home loss, field goal, etc... it was great. Then their games were being televised on the ESPN streaming service after they passed the probationary period and became full conference members. The games started taking 3.5 hours, and worse, because the big state team is vastly more popular (like a religion here), the local U scheduled many games on Thursday nights. No more tailgating. Getting home at 11:00pm on a work night. Plus the U raised the ticket prices, so we noped out. Commercials were a big part of the buzz kill because at least for NFL teams / big colleges, they have entertaining things lined up during commercial breaks. Not here. You just got to watch everyone standing around.

[@torrey88]

We have to keep this outcry up all season long to get them to change it. They want us to complain and forget about it. Don’t.

[@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220]

It’s a professional league now idk what you expect

[@haroldfarquad6886]

Crying won't matter. This is all because of the massive TV deals - only loss of viewership will send the message. People will whine and complain and still tolerate it because they still want the football. The advertisers need to be told to pound sand, but the rate of commercials will never go down because the universities are getting too much money from the deals. No one is going to tolerate less revenue now that they've tasted it. Only way to correct course is stop watching in order to tell the advertisers their money is wasted.

[@bigstar66]

Actions speak louder than words. Just stop watching like I did.

[@badladyami]

Unless you raise enough capital to buy out the ad time, nothing will change.

[@Giantsfanlewis]

If you watch the game, they don't care if you cry. If you turn the game off and affect their dollar, they will listen. Use your brain

[@Deontelewis846]

And the craziest part to me is we’re already paying an exorbitant amount for the streaming services JUST to watch the games.

[@Bond-gz6vg]

Watch them on yt for free like a normal person. Smfh you can’t be that old if you are commenting on yt. Jesus

[@gamingphone7201]

Bro…who pays to stream sports lmfaooo Get that shit for free like everyone else

[@RichardBurch]

They have these antennas that can install where you get local broadcast. They hook up to your internet and go through Roku or sling

[@jamesfitzgerald1684]

@@gamingphone7201 Most people don't stream bro.

[@jimmyv3170]

You mean just to watch the commercials Lol

[@beansupreme3517]

CBS has done this for years, but now all stations are bad

[@RepublicConstitution]

As a Bama fan, I have to say that our games have been inundated with commercials for years. We have an 8 o'clock kickoff and the game routinely goes to midnight or more.

[@jordishima]

This. I honestly don’t know why people are complaining because my viewing experience hasn’t changed. These Bama games still seem to take as long as they used to

[@chfpontiac5849]

When there are guaranteed commercials after each score, highly ranked powerhouse teams (particularly the offensive juggernauts) are gonna have tons of commercials by nature. The bad with the good, I guess 🤷‍♂️

[@jjwhalen2587]

This is why I don't watch games live. I pick the few I want to watch, record them, stay away from social media so I don't get spoilers, then start watching an hour or so later so I can zip through most of the commercials.

[@nonya8966]

I do the same and have for the last 5 years. Unlike others, I can patiently wait to watch whatever sporting event hours after it ends and I find it is much more pleasurable to watch. Feel sorry for the people that don't realize this.

[@billybilly3777]

I was a student at OU when they were on no TV probation in the early 70's. The games were great without TV. The continuity of the action without all the breaks shorten the game by a lot. I won't go anymore because sitting in the stands while both teams are standing around waiting to play again is gross. I'm glad it's all on TV but at the same time I wish there was some compromise.

[@2011hwalker]

its because the tv networks know no one is watching the regular programming (the evening programming that use to garner huge ratings in the 2000s), people *still* watch live sports so they cram commercials in live sports to sell at top dollar

[@MusicCityCANE]

Just the thought of teams waiting for a TV timeout to resume play is disgusting. When you really think about it, it is surreal.

[@Rob_Saccamano]

Yep. I had season tickets to Utah in the early 2000's when very few of our games were nationally televised and games went super quick. Such a better product

[@nickman2345]

"No other sport is like it (College Football) when it comes to commercials" NASCAR: Hold our Coke Zero Sugar

[@xXx3OOOv2]

God, YES! I was searching for a NASCAR comment saying this.

[@VictorELayne77]

NASCAR NONSTOP WITH COKE ZERO SUGAR BAYBAY

[@commonsense3921]

The NFL show commercials during the game now, They don’t even wait for the commercial break.

[@haroldfarquad6886]

Golf does that too, they call it 'playing through.' It's absolutely insane the lengths the parasites in marketing departments will go to shove their crap in our face.

[@utah32804]

I am amazed how much my life has improved since I stopped watching sports. It was addictive at one point and honestly, a difficult habit to kick. I still love sports but prefer participating instead of watching. I get much more out of it, emotionally, socially and physically without the waste of time. I realized how unproductive it is to invest emotional energy into a team that you have absolutely no control over. For me, it only created useless frustration. When participating in sport, even as a coach or trainer, I feel much greater satisfaction (win or lose) in the outcome of the contest. It's hard for me to believe how addicted I was when looking back on my days of sitting for hours on Saturdays and Sundays, watching events that are purposely designed to promote an artificial sense of stress and rivalry.

[@gregpenismith1248]

Cool story. No one asked.

[@davyboy9397]

I definitely feel that way about the NFL. My life is less stressful without scripted NFL bs. College is more difficult to give up though

[@SwagRiderPlays]

@@gregpenismith1248yet you replied. Get a life

[@Trollificusv2]

@@davyboy9397 Ask yourself "Why?" regarding your lingering loyalty to the "amateur" game. It's been ruled by a corrupt, self-serving, self-appointed organization (NCAA) for decades. They have been HORRIBLE, exploiting athletes and whoring out to TV at every possible opportunity. The athletes and coaches of the revenue sports (football and basketball) have no connection with, or loyalty towards, the schools. The athletes are not students, or, now, amateurs. The entire enterprise of exploiting mostly poor black kids is repulsive. Look at it critically, it might become easier to give up.

[@davyboy9397]

@@Trollificusv2 "The entire enterprise of exploiting mostly poor Black kids" As opposed to what? Giving NIL money to poor white kids? If the schools did that they would be called racist. Just imagine with me, colleges recruit only talented white kids for every position on the field. But they are often poor but talented. Every leftist in America would be screaming about how racist that was

[@toeray5864]

I am an Auburn fan living in the eastern time zone part of Florida. We played at Cal last week, the game started at 1040pm. It ended between 150 and 2am. My wife sells advertising on TV, I know how this all works, but come on this is just madness.

[@salemshepard6883]

This is why I stopped going to games about a decade ago. We spent more time in the stadium doing nothing than watching the game.

[@DBHIGHLIGHTZ]

Just wait for Alabama and Texas this Saturday they are going to roll in tons of commercials like they did in FSU and LSU

[@ttechnique22]

Game gonna last 5 hours this Saturday 😂

[@DBHIGHLIGHTZ]

@@ttechnique22 might be six with all the Dr pepper ads

[@PB-or2fd]

@@DBHIGHLIGHTZ Don't forget Wendy's.

[@DBHIGHLIGHTZ]

@@PB-or2fd true and if Celsius sponsors this game like the FSU game every TV timeout will open with a yeah you guessed it a Celsius ad

[@Sarge226]

Yea the LSU FSU game took like 5 hours to watch.

[@pauls5096]

The commercials are NOT random. They are as they have always been. After scores, after kick-offs, during timeouts, during injury timeouts, etc. The problem is now the commercial breaks are longer than they used to be and that's saying something. I cannot watch a game live anymore. I record it and start watching an hour or ninety minutes later and FF through the commercials.

[@harrisonr2193]

Oh my god no kidding. I was at a CFB game this weekend. The timers were for 3 minutes. That's hell. That sucks. I didn't even know about this and I knew something felt wrong

[@johncollins8954]

Nah they had a commercial break last night during the duke Clemson game. It was 3rd down. Nobody called a timeout. No review. Nothing. They just..went to commercial

[@AAaaaaaaaaasdd]

I was at the Aggie game on Sat and our timers went up to 3:40 sometimes@@harrisonr2193

[@haroldfarquad6886]

There should never be breaks after kickoffs, especially not after there was just a score. It doesn't take minutes for the special teams to leave the field. Take a break after the extra point, then keep the coverage through the kickoff and start of the next drive.

[@jollyjolly9027]

no they didn't. @@johncollins8954

[@buntykumar9079]

That is why I enjoy watching soccer. Usually, I tape games and re-watch fast-forwarding through the mindless commercials.

[@dondeb9191]

I quit following NCAA football when they put the National Championship game on cable tv which restricted the availability to subscribers only. They made a demographic decision knowing that non-subscribers are not the juiciest group for advertisers across all media and that chucking us under the bus would be the best decision for ROI. The decision to do so demonstrates that the first and only consideration for this mission-drifted, bloated organization is revenue. In the intervening years it has only gotten worse because the NCAA is run like a business that considers itself to be failing if the revenue totals don't increase each year. What I don't understand is people who had over confiscatory prices for tickets to see the game in the stadium. How can they not feel like chumps sitting there twiddling their thumbs while endless commercials are played to the TV audience who can at least get up and put their nachos in the microwave. And let's not even talk about the larcenous prices for the same nachos at the refreshment bar which adds insult to injury for the already fleeced and badly used sports fans.

[@absalonpedraza1339]

Is not only sports. The whole media is bombarded by advertising

[@shawklan27]

Even youtube videos are fucked with shitty sponors on them. I hate em'

[@haroldfarquad6886]

Our entire society is. Billboards, logos, and ads are plastered in every crevice of available space - bus stops, building facades, street corners, highways... we are a culture drowned in goddamned advertising and it's sickening.

[@deficitstifflegzercherdeadlift]

Hell, half of entertainment now is just thinly veiled advertising for Product X.

[@earnthis1]

Monopolistic corporations run the world. They buy and sell governments. Only getting involved in democracy and your community will stop it. Way to be aware!

[@samuelhowie4543]

One half hour show will have 11-12 minutes of commercials.

[@DBHIGHLIGHTZ]

In the FSU game the commercials had gone on so long that they had to start a coach interview late and during that interview there was an INT and I don't think they showed it live

[@KevinCCucumber]

the interception happened while they were interviewing Norvell lmao

[@vsauce4678]

It's the only shit we have that you still have to watch commercials.

[@forvalhalla7754]

It's not the only thing, though. Without subscriptions everything forces advertisements. Spotify, Hulu, KZbin, etc. Either pay or be forced to watch ads.

[@robertgood8274]

As you said, all these commercials is due to the cost these networks are incurring for the rights to broadcast the games. The answer is don,t watch, but I am blowing into the wind. Right? Why should I care who wins the college football championship. It will be between SEC and who ever. I used to be a big fan of college football, but it is all about money as usual. The talking heads before and during the game is annoying, what ever happen to the single announcer simply calling the game.

[@mrrodriguezHLP]

I am a USC alum and our games sometimes start at 7:30pm west coast time. Last game against Stanford didn't end until 11:30pm even though it was a blowout. If I had a ticket I would've left in the third quarter. It's ridiculous and unwatchable.

[@vdubproductions2646]

I was at the Oregon State and SJSU and the people I sat around noticed there were a shit load of commercial time. Only good thing about these constant commercial was I only missed only drive during the 3rd quarter when getting beer lol.

[@trentl4395]

This is why having multiple screens is necessary in today’s CFB. Cuts down on a lot of the commercials

[@Marylandbrony]

I basically switch between games on Xfinity. You can press the C button and there is basically a list of games you can watch. You can even favorite teams.

[@CrazyWeatherDude]

That’s what I do. Then when a commercial break strikes, I go to the previous channel. Then it repeats.

[@tacticalmattfoley]

If it's an ESPN network or affiliate, they'll get their commercial times lined up where you can't avoid them.

[@willeodsson]

Or KZbin TV. Everything is recorded and you can bounce around, skip between plays and the commercials, and you can watch multiple games switching back and forth.

[@Gungho73]

@@tacticalmattfoley Or in ESPN's case, just make greater efforts to force providers to pay them more while selling on multiple avenues or withold the product entirely.

[@Ianmccor]

I was at a HIGH SCHOOL game that was broadcast by the local Sinclair affiliate (which was a FOX channel but since they were showing WWE the game was aired on Channel 1250) and they were clearly trying to fill the 3 hour window they had for the game in how they coordinated commercials. The big problem with football is the "red hat" official who is technically called the Timeout Coordinator. You need to have it written in the NCAA rulebook that the game can only be stopped at certain points similar to basketball for commercials, and for a specific length. None of this "let's have the guy in the red hat talk to somebody in the production van on how much they want".

[@m.s.35]

My HS streams the games and they don't go to ad breaks. But literally everything is sponsored. The announcer will be like "that's a Dunning Lincoln Chevy and Dodge 1st down here at the Maumee Medical Center And Hospice Care Field at Brown Family McDonald's Stadium" "oh looks like we've got a Leagues Home and Auto Insurance penalty on the play, going to drive back the home team for a Scott's BBQ 2nd down" It's so fucking annoying it's almost unintelligible

[@Not_Lewis]

Unfortunately it's not gonna get better because these networks have already signed contracts for the season - advertisers, like McDonalds, Progressive, Aflac, etc have already paid networks the required millions to show their ads. Now I don't know contract specifics, but from an accounting point of view, companies cannot record revenue from advertising campaigns - there's no direct cash inflow associated with an ad campaign. All advertising is recorded as an expense. However, companies don't just blindly throw money at advertising campaigns in the hopes it'll generate sales. There's an amalgam of analytics and data these companies use to determine how much exposure an ad will receive and how likely a specific ad campaign will lead to sales. All this is factored into the contracts they signed already. Reducing the amount of commercials being shown reduces exposure which the companies will not agree to. Hell, every single camera shot has product placement. The Offensive Coordinator booth camera from one game last week had Coca Cola bottle placement within camera shot. They're not even drinking it. It's just for product placement. The PAT and Field Goal Net has a fucking ad. There are Green Screen Ads generated the same way as the line of scrimmage and 1st down markers. Advertising will definitely not go away any time soon. The fans will just have to suffer - or live under rocks all weekend until a worthy youtuber can upload commercial free broadcasts after the airing. (we can only hope?)

[@jimmykjazz]

College and NFL football on my TV is just background. We are usually up and around cooking, drinking and just basically chilling and not sitting down watching the broadcast. I always go to youtube and watch the 15 minute highlights to see all the great plays w/o commercials.

[@dacypher22]

I felt even before this season that the commercials were so bad in college football that it had mostly driven me away from the sport. And that is a damn shame because I have watched it all my life. But I have been noticing it getting worse and worse ever since I was a kid watching 30 years ago. It definitely feels now like there are more commercials than game

[@SamBrickell]

I'm in the same boat. I used to love football and I honestly don't watch either the NFL or college football anymore. Football just keeps getting worse.

[@brendenh9461]

Same here, people just don’t get it when I tell them I don’t watch it anymore. I always bring up how you watch more commercials than plays and then they understand.

[@dacypher22]

I know part of it is me. Not watching much cable TV anymore and rather watching streaming with no commercials has definitely lowered my tolerance for them. But I know it isn't all me. Particularly on possession changes the number of commercials is insane and it definitely wasn't like that 20 or hell even 10 years ago

[@elmoreglidingclub3030]

Three years ago I asked my college alma mater when they were going to start paying me to attend football games. They laughed. And asked (condescendingly), “why’s that?” I explained that everything is decided by TV, such as when the games are played, the length of the commercial breaks, that it’s all up to conference TV contract, so we sitting in the stands are important to who controls everything-television-then we should be paid as extras. After all, we’re just extras in their big TV productions. Turns out to be true.

[@KevinCCucumber]

bro spit facts

[@wafflecone_wombatdrone]

What an interesting question, I'm not sure about you but I was essentially forced at two universities to buy "season tickets" to every sport the school had with an "Athletics Fee" I'm glad a at least went to the games because WOW what an experience but still felt a bit slighted i couldn't opt out. Especially since i couldn't even afford the tuition in the first place. Edit: On my way down memory lane of starting college in 2014 at Arizona State, first thing i did after my room was setup, was play NCAA 2014. What a fucking fever dream. God if i had a time machine.

[@richardcranium7289]

I haven't watched a game live in probably 5 years because of commercials. I have ad blockers on everything so it's rare that I see an ad at all. Most young people I know are the same way. So not only are they driving older fans away, they also will never win new ones like this. It's a recipe for death.

[@earnthis1]

Switching to streaming is what will really kill them.

[@tom-zk9iz]

I've posted earlier on how I now only watch the highlights.... Commercials are ruining the sport for the fans.... Boycott all products shown during the games.

[@elegantsquid]

Thaks to the magic of DVR, I litetally CANNOT watch another game live again! We record our games, then wait about 45 min or so and begin watching them. This way we fast forward through all the commercials and half time. As long as youre away from your phone's or updates, its worth watching a little late and not having to deal with the endless commercials and nonsense!

[@jaggin7561]

0 seconds ago The games aren't shorter, what happens is the game program time is longer. Like with some games you could be watching the program to end after 3 hrs with the 1hr of the game (+halftime report and other talks) and 24 min of commercials but now its like some games end after 2:30 hrs - 3hrs and more with 36-42 min of commercials back and forth.

[@CarlaJenkinsTV]

It is stupid and they need to reinstate the clock stopping on a first down. We don't want to see more commericals for stuff we weren't buying in the first place.

[@drummerjames91]

I was at the UofA game Saturday night and it was painful. I lost interest in the second quarter because it was just too much. I remember multiple times where I was wondering why play had been stopped for so long only to spot the TV commercial timer and see that it still had like 1:30 left until play resumed.

[@TLOWNSU]

Although not college football, when I was in Japan I was watching the Super Bowl in a bar and during that entire game they didn't show any commercials. Not even japanese ones. It was an incredible breath of fresh air

[@zedramer]

Going to HS games has made me fall in love with football again, knowing the game can just flow.

[@afridgetoofar1818]

What did they show during breaks, Hentai?

[@noeld5292]

You can tell cable TV is almost dead...every one cut the cord and they are getting more and more desperate...and it's driving the last fans away. Killing the sport we love.

[@RwandaBob]

the moment i, as a 12 year old in 2012, discovered watching soccer and rugby i have never looked back i love that there’s no commercials during the game bc the constant commercials in football and basketball are a huge turn-off

[@wiggz2254]

Yeah espesically CBB where the TV timeouts take like 5 minutes.

[@williamapple7705]

Thank you for putting a video out on this Cole. If we want change, we have to keep on making noise about this. We can’t stop talking about it. Don’t let it just be a week 1 outrage.

[@johnrothman154]

No, you have to stop watching it. Wtf is talking going to do? Nothing. They will add more and more commercials until the ratings drop. That's all that matters.

[@Giantsfanlewis]

If you think complaining while still watching will do anything, you know nothing. You must cause financial distress to change things

[@jqk369]

Yeah money definitely talks. If these games start to hemorrhage viewers then they'll have no choice but to change things. I think in America we want to hold onto our comforts so much that we sacrifice creating actual change in areas that need changing.

[@LukaDoncicLikesGiraffes]

I was at the BYU game this weekend and for about the first half of the first quarter the previous game was still going on FS1 so they played legit 6 drives without a commercial. Best football I’ve ever watched 😂

[@Peter_From_Lowell]

I'm so happy you made this video. I was watching the LSU v. FSU game last night and the amount of commercials was absurd.

[@tylersamples8205]

I was at Louisville's home opener last night. It was a blowout 56-0 win and the game still took 3.5 hours. Good portion of that was halftime and commercial breaks. There were several times where Louisville & Murray were both lined up ready to go and then the commercial timer dude threw 3+ minutes up on his board and the refs told the teams to go back to the sideline.

[@kitkatgmr]

I’m late to the vid, but me and my father went to the Florida-Tennessee game this weekend, and it felt like I was sitting there talking with others more than watching the game. They said it’s was injuries, but no one was hurt, and there was nothing except for the third to fourth quarter break.

[@kayeragdull217]

Everyone has their hand out and wants more and more. News flash that money comes from us - ticket prices, concessions, parking, merch, paid subscriptions to view, commercials. Everyone thought the players were being screwed. 😮

[@earnthis1]

More than one group of people can be getting screwed by this situation. You realize that, right? Are you saying YOU are the biggest victim in this? lol

[@kayeragdull217]

gotta issue??@@earnthis1

[@JavaSchoolBlues]

Im of the mindset that commercials should never exceed more than 2 minutes. No exceptions. 95% of commercials do nothing because most are for services that don't apply to you.

[@haroldfarquad6886]

Since I was a kid I have never understood the utility of commercials or advertising. What weak-minded lemmings are out here thinking "you know, that Coca-Cola commercial really made me want to go buy a 6 pack!" We have the internet, if we want to find something, we can find it. We don't need entertainment polluted with distractions for things we don't want or need.

[@Propane_Acccessories]

@@haroldfarquad6886They do it because it works. You dont think to go grab a six pack in that moment, but if you want to go buy a soda down the road, you are statistically more likely to pick one you are more familiar with. Now maybe soda is not a good example for YOU, but it applies to cars, insurance, clothes, etc.

[@gracielynn9623]

At first, I actually liked the rule change because I thought it would make the games go by a little bit quicker. The issue I had wasn’t necessarily with the time it took to play a game, but the TV networks would schedule every game to kick off 3 1/2 hours after the one before it regardless of if the game was done or not, so I thought reducing the number of clock stoppages would mean that the first game will get done before the kick off of the next game and you wouldn’t miss the beginning of the next game anymore. This has not happened. All that’s happened is there are fewer plays on the field and just more random spots where they’re finding time to insert commercial brakes That were never there before. It has not made the game one second shorter. The problem is everyone, like me, is absolutely obsessed with college football and won’t stop watching. The only way we will get the rule changed back to what it was before or a solution to the commercials issue is if there is a nationwide unified boycott against watching the games on a scale where the networks would actually lose money, and we all know that will not happen.

[@TheFranchiseCA]

Most viewers are casuals.

[@haroldfarquad6886]

You're exactly right. No amount of public outcry is going to change anything. This is a pure cash grab, and the only language marketing departments speak is viewership. The only way to tell those parasites to keep their money is to take it from them in the form of boycotts.

[@jimstevenson424]

Went to the UConn game and thought it would be faster, due to lower quality team. Unbearable amount of breaks, and they were all > 3 min, except one 30 sec timeout. I can't do it anymore. I may have a game on as background or watch 4th qtrs of close game, but I am not sitting down just to watch a full game, even on TV. No flow to games. People get irritated in the stands, then add beer, and I don't want to be in a stadium.

[@deficitstifflegzercherdeadlift]

Just illegally stream the games from now on. There are plenty of websites that are reliable and not loaded with malware that provide this option. You can still watch the games you want, but are at least limiting ratings for networks.

[@Knightmessenger]

Massive unified boycott? Im sensing Dylan Mulvaney's services could be of great help here.

[@samharrington5356]

Thanks, I thought it seemed like a lot more commercials than normal but wasn't sure. It'll probably never happen, but I really hope someday we get a direct feed to these games with no interruptions.

[@toddglasenapp6572]

If you have a DVR or other recording device, start to watch the game 2 hours after it starts, and blip through the commercials. You will probably catch up with about 5 minutes to play.

[@theredraven]

As someone who lives in the UK, I was gutted when I found out the sports network that showed college football over here was ditching it but from the sounds of it, the powers that be have made the game unwatchable anyway. So sad, you have a great product and they ruin it by stuffing in so many stoppages, thus perpetuating the stereotype some English people have that American football is 3 hours of adverts and 10 minutes of actual playing time.

[@NateBee]

It was brutal watching all of the games this weekend. It was literally half commercials.

[@thomasnew8606]

And nearly all the same dumb 5 commercials

[@SamBrickell]

Stop watching. Honestly I gave up on watching football about 3 years ago and now I just watch highlights. There is better stuff you can do with your weekends than watch commercials for 4 hours.

[@jgwill]

ESPN is going broke and thus commercials. its ridiculous

[@krusher181]

Watch soccer, literally no ads unless it’s halftime. Ever

[@willtaylor6793]

there were people around me at the texas a&m game this weekend fainting from heatstroke because we were just subjected to standing in the heat for what should be a 2.5-3 hour game that lasted 4 hours because the NCAA is incredibly greedy and puts commercial revenue over fan safety.

[@Giantsfanlewis]

You chose to do it. Don't like the rule, tune out tol it changes

[@Commodore22345]

Did someone hold a gun to your head and force you to stay? No. If you felt that the situation was no longer safe or enjoyable, you could have left at any moment. I agree that the advertising and greed from the NCAA are out of control, but don't blame them for your choice to continue to stand in miserable conditions just to watch a game.

[@robfreeman5783]

This is why I watch college FB all day on Sunday, and one NFL football game nightly Mon-Friday. The beauty of DVR/streaming, whatever you call it. A game takes maybe an hour to watch.

[@toadbroz30]

I'm a soccer fan. I work in Boulder and I'm forced to be intuned with the CU football schedule for work. It's insane how long these games go.

[@GPC25]

The rule does suck, but this is what happens when the conferences get those huge TV contracts - the networks need to air more ads to pay the conferences off.

[@johnrothman154]

Right? And no one is gonna stop watching the games. Just gonna keep making or commenting on KZbin videos about how bad the commercials are and then watch all of the games the next week.

[@josephbrown9685]

@@johnrothman154Yep. Sports fanatics will do what they always do, complain but never do anything about it. I’m a casual fan. I’ll turn it off, but not enough people will do that.

[@connorakers668]

its CfB collaborative effort to have commercials on every game at the same time

[@edwardpresutti2941]

Network TV does same thing... Network "A" runs a commercial...u switch to Network "B" to avoid it and wallah Network "B" starts same commercial. Talk about collusion...

[@babobenson5203]

Which is 100% illegal. At least on the radio it is.

[@TheUnitedDrills]

The amount commercials was crazy 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Trippsy05]

I've been a long time ad block user, so whenever I have to watch KZbin without ad blocking, I notice how ridiculous the ads are. It used to be one 5 second ad every couple videos, and now it's unskipable ads every video, multiple times per video. I left behind the idea of watching ads when I stopped watching TV (NFL/College excluded). The idea that in a world of on demand streaming, someone would pay big money for a TV subscription with ads is ridiculous.

[@EMo5ive]

I signed up for one month of streaming for college football specifically. I won't be renewing. If I'm KZbin TV, Sling, etc., I'd be pissed at these guys. The ads have ruined the game. I'll stick to soccer that gets me in and out 2 hours flat.

[@billt9456]

I love college football, can't even watch it any more because of all the freakin' commercials. It is even ridiculous when we go to games, lots of standing around during commercials. Now, I just watch the FREE recaps on KZbin.

[@bryanjones8778]

Same here.

[@Trollificusv2]

I've tried to resist the "highlights only"/Red Zone mentality. I used to like to watch full games, the momentum swings, the tactical adjustments (the ones I could recognize, anyway), and attributed the rise of highlights to peoples' shorter attention spans. Now I see what's driving people to it.

[@Sprinkleni559]

The amount is one thing, but the commercials themselves are some of the most annoying on television.

[@PB-or2fd]

The insurance companies tell us they're going broke but spend billions on commercials.

[@ummagumma7826]

Thank you for saying what we all thought. Its hypocritically out of control. The establishment resisted for so long paying the players but has no problem selling TV airtime

[@BogartWestern]

Gotta pay those $10 million coaches to get in the shotgun on 4th and 1

[@2themoon863]

Streaming is to cable what the personal seat license was to season ticket-you pay twice for the same thing

[@zzbudzz]

I quit watching the NFL and college football 3 years ago ...I don't miss it. I really don't miss the commercials ..they are annoying as hell.

[@Numberoneiosgameplay]

When I started watching soccer it was liberating. You'll get some ads in the pregame. Then for the next 45-50 minutes: 0 ads, just the game. Then there's a good amount of ads during halftime, but I usually find something else to do during the interval anyway so it's no problem. Then it's another 50 or so minutes of no ads for the 2nd half. The debate about the game itself being boring to the casual American is another discussion, but I just wanted to point out how I much rather prefer to watch a game that has as little stoppages as possible, compared to ad after ad after ad with CFB.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

as a brazilian, I'm always curious how the US never really developed association football/soccer culture. It is the most played sport until age 16 I think (saw something like this once). You exposed the argument that might win fans over: the lack of ads. They might say it bores, but there are no ads when the game is being good to cut momentum. I'll explose my experience as a brazilian: we have ads during the game. But they are like 10 to 15 seconds each (tops) and always happen when the game allows to. Like a bad shot. And are always side by side with the game. And since you can create a chance in five seconds, they cut to the game full screen if an opportunity starts to build. So there isn't much of a problem with the ads themselves

[@kylefunderburk4194]

I noticed this at the Georgia/UT-Martin game, which was on ESPN+. Every time there was an injury, it didn't matter the severity, ESPN went to a 3-minute commercial break. In every instance, the player was back to their feet walking back to the sidelines less than a minute after going down. The players in question clearly had cramps or light sprains. That happened about 10 times, so they added around 30 minutes to the overall game time. This all gave the games I watched Saturday a really odd pace. It felt like no one could capitalize on momentum, if they could even generate it. I agree with your last points, this is not the time to introduce more commercials. Conference realignment and the inflated playoff have fans furious. Diehard fans are questioning how much longer they're going to be invested, while more casual fans will quickly find something else to watch. The TV stations are just poking the bear.

[@jimboscooter432]

Y'all are addicted and you know it

[@fjb7380]

100% Ive watched college football all my life and I’ve never watched less of it then in the past few years - more and more crap woke commercials : corporate greed BS

[@parrin96]

I was at the Marshall v Albany game. It certainly was not broadcasted nationwide. The first half took over two hours, and ended 3-0. We just sat there for most of it, watching the same guy walk onto the field every other play with a two minute timer on a stick. It was just aggravating.

[@beezelsub]

Was it 4 hours long?

[@wubuck79]

I was watching this about to comment how this is 100% due to the conferences having these gazillion dollar TV deals. But then you mentioned it. Thank goodness for DVR. Also, I started the habit a few years ago of pausing the game and waiting a half hour or so before resuming watching it. That way I can skip the commercials. This TV deal situation also leads to frustration for fans because certain networks (ESPN) effectively have a monopoly on an entire conference’s games (SEC). If you want to watch SEC football, you pretty much have to subscribe to ESPN. It sucks.

[@Jrocc811]

Exactly why I cut the cord. I'm not putting up with crap like this anymore.

[@Lead1121]

Do commercials even work? I mean, I know they do but am I the only one that actively avoids products if I see their commercial more than once during a game or show? I mute the TV or turn my attention elsewhere. I’m getting really sick of companies squeezing profit out of normal people. Every nickel, dime, and penny it seems needs to be made. I’m starting to lose it

[@JustinTartt]

I work in TV broadcasting (Technical Director). The reason you see "frontloading" of commercials isn't necessarily as nefarious as you are making it sound. The general flow of a broadcast is the higher-ups of the network sell/decide the number of commercial breaks in conjunction with the conference and other parties involved. Once they have that number of ads/sponsored elements/breaks, they give those requirements to the producer of the game, who then is tasked with fitting it all into the game time. So with X number of commercials to hit within a QTR, the producer will decide when a stoppage in the game will allow for a break. But, there are restrictions. USUALLY, you can't take a break just whenever during a drive. You can't stop the momentum of a drive or just any time that would be detrimental to the teams. So, with those restrictions, along with the clock moving faster than normal, that producer is going to try to get all their breaks out of the way whenever they can. They get in trouble if they don't hit all their breaks, so if they have a timeout and choose not to go to break, then the clock runs out and they didn't hit one of their breaks, its not good for them. So that's why you usually see them more at the beginning of a QTR rather than later. Trust me, everyone on the broadcast crew hates sponsored things because we can't seem to fit anything about actual game into the broadcast. Basketball is nice because it IS so structured and everyone knows exactly when a break will happen. Plus, the producer doesn't have to worry if they will be able to get that last stoppage before time runs out to take a break. Hopefully that all made sense.

[@underwaterlevelz1947]

There is no flow to the action anymore. Constant long interruptions killed off "compelling". Even a 2 minute drill is boring thanks to the glut of reviews under 2 minutes on sideline catches

[@BaneOfXistence4]

I think most people would just rather watch the players or listen to commentators during breaks or setups. Whether people believe that an uptick in commercials is nefarious or not is a moot point. There should just be less of them, at the end of the day.

[@marktaylorauthor1000]

I was watching MY team play and I was ready to be done by half time. It was excruciating

[@galacticeagle1990]

I got into soccer 7 years ago and it became my main sport i completely dropped football and basketball and hadn't watched either since. Last week i decided to watch the UCLA game as i wanna get back into CFB and NFL and holy fuck i couldn't believe the amount of commercial timeouts there were i had gotten completely used to there being no commercials in my sporting events.

[@charlesbrown4483]

I could never do soccer, I think I’d rather watch commercials all day. That said I did the same thing but with MMA, never looked back, I genuinely haven’t watched a football or basketball game since 2016.

[@zozzledwolf4653]

I don't know how you can watch soccer that shit so boring

[@VIkingAB693]

Good timing on this article. The EXACT conversation my wife and I had yesterday during Utah and Baylor. We had to leave thought we had plenty of time to see the game. It took over an hour to run not even the full 4th quarter and we had to leave and listen on the radio on the car.

[@luckymosola8196]

Commercials in US sports are why I stopped watching live and just use extended highlights. And it's getting worse? Jesus, what a nightmare. Soccer can be slow, but at least you watch the actual game the whole time.

[@KordellCaldwell]

Honestly, this is the downside to the NIL system (although i support NIL and personally benefitted from it). The game is going to get more and more commercialized bc these schools, boosters, and companies are under pressure not to keep making money, but to keep *increasing* how much money they make. I fear football is going to go the way of baseball in the future, as slow moving sports with alot of commercial breaks lose cultural relevance in favor of more "continuous action" sports like basketball and F1.

[@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220]

It’s a professional league now idk what people expected

[@Never_Stop_Fishing]

High school football is so refreshing. They just play football play after play. No stopping.

[@aroncampos5720]

This not about NIL

[@culdeus9559]

You think commercials feed NIL?

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Nobody should be getting rich off an amateur sport. The game has been corrupted by money.

[@Rockman_Halo]

I honestly didn't know that about the NFL. It never really seemed that bad in the NFL - truly sucks that CFB is this badly run now.

[@krusher181]

As someone who mainly watches soccer and then The Bills… the nfl has a fuck ton of commercials imo. You’re just used to it I guess. But yeah it drives me insane

[@zozzledwolf4653]

@@krusher181 do you watch soccer because you struggle to fall asleep?

[@krusher181]

@@zozzledwolf4653 real original. Do you watch football because you love commercials? Jesus Christ, what a lame insult You can like different things and understand why others like different things without being a dick. I don’t like baseball, for instance, but I don’t hate on people who love it. To them, it’s the best sport. Just accept that your worldview isn’t everyone’s.

[@wiggz2254]

@@krusher181 The nfl can be either good or bad with commercials it just depends on the game if it's good or bad.

[@haroldfarquad6886]

I felt the same way last season before the new rule was in effect. College football is the only 'live' TV I ever watch, and I have ad blockers for everything else I consume. Sitting through a game last weekend was insufferable. Commercials are a blight upon our entire society, and far too much money gets thrown around from marketing departments just to distract us from the things we care about. It's far past time coaches, TV execs, marketers, and athletes all get paid WAY less so we can enjoy entertainment without being bombarded with all the bs. Besides, half of all commercials are just a vehicle to show how 'diverse' they want every facet of reality to be. It's all repulsive.

[@Trollificusv2]

You mean...they should take *LESS MONEY* ??????? Well, that's two of us who've thought of that.

[@finallythetruthisout761]

I just wait for the highlights at night if I am watching the game on tv. I refuse to watch commercials with an occasional picture of a football player.

[@Medic494]

There’s a popular theory that soccer isn’t popular in the states because it is less profitable for tv networks to broadcast due to the lack of advertising revenue. Realistically there is a 15 minute window you have to show all the commercials (plus maybe 10 minutes before and after the game) you want for a 120 min time slot on that channel. I’m so glad MLS is making a partnership with Apple TV.

[@rockoorbe2002]

Pretty much. The closest thing is the occasional read whenever there's a break. For instance, before a corner kick. And even then, it's very brief. Although that may partly explain why soccer teams wear sponsors on their uniforms since the 80s. Ironically even with the breaks that allow for ads, the NBA now allows sponsors on team jerseys. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the NFL and even college teams start sporting sponsors too. And it'd be Alanis Morrisette level of ironic if colleges allow Draft Kings, Fan Duel or some other sports betting company on their uniforms. It sounds ridiculous now but it could damn well happen. And oddly enough, the UFC, the one sports entity that should allow their athletes to wear sponsors does the complete opposite.

[@dilluminatilair]

I find this to be a huge problem in America sports in general but specifically most prevalent in college ball, nfl, and nba. Part of the reason I’ve become a huge fan of soccer. No commercials at all is pure bliss

[@reedr7142]

As a kid, I remember when there wasn’t even a TO after a punt at times. It was fantastic. Now I cancelled my Dish service entirely. Not only was I sick of the constant commercials, I was sick of the actual commercials, because they don’t make commercials like they used to.

[@TheSkyline5467]

The combination of making the game no longer even remotely amateur, which will really just widen the gaps between big and little schools, and killing entire conferences, has already killed College football for me completely. Knowing that if i tuned in I would get nothing but commercials... I'll probably not tune into a game this year. It was the sport I used to look forward to the most, but after buying my Phil Steele magazine to read about every single team like I do every year... I opened it, thumbed through a few pages, and realized... I don't care about this shit anymore. So fuckit.

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

It's the same way I feel about The NFL. I don't even know the name of the head coach of the team I used to care about. Don't even know his name,he didn't look familiar when they showed his face either. I did not have a clue who he was. I didn't care either. I just do not care anymore. The fun has been taken out of sports for me, maybe it's because I'm older.

[@brockallenmusic]

I would also appreciate networks not airing graphic ads for “horror” films during the day game time slots, have to keep telling my young children to “look away”.

[@AB-fk4gw]

As a Brit this is a dystopian nightmare to me. like I actually cannot fathom having commercials this heavy. In the 15 minute halftime of football only about 5 minutes is commercials then it’s back to the pundits