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- Sep 15, 2008
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But there are 3 games on Sunday so you get the big 33 minutes for the 9+ hour "investment" you make in front of the TV.
Football Games Have 11 Minutes of Action - WSJ.com
Football Games Have 11 Minutes of Action - WSJ.com
Those in game commercials are the worst too!In other words, if you tally up everything that happens between the time the ball is snapped and the play is whistled dead by the officials, there's barely enough time to prepare a hard-boiled egg. In fact, the average telecast devotes 56% more time to showing replays. So what do the networks do with the other 174 minutes in a typical broadcast? Not surprisingly, commercials take up about an hour.