Stop the
presses! NFL ratings are down double
digits! Commissioner Goodell says games
take too long! The average game-time
last season was 3 hours and 8 minutes.
And they say baseball is long.
There are all
sorts of theories for why ratings are off—the Cubs’ playoff run, the
presidential election, crackdown on celebrations, National Anthem
protests. Take your pick. All I know is that nothing changes in
professional sports until owners take a hit in the pocketbook; that they feel. But will the commissioner and his posse
actually rein in on the practice of running commercials before and after
kickoffs (one of my pet peeves)? Stay
tuned. No, check that. Stay tuned to anything but a Sunday afternoon
football game, at least until things change.
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