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Interesting stat from ESPN the Mag: baseball has more ball-in-play time per game than football. -- nm

Posted by TFox Jan 5 '10, 12:16

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I'm assuming that includes all the shots of players adjusing and scratching their balls as well. - Cuzzin Todd Jan 5, 12:39
I'd bet nfl hasn't been above 20 minutes/game in 20 years. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:28
sure, when the final 2:00 takes 20 minutes to play. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:18 30
- This calculation ignores that. Hockey has 60 minutes and basketball has 48, because there is always action while the clock runs. - TFox Jan 5, 12:21 28
  - suck on this, b!tches!!! -- nm - Soccer, 90-plus minutes Jan 5, 12:25 22
    - game ends 0-0 tie. - groiny Jan 5, 12:26 21
      - yeah, but the attitude that nobody scoring means nothing happens is pretty stupid. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:35 2
        
        running up and down a field kicking a ball does not impress me.... - groiny Jan 5, 12:37 1
        
        I know dynamic games are complicated, but it can't all be set plays. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:40
      - yeah really. suck on that if you haven't fallen asleep that is -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 12:28 17
        
        it's still 90 minutes of play, regardless of the outcome. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:29 16
        
        So's a one meter snail race, doesn't make it exciting. -- nm - Ender Jan 5, 12:33
        
        I could go watch kindergardners play duck duck goose and get more actual action. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:33 6
        
        and if that was the question being discussed, you might actually have a point. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:35 4
        
        referring to the 90 minutes of actual "action" seems like I am touching on that. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:38 1
        
        the question at hand is not the amount of percieved action, but the amount of time the ball is in play. - znufrii Jan 5, 12:40
        
        I also happen to think that if you really think that there's no action in soccer you must be f*cking blind. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:38 1
        
        it is like watching basketball players dribbling up and down the court, but not shooting. nm -- nm - groiny Jan 5, 12:39
        
        YEAH! -- nm - Cappy si Jan 5, 12:35
        
        If it's a combo of playing time + high scores, then obviously Australian Rules football is the superior sport -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:32 1
        
        plus there's contact. -- nm - mafic Jan 5, 12:46
        
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        not knowledge, just enthusiasm -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:32 4
        
        Your prediction that USA will finish third is testament to this :) -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:33 3
        
        to this, and to drinking, yes. -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:35 2
        
        That's true - I'd forgotten your sober prediction that the US will win all the group games and be defeated in the quarter finals :) -- nm - Roger More Jan 5, 12:37 1
        
        and *that* can be credited solely to enthusiasm. :) -- nm - znufrii Jan 5, 12:38
  - Hockey wins again! -- nm - Beaker Jan 5, 12:23 4
    - I will never ever knock live, in-person hockey. It is awesomely fun to watch. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:24 3
      - Especially playoffs. -- nm - Shaun Jan 5, 12:32 2
        
        Even Calder Cup games around here are completely electric. -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:33 1
        
        I'll bet. I had the awesome pleasure of seeing 2 Sens/Leafs playoff games back in 2000 in Ottawa. Sens won both :) -- nm - Shaun Jan 5, 12:37
- still faster than the final 2:00 in a close NBA game -- nm - crash davis Jan 5, 12:20
I can believe it. - znufrii Jan 5, 12:18 1
- I am not sure, I had the same thought when I read it. I suspect that they don't, actually. - TFox Jan 5, 12:19
(on average) -- nm - TFox Jan 5, 12:17

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