[ballislyfe25Participant]

NBA overtime is becoming unwatchable. It’s bad enough that a 48-minute game takes, at a minimum, 2 and 1/2 hours real time but add in a 5 minute overtime and that jumps close to 3 hours. Between timeouts, replays, and fouls overtime can take up to 30 minutes real time.

Watching the Knicks vs. Jazz right now and it literally took the refs 5 minutes to review a jump ball only to keep the original call. Each coach takes a timeout after every posession once the clock is under 1 minute 30 seconds. 

This has to change, it makes for a terrible viewing experience, and most working class people have trains to catch and traffic to beat just to get home from the games (if they can even afford to go). 

 

[Magic JordanParticipant]

 It could be worse…..

See Baseball.

 

[ballislyfe25Participant]

baseball is about 20 minutes longer

http://fansided.com/2015/05/27/mlb-games-shorter-average-2015/

[Hype Machine]

 See cricket – they allow 5 days for a match…and are prepared to add half an hour onto each day if theyre playing too slowly

[Hype Machine]

 See cricket – they allow 5 days for a match…and are prepared to add half an hour onto each day if theyre playing too slowly

[ballislyfe25Participant]

baseball is about 20 minutes longer

http://fansided.com/2015/05/27/mlb-games-shorter-average-2015/

[Magic JordanParticipant]

 It could be worse…..

See Baseball.

 

[he_gets_bucketsParticipant]

 It’s a trade off that has come with the immergence of instant replay technology and our access to greater accuracy of calls- we have this technology but we have to take time out to use it. I think I still prefer having to sit through a bit of extra game time to the alternative of them blowing a call late in a close game, though I agree there is starting to be an issue of games taking way too long to finish and dragging on with all the stoppages. I’m not sure if there is much that can be done.

[ballislyfe25Participant]

less timeouts would be a good place to start

[ballislyfe25Participant]

less timeouts would be a good place to start

[he_gets_bucketsParticipant]

 It’s a trade off that has come with the immergence of instant replay technology and our access to greater accuracy of calls- we have this technology but we have to take time out to use it. I think I still prefer having to sit through a bit of extra game time to the alternative of them blowing a call late in a close game, though I agree there is starting to be an issue of games taking way too long to finish and dragging on with all the stoppages. I’m not sure if there is much that can be done.

[Mad MaxParticipant]

 try watching a football game those take almost 4 hrs

[ballislyfe25Participant]

Yeah guy it’s the dumbest thing ever. People will never stop watching though.

[SlickBouncePassParticipant]

is a great sport, its just all the penalties and flags and REVIEWS are horrible.  Best way to watch football is to record adn forward through all the time stoppage.   

[SlickBouncePassParticipant]

is a great sport, its just all the penalties and flags and REVIEWS are horrible.  Best way to watch football is to record adn forward through all the time stoppage.   

[ballislyfe25Participant]

Yeah guy it’s the dumbest thing ever. People will never stop watching though.

[Mad MaxParticipant]

 try watching a football game those take almost 4 hrs

[Hype Machine]

 Games are 40 minutes in most international leagues…but theres way less timeouts and reasons to stop the game. It would take 2 hours to complete.

Naturally…thats 1 hour less for sprite, NBA 2k and taco bell advertising.

 

 

 

[Hype Machine]

 Games are 40 minutes in most international leagues…but theres way less timeouts and reasons to stop the game. It would take 2 hours to complete.

Naturally…thats 1 hour less for sprite, NBA 2k and taco bell advertising.

 

 

 

[PrecociousNeophyteParticipant]

 Overtime should be 3 minutes long

[PrecociousNeophyteParticipant]

 Overtime should be 3 minutes long

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