Chip Kelly one of the brave few willing to speak up on clock rule change

[18IsTheMan]

Chip Kelly to ESPN at halftime: "These new rules are crazy. We had four drives in the first half. Hope you guys are selling a lot of commercials." And he said it on ESPN to ESPN.

UCLA coach Chip Kelly blasts new college football clock rules, draws strong reactions

Chip Kelly slammed the new clock rules and noted that more commercials are being added to ESPN broadcasts. Fans agree with him.

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There seems to be an overall negative reaction to the rule change. Of all the money grabs, this is egregious because it actually takes away the product from the fan.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Watching the Clemson game last night in the first half and there were so many dadgum commercials. And they were long commercial breaks. It's just absurd.

 

[Forkcock]

We crave college football, they're giving us less of it. It's like the food industry reducing the size of their product and charging more for it.

 

[18IsTheMan]

We crave college football, they're giving us less of it. It's like the food industry reducing the size of their product and charging more for it.

The funny thing to me was watching all the talking heads line up like programmed robots and spout off rehearsed lines about how good the rule change would be for the game, when it was so transparently obvious that it was nothing more than a money grab.

On the face of it, it didn't make sense. Shorter games, means shorter broadcasts, means fewer ads which means less revenue. Of course they weren't actually going to shorten the broadcast. Just take away a few minutes of game and add a few minutes of commercials.

 

[Deleted11512]

Kiffin as well. This is not very fun to watch, that's for sure.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Kiffin as well. This is not very fun to watch, that's for sure.

Good for him. Hopefully it gains steam.

 

[Prestonyte]

Watching the Clemson game last night in the first half and there were so many dadgum commercials. And they were long commercial breaks. It's just absurd.

And the ''new'' ACC review booth, what a joke. The amount of time taken watching the decision making made me think I was watching an episode of ''The Office''

 

[18IsTheMan]

And the ''new'' ACC review booth, what a joke. The amount of time taken watching the decision making made me think I was watching an episode of ''The Office''

Good grief, I forget which replay it was, but it took FOREVER.

 

[Prestonyte]

Good grief, I forget which replay it was, but it took FOREVER.

I think it was the targeting review, but not certain.

 

[Psycock]

Good for Chip! I think the let the clock run rule is awful. Game seemed to go by too fast to me even though we may have wanted that one too. Yes give us more football and less ads, or at least more football.

 

[KingWard]

They put the rule in to stop the clock on first downs in 1968. The idea was to provide more plays, hence more football.

Now, football costs more if you go and see it in person, but the same amount of football they added in 1968 when tickets were $7.00, they are taking away while selling tickets for 8-10 times as much - sometimes more. Certainly someone else sees the absurdity.

I still say limit video reviews to two minutes and give us back the football you stole.

 

[Big JC]

They put the rule in to stop the clock on first downs in 1968. The idea was to provide more plays, hence more football.

Now, football costs more if you go and see it in person, but the same amount of football they added in 1968 when tickets were $7.00, they are taking away while selling tickets for 8-10 times as much - sometimes more. Certainly someone else sees the absurdity.

I still say limit video reviews to two minutes and give us back the football you stole.

Take away any booth initiated reviews and give each coach 2 reviews per half, no limit on how long they can look at a play under review. Stop the clock after all first downs and limit tv timeouts to 2 per quarter. 2 3 minute tv timeouts per quarter is 24 minutes of commercial time plus the few minutes between quarters for commercials, more than enough time to force the fans to sit through.

 

[KingWard]

Take away any booth initiated reviews and give each coach 2 reviews per half, no limit on how long they can look at a play under review. Stop the clock after all first downs and limit tv timeouts to 2 per quarter. 2 3 minute tv timeouts per quarter is 24 minutes of commercial time plus the few minutes between quarters for commercials, more than enough time to force the fans to sit through.

You're shooting for a comprehensive solution. I admire that and would love to see one. One obstacle is that commercials are where all the money comes from.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

You're shooting for a comprehensive solution. I admire that and would love to see one. One obstacle is that commercials are where all the money comes from.

Let halftime be filled with commercials.

 

[Fried Chicken]

Honestly, I’m more concerned with fixing the targeting rules first. But yes, these new clock rules suck. With the exception of the Duke - Clemson game when I was a huge fan of the new rules in the 4th quarter.

 

[Prestonyte]

Comebacks will be less frequent with these clock rules and will have to start right after halftime. No waiting until the last 10 minutes.

 

[18IsTheMan]

If you support realignment then you have to support the new clock rules. Period.

 

[Uscg1984]

You're shooting for a comprehensive solution. I admire that and would love to see one. One obstacle is that commercials are where all the money comes from.

Until it's all subscription-based streaming. Of course, we know ESPN will still serve us a healthy dose of commercials even then.

 

[KingWard]

Until it's all subscription-based streaming. Of course, we know ESPN will still serve us a healthy dose of commercials even then.

Either way, the money won't optimize without sponsorship.

 

[KingWard]

Let halftime be filled with commercials.

I'm good with it. They don't show the bands anymore anyway. Problem is, people wouldn't watch and the TV people and sponsors know it.

 

[KingWard]

If you support realignment then you have to support the new clock rules. Period.

I don't see the connection as inevitable.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I'm good with it. They don't show the bands anymore anyway. Problem is, people wouldn't watch and the TV people and sponsors know it.

Yep. If you knew halftime was just commercials, nobody would watch, defeating the purpose.

I guess there really is no solution, so long as revenue is the goal. It's absurd to think that anyone believed for one second that the clock rule had anything at all do with shortening games. Why would they shorten games? Shorter games = shorter broadcasts = fewer commercials = less revenue.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I don't see the connection as inevitable.

Realignment is about revenue and revenue only. The goal of EVERYTHING is increasing revenue. TV partners have to increase revenue to meet obligations resulting from realignment. Hence, the clock rule change to allow for more commercials.

 

[accock]

Watching the Clemson game last night in the first half and there were so many dadgum commercials. And they were long commercial breaks. It's just absurd.

I mute everyone of them.

 

[accock]

Good grief, I forget which replay it was, but it took FOREVER.

I burnt up 2 AA batteries fast forwarding through the commercials.

 

[Gamecock Jacque]

I'm good with it. They don't show the bands anymore anyway. Problem is, people wouldn't watch and the TV people and sponsors know it.

I don't watch commercials. Doesn’t matter to me when they are shown. That's the time to take care of whatever needs to be done until the game is back. Do any of you watch commercials?

 

[18IsTheMan]

I don't watch commercials. Doesn’t matter to me when they are shown. That's the time to take care of whatever needs to be done until the game is back. Do any of you watch commercials?

I do not. Bathroom break, snack refill or flip around to see what's happening with other games.

 

[KingWard]

I don't watch commercials. Doesn’t matter to me when they are shown. That's the time to take care of whatever needs to be done until the game is back. Do any of you watch commercials?

Passively only in real time. Of course, not at all if I'm running behind real time through recording.

 

[KingWard]

Realignment is about revenue and revenue only. The goal of EVERYTHING is increasing revenue. TV partners have to increase revenue to meet obligations resulting from realignment. Hence, the clock rule change to allow for more commercials.

Actually, realignment came with NO guarantees beyond projections for conferences to attract more eyeballs. The eyeballs alone create revenue since additional commercial remuneration can be demanded. To provide less football, in contravention of another rule enacted specifically to provided MORE football, was not necessary. You can run the same number of games as you could before on any outlet on in any given day. It's a farce.