College Football Rule Change
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Agree, hate it.
It will be a net loss of plays, while preserving the all important number of commercials.
I just never understand the push to shorten games, football or otherwise. In a big game, if it’s close, nobody cares. In a blowout or uninteresting game, then change the channel or turn it off or leave the stadium after the 3rd Quarter. A few less plays won’t make a difference. Of all the things to worry about, the games being too long isn’t one of them.
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That's it exactly. Let's charge people more for it, but give them less of it. I mean, this ain't cornflakes we're talking about. And here's the thing, they'll sell these shortened games to advertisers for even more money, you can bet the house on it.
Yes
A time limit should be placed upon replays. Give the crew 2 minutes to make a determination and or ruling.
That should be adequate enough to figure should the play stand/ down and distance/ time remaining.
Just MHO.
Watch the XFL replay. One guy, he controls the camera views and speeds on a touch screen, he walks through a view or two (on camera) and calls it. It works so smoothly compared to 5 minutes of listening to jeopardy music, not knowing what's taking so long.
I've said it before, I don't understand how the guys calling the game can have the guest official watch a view, make the call, and then they sit around and talk about how the replay booth should decide. The replay booth should have been as fast as the guest official.
Seems that you could just eat the clock if you have a dominant running game. Get a lead and just continue to pound it.
If they need more time than that, it’s not “indisputable video evidence”. If it’s so close that you need twenty views at slow speed to decide, it’s too close to change it.
Army / Navy / Air Force have perfected that strategy.
Time stoppage after 1st downs non withstanding.
The NCAA committee on rules changes estimates this will reduce the game by 7 plays. This thought process (to use as a reduction of game time) is laughable.
Clock keeps running in the NFL. Hasn’t caused any problems. As for the replays, don’t get me started
That's like saying you can't lose what you never had. That's the mindset the NCAA czars are counting on. People will adjust to having less while paying more, even if the reason is contrived. The present clock rules were specifically adopted in order to provide more content. So when did that become unimportant?
It occasions more snaps over sixty minutes of timed play. That was the objective when the practice of stopping the clock on first down was initiated. If it didn't make a difference, then teams playing from behind would never call time-outs to stop the clock. What would be the point?