[Xss3]

You find 100 commercials per 11 minutes of gameplay watchable? https://qz.com/150577/an-average-nfl-game-more-than-100-comm...

I always thought that Americans just had the NFL on in the background or something and used it as an excuse to be social. But I'm realising I'm likely wrong about that reading comments like this.

I'm guessing you're just a vast amount more accepting of a high ad to content ratio than other cultures?

[chongli]

American football rules have the clock stop every time play stops, unlike association football which runs the clock continuously. This means that for 11 minutes of gameplay there is a lot of other stuff going on with a lot of commentary and replays as the players substitute on and off the field and move to get in position for the next snap.

So that means it's not 100 commercials per 11 minutes of content since much of the content happens while the clock is stopped.

[Xss3]

Sounds more like watching logistics than sports

[chongli]

All sports are an acquired taste. The more you put in, the more you get out.

[Xss3]

It wasnt a dig, just an observation about how alien it sounds to me.