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Originally Posted by Rich Ives
The NFL changed it's scheduled start times (Eastern)
Used to be 1:00 & 4:00
Now 1:00 & 4:15
Because games are taking over three hours.
But Hey - it's FOOTBALL so it's OK that the games are that long.
What's the wall clock time for an NBA game or an NHL game?
Why isn't anyone complaining about them?
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For hockey, most games start at 6:05PM (locally) and they're over by about 8:40PM at the latest.
There are MLB games that start at 7:35PM locally that run until near midnight. No other sport has games that run (routinely) over 4 hours.
Also, the NFL has a 17 week schedule, and the NBA and NHL play half the games MLB does. Fewer games means I'm more tolerant of long games. But when my team plays 10 days in a row, I don't want to stay up till midnight every night watching night games.