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Originally Posted by GA Umpire
It's the same in football. A play happens. Then, it is 40 seconds to the next play.
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Not entirely true. The 40 second clock starts only at the pro and college level. Also the play clock (40 or 25) runs when the last play is ruled dead. And at both the college and pro level the clock is a 25 seconds for the play clock when certain action ends the play (after timeouts, injuries, incomplete passes or even penalties), not 40 based on what took place. And that only applies to teams that do not run a no-huddle that even take time between the plays.
The pitcher in a baseball game will get the ball back and take 40 seconds to throw a pitch after they have received the ball. And the batter will spend 20 adjusting everything on their uniform before they get back into the box after they took a pitch as well.
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Originally Posted by GA Umpire
Basketball has the same thing. Pass the ball enough times for 35 seconds. The passing of time between actual "action" in the game is not necessarily the issue. Maybe the perception of how long that wait is between "action" but it is prevalent in all sports. Just some, like baseball, it seems more noticeable b/c all action waits on 1 person to do something rather than a couple of people.
The "time" issue is not a valid argument. It is much more than that.
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And your basketball comparison is even sillier. For one the clock is running during all of “action.” And at the pro and college levels there is a shot clock. Even if nothing is going on in a basketball game, the clock is running. The game is going to get over sooner. Many teams do not wait for that clock to run that much to score.
We do not have to wait until an event to get the game over with like you do in baseball. And there is often no real possibility to score in baseball unless there is a home run. A basketball game they can score several times in a minute. Not going to happen even in a high scoring baseball game.
There is nothing wrong with liking one sport over another. We all have those preferences. But if one game is so unlike the others and they are not getting the same attention that can be a problem. I think there is nothing wrong with creating some rules to speed up the game that would allow the game to be seen without having to sit there for 3 hours all the time.
Peace