There Is No Action In American Football
As a soccer player and fan, I get lots of crap about the sport. Chief amongst the criticisms, is that there “is no action” in soccer.
Well, according to a study from the Wall Street Journal, there is actually no action in American football. Seriously, like nearly zero action per telecast. Almost literally.
According to a Wall Street Journal study of four recent broadcasts, and similar estimates by researchers, the average amount of time the ball is in play on the field during an NFL game is about 11 minutes.
In other words, if you tally up everything that happens between the time the ball is snapped and the play is whistled dead by the officials, there’s barely enough time to prepare a hard-boiled egg. In fact, the average telecast devotes 56% more time to showing replays.
You read that right. The average amount of actual game play in an American football game, is about eleven minutes. Eleven minutes.
Now you may still dislike soccer, and that’s fine. But please stop using the no-action argument.
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