Quote Originally Posted by sharpe1027 View Post
Annoying as the gamesmanship injuries are, every sport has it's warts. Football has just over 16 minutes of actual play spread out over 3-4 hours. Absent an extreme blowout, only the fourth quarter matters for NBA regular season games. Etc.
That's not just annoying; it's a mark of genius. You keep people locked in to commercial after commercial, thus maximizing your profits.

Your point is a fair one, but just for me, the stupid fake injuries are the most annoying of all. I can wait to tune in an NBA game until the fourth quarter, or mute the TV commercials for football while I go work on dinner or post on Packerrats, but the fake injuries and the terrible acting are inescapable.