The hamstring epidemic

[Fritz]

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.

[sharpe1027]

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.

You just ignore the one dude laying on the ground.

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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.

at least soccer doesn't cut to ads when the guy is faking the injury

i love soccer, but yes, the flopping sucks bad. they need to start carding assholes for that

[sharpe1027]

at least soccer doesn't cut to ads when the guy is faking the injury

i love soccer, but yes, the flopping sucks bad. they need to start carding assholes for that

Hard to implement. There are legit injuries. They just keep playing now if there's no foul, so their team plays a man down while they are on the ground. That's helped get them back up faster at least.