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On 29/07/2012 12:26, Peter Duncanson wrote:

There is a problem for US TV channels which are supported by
advertising. They need to take commercial breaks several times an hour.
That makes it very difficult for them to cover events that have
continuous action. One very popular sport is American football. That has
frequent breaks which nicely fit the broadcasters' needs for commercial
breaks. I've seen it said that soccer could never become a major
televised sport in the US because of the lack of breaks in the action.
That is, breaks lasting a few minutes each time.

I believe that when they first tried to make football interesting to a
US TV audience the broke for a commercial every time the ball went off.
As a result American viewers never knew what a corner kick was.

Poor septics, viewing on tape delay ...
 

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mikeos wrote:
On 29/07/2012 12:26, Peter Duncanson wrote:

There is a problem for US TV channels which are supported by
advertising. They need to take commercial breaks several times an hour.
That makes it very difficult for them to cover events that have
continuous action. One very popular sport is American football. That has
frequent breaks which nicely fit the broadcasters' needs for commercial
breaks. I've seen it said that soccer could never become a major
televised sport in the US because of the lack of breaks in the action.
That is, breaks lasting a few minutes each time.

I believe that when they first tried to make football interesting to a
US TV audience the broke for a commercial every time the ball went off.
As a result American viewers never knew what a corner kick was.

now I heard that they gave the ref a bleeper with which he could be told
when it was time for a commerical break, He then invented a foul so that he
could blow his whistle and stop play.

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