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Yeah its not a good idea, NFL is 12 minutes & you regularly see half empty stands at the start of second halves as fans don't have time to get back to their seats.
Slashing the half time break to 10 minutes
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Yeah its not a good idea, NFL is 12 minutes & you regularly see half empty stands at the start of second halves as fans don't have time to get back to their seats.
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What the fook is Robbo gonna do,? Take a piss, refill the beer, have a fooking durry, nah fooking have 2 durries., refill the beer, aghh fooking dump required. have to have winnie blue on shitter cos second half about to start. 10 minutes nah not suitable for Robbo
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I love how the AFL are working on new changes and initiatives that no one wants or cares about i.e AFLX, no warm ups before games, new theme songs, shortening half time.
Keep up the great work.
Keep up the great work.
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All I want is time for a dart, to haul my fat arse back up to level 3, to grab a beer or some chips, and get back to my seat for the bounce. That can't be done in 10 minutes.
Players shouldn't get any breaks at all. My millennial mind needs constant stimulation. I can't just sit there for 10 minutes waiting for the players to take a breather.
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1/4 the quarter time break 6 mins down to 1 mins 30 seconds
1/2 the half time break 20 mins down to 10 mins
3/4 the three quarter time break 6 mins down to 4 mins 30 seconds
1/2 the half time break 20 mins down to 10 mins
3/4 the three quarter time break 6 mins down to 4 mins 30 seconds
If Tom Browne reported it, it most likely bull****.
Gonna be absolute chaos at stadiums.
Gil is a deadset dickhead.
Gil is a deadset dickhead.
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let me explain... oh surely you're not that dynamic...
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cashews are winers... um winners... nordic...
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What’s got me stuffed about this is when has it ever been a talking point or issue? I have never heard supporters discuss the length of a halftime break. Just more manufactured BS from the current cretins stuffing the game.
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love telling the police how to run their business and who to run to when they go crap up... or crap s**t...
let me wander in to your perspective....
let me wander in to your perspective....
Make some dumb unnecessary changes, then give yourself a pay bump.
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Won't happen, but it won't be the players, the clubs or the coaches who put the kibosh on it.
It will be the broadcasters.
Channel & won't like this, as they run a lot of ads during half-time. Less half-time means less ads, and Seven have invested heaps of money, and want to get something back for it.
However, they can cut things like Hamish interviewing the Auskick kid on Sat night. The kid usually gives nothing while Hamish leers over him or her like a pedo.
It will be the broadcasters.
Channel & won't like this, as they run a lot of ads during half-time. Less half-time means less ads, and Seven have invested heaps of money, and want to get something back for it.
However, they can cut things like Hamish interviewing the Auskick kid on Sat night. The kid usually gives nothing while Hamish leers over him or her like a pedo.
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Besides, Captain Blood, it would mean you have to wait ten minutes longer at the end of the game for the bandwagon that you and your fellow Richmond supporters jumped on in 2017 to come past and pick you all up from the footy.
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Would've thought this has already been approved by broadcasters if it's now at the stage of being proposed to the clubs.
I've never heard TV executives talk about the value of half-time commercials, the focus seems to be on something else:
They can still get something like two 3-minute blocks of ads in this way, while a shorter main break theoretically means viewers are less likely to switch off or put a movie on at HT. Plus, there's also this line from the article in the OP:
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I just assumed it was to stop the 3:20 game from running over into the 6pm news slot. But that's just stupid, because if the AFL were worried about that they would just bring back the start time to 3:10.
Or better yet, 2 freaking 10.
Or better yet, 2 freaking 10.
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They'll probably add 15 seconds after every goal or something to make up for the time.
Extra 24 x 15 = 360
6 extra minutes of people watching.
Extra 24 x 15 = 360
6 extra minutes of people watching.
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Don't care I'm usually turning it off at half time anyways
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They aren't. Watching 5 sets of men's tennis for 5, 6 or even 11 hours? You cannot be serious!
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shhhhh mate, the adults are talking.
I‘d suggest if they ask the players, it’ll be a resounding ‘yes’ to shortening the break.
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