Sinclair Broadcast Group has bought Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket

[Rico]

 

[Ray McKigney]

Maybe they'll stop those annoying 5 second ads that they've started showing this season during the middle of an inning. F*ck you, Fix Auto Collision.

[Claude]

F Rotolo Chevrolet and F Fountain Valley Auto Body.

 

[Blarg]

7 hours ago, Ray McKigney said:

Maybe they'll stop those annoying 5 second ads that they've started showing this season during the middle of an inning. F*ck you, Fix Auto Collision.

Those are here to stay and expect more. 

[Stradling]

23 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Those are here to stay and expect more. 

They are absolutely staying.  I think I read that one of the ways of shortening games is to eliminate 15 seconds of commercials between innings and have those 15 seconds be inserted during the innings.  I am all for shortening games especially in a way that has no affect on the game.

[Blarg]

Please do the math, that is not having an impact on game times being an hour longer that they were 20 years ago.

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Please do the math, that is not having an impact on game times being an hour longer that they were 20 years ago.

Yea, no shit.  Speaking of doing math the game is 10 minutes longer than it was in 1999 and 17 minutes longer than it was in 1989 (30 years ago), which isn’t an hour.  My point was if you can cut 5 minutes or so from the run time of a game by simply throwing in a little commercial spot in place of Gubi talking about Deep Purple, I am fine with it.

[Taylor]

I'm excited for 5 years from now when players are wearing the logos of all their endorsement deals, just like in NASCAR.

[Stradling]

6 minutes ago, Taylor said:

I'm excited for 5 years from now when players are wearing the logos of all their endorsement deals, just like in NASCAR.

Will that get the game done in 2 hours and 45 minutes, if so sign me up.  

[floplag]

Interesting, i thought Arte was looking into this or was that something different?

[floplag]

Sidenote, its kinda of odd to me that people are so obsessed over game time in a game with no clock when a typical NFL game takes 3 hours of which basically about 10 minutes of that time is the game actually being played. 

[Junkballer]

Just now, Taylor said:

I'm excited for 5 years from now when players are wearing the logos of all their endorsement deals, just like in NASCAR.

[Taylor]

It looks like quite a few hockey players are sponsored by Siemen.

Don't get too excited, tdawg.

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, floplag said:

Sidenote, its kinda of odd to me that people are so obsessed over game time in a game with no clock when a typical NFL game takes 3 hours of which basically about 10 minutes of that time is the game actually being played. 

Yea Arte was interested but my guess is the cost was too high.  As for length of game, very seldom are football games starting at 7pm local time, with school/work the next day.   Plus I don’t think, and I could be wrong, there has been the increase in game time from one generation to another in football. In baseball it’s very easy to have one game go 90 minutes longer than another game.   It isn’t unusual to have a game go 2:30 and another game go 4 plus hours.  

[Docwaukee]

going to be interested to see what triggers or contract stipulations are in place with the various mlb/fox deals upon the assignment to a new owner.  

[Docwaukee]

the games are longer because no one swings the f'n bat anymore.  

[Stradling]

2 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

the games are longer because no one swings the f'n bat anymore.  

Yep.  That and the pitcher doesn’t just get the ball, get the sign, then pitch the ball.  With no one on base the pitcher should be forced to catch the return throw from the catcher up on top of the mound and not at the base of the mound, then not allowed to do his little walk around the mound.  Batters have no reason to step out of the batters box, which has improved.  Lastly, just call the actual strike zone and that includes the high strike.  You start calling the high strike and the game will go much faster.  

[floplag]

27 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yea Arte was interested but my guess is the cost was too high.  As for length of game, very seldom are football games starting at 7pm local time, with school/work the next day.   Plus I don’t think, and I could be wrong, there has been the increase in game time from one generation to another in football. In baseball it’s very easy to have one game go 90 minutes longer than another game.   It isn’t unusual to have a game go 2:30 and another game go 4 plus hours.  

True, That could perhaps be the reason i suppose but i dont recall ever seeing that as a talking point. 
But the difference in game time in mlb is to be expected when its a pitchers duel vs an offensive showcase, there is no way to limit that unless you start talking about mercy rules or limits on number of batters you can send up in an inning and that would affect the game in all kinds of ways noone wants to deal with.   If you put a clock on mlb games you would see games ending after 6 or 7 inning at times.  I dont think you can accurately compare the 2 in that regard.  

 

27 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

the games are longer because no one swings the f'n bat anymore.  

Yep, this is in my opinion a large part of the problem. 

[Slegnaac]

1 hour ago, Dochalo said:

going to be interested to see what triggers or contract stipulations are in place with the various mlb/fox deals upon the assignment to a new owner.  

Sinclair will have to assume all of the existing contract requirements.  I wouldn't expect anything new until those expire.

[Ray McKigney]

4 hours ago, Taylor said:

I'm excited for 5 years from now when players are wearing the logos of all their endorsement deals, just like in NASCAR.

This is what I'm worried about. 

[krAbs]

Stoked for this creepy shit to come out of Victor and Gubicza's mouths:
 

 

Edit: *Judge comes up to bat* "This is extremely dangerous to our pitching staff."

[itsKnoppUitsme]

6 hours ago, Stradling said:

Yea, no shit.  Speaking of doing math the game is 10 minutes longer than it was in 1999 and 17 minutes longer than it was in 1989 (30 years ago), which isn’t an hour.  My point was if you can cut 5 minutes or so from the run time of a game by simply throwing in a little commercial spot in place of Gubi talking about Deep Purple, I am fine with it.

 His Bachman Turner overdrive reference last night was the last straw

[eligrba4ever]

16 hours ago, Ray McKigney said:

Maybe they'll stop those annoying 5 second ads that they've started showing this season during the middle of an inning. F*ck you, Fix Auto Collision.

Sinclair is more likely to make the ads take up more of the screen. 

[Rico]

7 hours ago, Stradling said:

Yea Arte was interested but my guess is the cost was too high.  

Arte should team up with Ballmer. Dude has more money than he knows what to do with.

[Inside Pitch]

8 hours ago, Stradling said:

Yea Arte was interested but my guess is the cost was too high.  As for length of game, very seldom are football games starting at 7pm local time, with school/work the next day.   Plus I don’t think, and I could be wrong, there has been the increase in game time from one generation to another in football. In baseball it’s very easy to have one game go 90 minutes longer than another game.   It isn’t unusual to have a game go 2:30 and another game go 4 plus hours.  

He said early in the year that while he looked into it -- Disney was looking to sell off the entire thing and not individual regional networks -- so, he was out early.    Disney did just that,