European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday november 28,1988 overwhelming wins route to Boring nil. _. I. A thu in thai Rufua i by Michael Goodwin new York not for those of you still with us. At Michaels phrase was easy on the ears. Coming Al about 11 40 . Mon Day with less than eight minutes remain ing in the dolphins 45-3 Roul of the jets the words had the sound of a secret Man tra. The meaning was that it was of to Tarn off Abc s monday night foot Ball the game had Long ago been settled and there was no longer even a Chance Tor the jets to gain moral redemption. Relieved of the Burden of watching Michaels had intimated that Only those with nothing else to do were Stilt tuned in one could escape the smell of the crowd and the Roar of the greasepaint perchance to contemplate substantial cosmic issues. Like what s wrong with the National football league on one hand nothing. They never run out of footballs the referees never fail to show up and the players always put their shirts on the right Way with their names and numbers on the Back. Rain or Shine the games always go Oft without a hitch Al 1 . And 4 . On sundays 9 . On mondays and usually some body wins and somebody loses. On the other hand something is very wrong with the nil Al least As a television product. Its Well dare we say it yes we dare. Commentary Boring. The nil is Boring. Boorer mining this is not a conclusion arrived Al recklessly or easily Many hard hours have been spent watching the National football league on to sometimes even while sitting up straight i be tried hard to enjoy myself and have occasionally succeeded. That s he problem. Watching to especially sports should t be work. It should be the easiest thing in the world. If memory serves there was a study a few years ago that said the brain Waves of people watching to were Simi Lar to the brain Waves of people sleeping. But it s not easy to fall asleep with a football game on to. The broadcasters keep chatting away regardless of the score. Of course it their jobs to talk but maybe when there is nothing Worth saying they should say nothing. Top Rad ical an idea probably. Besides millions of viewers would probably think their sets were broken if somebody was t talking. And silence would scare Tex ecu Tives. Then there s the crowd with its Roar ing clapping cheering jeering the waving of banners at the cameras. Did you hear them singing in Washington on sunday during the redskins flogging of he cowboys apparently there Are a lot of people Happy to pay a lot of Money to watch one team play so sleeping through a football game is difficult. You could always turn the sound off and leave the picture on which is the thing to do when you re serious about a Nap. But the problem re Mains Why Aren t the games More interesting for one thing they Are too Long and getting longer. Each has averaged 3hours. 12 minutes this year the league says. Last year the figure was 3 hours 9 minutes. All for a sport that the game clock says lasts Only one hour plus half time. That Means there s a lot of Down time in there somewhere. There is a Heap of gratitude waiting Here for the person who can find a Way to shorten the games. Maybe the league could give bonuses to referees whose games Are the quickest. As it is calling excessive penal ties seems to be a sneaky Way of saying i  for another the games Aren t that Good Al least As defined by the scores. The league says that of 168 games played Thia year Only 80 have been decided by seven Points or fewer. Last year was even worse 66 of 168. The league says it does not keep statistics on the average margin of Victory but we know enough to Tinow that most games arc not Cli flangers. Abc which has aired 12 monday night a lies and three on thank Tzvi has been fit especially hard by rout. Tofee 15 games Only five have been decided by seven Points or less. The average margin of Victory has been 13.2 Points. And unlike baseball which gave birth to it s not Over till it s Over football is often Over Long before it s Over. The Jett for example were Down 21-0 at Dalfume on monday and 28-0 after four play in the third Quarter. So there s another Heap of gratitude waiting for Hie person who can find a Way to Speed the clock during Routs. Maybe there should be a shutout Rule. Like in playground Ping Pong even though the game normally goes to 21,you lose if you re behind by 11-0. There Are other reasons Why football has been Boring. Artificial turf makes tie game look too homogenized. And there Are no great teams this year to distinguish themselves unlike last year when the bears captured the football heart of the country. The league has not yet Man aged to make losing attractive sorry Colts. All in All there is but one solution. The nil needs Competition. 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