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DIDIT

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Will someone please help me understand just what Fox meant when with about 40 laps to go they said we will be commercial free? After I fell off the sofa, spilled my beer, picked up all the popcorn on the floor and crawled back up on the sofa, I looked back at the TV and there was a commercial.

Just what the "H", "E" double hockey sticks were the pulling on us?
 
DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just took the Fan Council survey, I wish I would of remembered to of made mention of that

But, on the plus side, they did ask about FOX and the amount of commercials, I did rate it poor.
 
I would think Toyota would be quite upset with this statement from FOX. The message was deceitful and I don't think that would be the image Toyota would want to represent to potential customers. But, maybe I am wrong about Toyota.
 
I forget....Were all the commercials side-by-side after that? That could be a defense.
 
29-4 said:
I forget....Were all the commercials side-by-side after that? That could be a defense.
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Nope. They had a couple full screen Toyota commercials at first, then shorty after, had others (McDonald's etc)

I think they had more ads in the last 40 laps than any other part of the race. Immediately after announcing they would be commercial free the rest of the way :rolleyes:
 
I had to watch the race on youtube since I missed it. Although I could skip forward through the ads, the amount of times having to skip was almost as annoying as the ads themselves.

I have said it before and I'll say it again, one big issue nascar isnt seeing with dropping ratings is the amount of commercials. In all honesty, nascar is a rolling billboard on TV - there shouldnt even be the need for many commercials at all.
 
ChexOrWrex said:
I had to watch the race on youtube since I missed it. Although I could skip forward through the ads, the amount of times having to skip was almost as annoying as the ads themselves.

I have said it before and I'll say it again, one big issue nascar isnt seeing with dropping ratings is the amount of commercials. In all honesty, nascar is a rolling billboard on TV - there shouldnt even be the need for many commercials at all.
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Commercial money goes to Fox. If they didn't have commercials then their big investment in NASCAR would be a huge loss. Fox shouldn't tell people they are commercial free for the last 46 laps if it wasn't though.
 
FLRacingFan said:
Remember this:

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LOLWTF

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dpkimmel2001 said:
I couldn't find last years numbers. If you see them somewhere post the link. That's the info I wanted to see as sometimes perception isn't reality.
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2017:
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 257
Minutes of race broadcast: 198
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 45
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 15

http://www.cawsnjaws.com/article/829/commercial-breakdown-and-links-related-to-the-2017-daytona-500

2016:
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 213
Minutes of race broadcast: 155
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 58
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 6

http://www.cawsnjaws.com/article/750/commercial-breakdown-and-links-related-to-the-2016-daytona-500
 
How about that they showed the AARP commercial about "seniors being hungry". Then after the first time it was shown do a big promo of Jeff Gordon's involvement. Think they missed the boat on that timing.
 
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