Study reveals less commercials since TV deal

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N2racin44

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I find all kinds of holes in this story. First it says this:

2000, the final year of the previous contract, averaged 14 minutes, 39 seconds of commercials between the start of the race and the checkered flag.
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Fine, then it says this:

Through Sunday's Brickyard 400, this year's broadcasts have averaged 14 minutes, 47 seconds - an increase of only eight seconds per race.
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BS! Check out this excerpt in the last paragraph:

McCarthy also logged commercials in Sunday's Brickyard 400 broadcast and found that the average of 14 minutes, 9 seconds of commercials per hour was significantly lower than the 17 minutes, 42 seconds per hour during ABC's final telecast of that race in 2000.
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So what are they basing the freakin study on? Time of commercials per hour or per race?????
 
I can only say this. That entire article is one big contradiction! That entire thing is nothing but a joke!!!

There is absolutely NO WAY that a 3 or 4 hour race has only 14 minutes or even 17 minutes of commercials. On average, a 30-minute sitcom has 5 minutes of commercials, therefore there are at least 10 minutes of commercials per hour.

I agree, N2, total BS! :bslfag:
 
I would still like to see NASCAR offer us the option of PPV with no commercials. If they were reasonably priced, say 2 bills for the season, I would buy.
Now I just start recording the race on my TIVO and start watching an 1 hour after the race starts. That way I can fast forward thru the commercials. Replay the controversial moves. etc. And, I'll usually end up at the checkered flag the same time the racer's do. Although, at the Brickyard I was about 20 minutes short. I guess this could be blamed on the lack of cautions. The lack of controversial driving. And, the multitude of commercial breaks.
Either way, TIVO has certainly changed my viewing habits... :salute:
 
I agree on the :bslfag: I'm thinking 14 minutes of commercials in the first half hour.
 
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