NFL Games Have 11 Minutes of Action

Re:NFL Games Have 11 Minutes of Action by nir on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @09:22PM (#1082765)

I bet it seemed like a lot more than that to Brett Favre, last Sunday evening.

The beauty of Football (I've only really followed the game for about a year now, coming from a place where soccer & basketball are the major sports) is that these short bursts of action are extremely concentrated, physically and mentally. The game may seem simple, but when you see the plays explained later on it's incredible how many variables go into each move.

BTW, one thing I think is unique to the NFL are these clips where they actually put a mic on a player for the duration of the game. Haven't seen it in any other sport yet, pretty cool: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx#orderBy:allTim...

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Re:NFL Games Have 11 Minutes of Action by stanleydrew on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @09:30PM (#1082785)

I think it's cooler that in Rugby broadcasts they actually have a mic on the referee for the entire match.

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Re:NFL Games Have 11 Minutes of Action by Eurofooty on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @10:03PM (#1082859)

Interestingly, the Australian Football Leagues three field umpires are mic'ed up as well.

It was also tried on a number of players but the constant grunting (from exertion) was seen as a distraction to the enjoyment of the game.

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Re:NFL Games Have 11 Minutes of Action by smallblacksun on Thursday January 28, 2010 @12:17AM (#1083078)

I remember reading that a center in the NFL had been mic'd and that he said "fuch" an absurd number of times during the game (three or four hundred).

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Re:NFL Games Have 11 Minutes of Action by hackernews on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @10:27PM (#1082895)

Awesome mic'd up videos.

@3:05 Jared Allen says: "During a football game there are only like 14min of action"

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d8147c8...

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Re:NFL Games Have 11 Minutes of Action by nir on Monday February 01, 2010 @09:07PM (#1094073)

Check out Farve's one, pretty funny: http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-sound-efx/09000d5d8144d8...

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Re:NFL Games Have 11 Minutes of Action by TrevorBramble on Wednesday January 27, 2010 @10:03PM (#1082861)

The NHL will often mic up players as well.

It's amusing to imagine how much editing must be required before they have enough material to broadcast without incurring FCC fines.

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