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Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by kodablah on Saturday October 29, 2016 @02:27PM (#12825510)
Do you? I assume you only mean professional football because college games average longer than your "universal" time you mentioned. If you only mean the NFL, that's not quite "universal" then, is it? And if you did mean only NFL, it was really unfair for you to question that the GP doesn't watch football when you didn't even qualify your constraints.
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Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by b2600 on Saturday October 29, 2016 @03:49PM (#12825962)
College games are slightly longer however both NFL and FBS games are between 3 and 3.5 hours. ~3:07 for NFL [1]. ~3:20 for FBS [2]. "...college games average longer than your "universal" time you mentioned." is not an accurate statement.

[1] http://www.oregonlive.com/nfl/index.ssf/2015/11/nfl_games_ru...

[2] http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/how-long-is-t...

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Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by kodablah on Saturday October 29, 2016 @04:15PM (#12826105)
GP: > Football games are universally 3-3.25 hours long

You: > "...college games average longer than your "universal" time you mentioned." is not an accurate statement

Your second link: > Football Bowl Subdivision games averaged 3 hours, 23 minutes (i.e. 3.38 hours long)

So it is a 100% accurate statement, even if the difference is small. Regardless, the GP asking if GGP watches or saying someone's statement is not accurate (when it clearly is) does not help the discussion. Games are long and not a subject worth being dismissive about.

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Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by b2600 on Saturday October 29, 2016 @04:46PM (#12826266)
No, it's not accurate. I am not dismissive of the issue or the facts. Merely dismissive of your erroneous statements. The GPP mentions 4-5 hours. GP's correction is accurate. Your criticism of GP is pedantic considering he's in the ballpark (no pun) and GPP is wildly off.
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