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Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by phire on Thursday August 31, 2017 @07:46PM (#15144993)
Well, if they switched to rugby, then they could play internationally against established rugby teams.

But I'm not sure American broadcasters could adjust to a game with only two halfs of 40min each, no stopping of the clock and nowhere to stuff their abundance of ads.

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Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by philwelch on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:56PM (#15145327)
We could just plaster the ads all over the jerseys like Europeans do.
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Re:ESPN Football Analyst Walks Away, Disturbed by Brain Trau... by vacri on Thursday August 31, 2017 @08:18PM (#15145166)
> abundance of ads

I wouldn't mock the Americans too much for their famous love of advertising. I haven't found a sport yet that is as much a slave to advertising as Aussie Rules. Try to find a square meter of space[1] at an AFL game without advertising - even the ball itself is adorned with the golden arches.

[1] Okay, some of the grass doesn't have advertising on it.....

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