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Originally Posted by Pastiche
Well, I like my sports to be exciting at the end of the game. Hockey is very exciting at the end of the game because a close game isn't over until it's over. CFL is the same, so is basketball.
NFL, you have a game that's separated by 2 points and there's 1:20 left and the game is over? You say you don't mind that. So over the course of the game you get excitement over the game's clock management and coaching? Did you glee when Jacksonville used their last timeout? Wow that was pretty exciting I'll tell you. Jeez, that was way better than a close game going down to the last second.
And by the way, the CFL rewards defensive just fine. You stop the team, you get the ball back. That's all the reward you need.
I think the article I quoted applies here.
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Yes I do enjoy that. You can't manufacture close finishes.
JAX had a chance to stop IND on 3rd down to get the ball back and they failed. Why should they get more chances?
Clock management brings many more interesting factors into the game. When to throw, when to run, when to use timeouts, when to challenge, when to stay in bounds or run out of bounds etc etc..