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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Personally, my only complaint is that the NFL is a little too slow. 45 second play clock needs to be cut to 20-30s. The CFL has such a faster pace because instead of 11 minutes of action in 3 hours you get maybe 20 minutes.
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Yeah, I've heard this gripe before, but I think it's another instance of both things working well for their respective leagues. It's not the play-calling that takes time in the NFL. Guys usually break the huddle and get up to the line after about 15-20 seconds, but there are a lot more pre-snap adjustments and substitutions that sort of dictate the need for 40 seconds.
I agree with you that Super Bowl is mostly hype, but I don't think you can apply that to the rest of the games. I don't know a whole lot of people who will watch a blowout unless they're invested in it somehow.