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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
most sports have ties or at least very few overtimes. The size of a sport and its ratings are key, the NFL can do what ever the hell it wants, finish the game with 20 minutes of cheerleaders dressed as clowns pillow fighting, the networks have to go along with it.
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Well that’s the NFL.
MLB routinely has extra inning games and they can go very long. And like in the NHL, most of their US viewership is regional.
Is the Canadian TV contract the issue for the NHL? Because that would be akin to the NFL in Canada.
I wouildnt agree most sports have ties. In fact I’m trying to think of any at all outside of soccer. Football, baseball, basketball, golf, tennis all have unpredictable run times for TV don’t they?
As others pointed out, most OT games would be over after 10 minutes. If 73% of OT games are decided after 5 minutes, then 90% should be done by 10 minutes and 97% by 15 minutes. After that we are talking about a very, very small number of games.