Re: Proposed 2017 Rules Changes
Originally Posted by
Mr Meaty
Why is every sport so worried about length of game/pace of play. The above mentioned things might save 10 minutes. I guess I accept the fact going to a sporting event a basketball game will be roughly 2 hours and football will be right around or over 3 hours. This is barring OT or injury timeouts or something like that. They even want more golf courses to go to larger 6 inch cups to help speed up play. I expect golf to take 4 hours with a foursome playing. I get that all our lives are busy and time is precious.
Couple years ago baseball was going to put up netting from 3rd base all the way to 1st base to help prevent the 1 freak accident of someone getting hit badly by a ball or bat into the stands. If they would not have been on their phone texting it might have been avoided. I have not been to any MLB games to see if they put in all this netting. If they have not and it was just a talking point for a period of time and blew over. Same with pace of play right now. Why is it a problem now and not the past 20 years?
If a foursome could play a round in only 4 hours on any muni in the country the golf people wouldn't be worried about how long it takes to play. A lot of places it's 5+ hours.
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