NCAA Football Rules Survey

[THEsocalledfan]

The clock does stop when a runner goes OOB. Outside of 2 minutes in each half it restarts when the ball is ready for play. In many cases it will start even sooner than that (usually 32-35 seconds remaining on the play clock). The one question proposes doing the same thing for incomplete passes.They will have no impact on commercials. Those are set by the media contracts. I believe it's usually 3 or 4 per quarter and the length ranges from 2 to 3 minutes. They would maybe shorten the game 5-10 minutes at most and reduce the number of plays slightly.

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TABs point is the restart when ball is spotted. That should never happen until the next snap. I really hate that rule, too as it altered a fundamental concept that the clock stops until the next snap when someone goes out of bounds.

[Hammerhead]

Why not just go to something like baseball where each team gets nine (or probably more than nine) possessions with no game clock? The play clock could still be used to prevent teams from wasting time scratching their balls like baseball players.

[TransAmBison]

TABs point is the restart when ball is spotted. That should never happen until the next snap. I really hate that rule, too as it altered a fundamental concept that the clock stops until the next snap when someone goes out of bounds.

Exactly. I also don't like rules that are different depending on when it is in the game...outside or inside of two minutes.

Then it gets to the commercials...yeah, those are set by the media contracts...and when time shortens, those contracts (when they come due if more than a year at a time) can add more time in. Everybody tries to squeeze every last dollar they can out of an event...I can't believe that isn't something being thought of.

[bisonaudit]

Why not just go to something like baseball where each team gets nine (or probably more than nine) possessions with no game clock? The play clock could still be used to prevent teams from wasting time scratching their balls like baseball players.

No one would ever run the ball again.

[Kevin]

The clock does stop when a runner goes OOB. Outside of 2 minutes in each half it restarts when the ball is ready for play. In many cases it will start even sooner than that (usually 32-35 seconds remaining on the play clock). The one question proposes doing the same thing for incomplete passes.They will have no impact on commercials. Those are set by the media contracts. I believe it's usually 3 or 4 per quarter and the length ranges from 2 to 3 minutes. They would maybe shorten the game 5-10 minutes at most and reduce the number of plays slightly.

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I don’t believe u bro

[THEsocalledfan]

Exactly. I also don't like rules that are different depending on when it is in the game...outside or inside of two minutes.

Then it gets to the commercials...yeah, those are set by the media contracts...and when time shortens, those contracts (when they come due if more than a year at a time) can add more time in. Everybody tries to squeeze every last dollar they can out of an event...I can't believe that isn't something being thought of.

Exactly. These yahoos kept adding more and more commercials, then found they had a an issue with game times so instead of using common sense and keeping the football rules pure, they shortened the number of plays. I hate that so much as where does it end?

[TransAmBison]

Exactly. These yahoos kept adding more and more commercials, then found they had a an issue with game times so instead of using common sense and keeping the football rules pure, they shortened the number of plays. I hate that so much as where does it end?

How about throw commercials in during play as well...oh wait...

[IndyBison]

I don’t believe u bro

What part sunny you believe? Pretty solid facts that are hard to dispute.

Exactly. These yahoos kept adding more and more commercials, then found they had a an issue with game times so instead of using common sense and keeping the football rules pure, they shortened the number of plays. I hate that so much as where does it end?

A large part of the revenue for athletics is from the media and they need to generate revenue during those broadcasts. If you want revenue for the teams you need commercials. Moreso at the higher levels.

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[bisonaudit]

Exactly. These yahoos kept adding more and more commercials, then found they had a an issue with game times so instead of using common sense and keeping the football rules pure, they shortened the number of plays. I hate that so much as where does it end?

I think if you actually looked you’d see that the number of plays was going up steadily not down, because teams were passing much more and the clock was stopping more and scoring more so there were more possession and teams changes. Football was messing with football game times as well, not just TV commercials.

[89MTBISON]

Keep the clock running, give the teams more TO's, F the media.