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I agree although I also acknowledge not everyone feels that way. I have a very good friend who is into sports and enjoys watching college football; when he heard this he was happy as his opinion was the game was too long. Now obviously that is one person, but I know he is not the only person...

This isnt true at all - I posted a portion of an article in this thread that shows how the style of play has impacted them (remember the NFL does not stop the clock after first downs). A quick google search brings back articles from over a year ago talking about these changes and how at that...

They weren't having trouble with 4-hour games after TV either. The games have continued to get longer every year not as a result of commercials (I am sure they did get longer at the time TV was introduced), but due to play on the field - primarily that the style of offense that most teams play...

More context on this, the average time of a game in 1996 was just over 3 hours and now it is just over 3.5 hours. This is apparently mostly driven by teams moving to the spread offense. They are running more plays, passing more and scoring more which means more clock stoppages. In addition...

I just told you one of the main 'too long' considerations. The games are running into each other which the TV networks do not like. I personally wouldn't mind if the games went 4 hours, but it causes problems with the networks scheduling them.

The reason they are doing this is b/c games are running too long. I personally don't mind the long games but a lot of fans do and more importantly the TV networks don't like it b/c they have games running into each other. A network like ESPN (or pick your network) wants the 12PM game to end...