Also the game has become less and less viewable. More stops of play, more replays, more official reviews, more sideline interviews, more flashy graphics and animated robotic football players and more pointless shots of the coaching staff and sidelines. I'm surprised they have time to show the play as it occurs. I watched a replay of Super Bowl from the 1980s. Although I missed high def, with fewer replays and fewer cameras it was a better game.
Anymore, when I do watch a football game I usually DVR it and start and hour or two into the game and finish about the same time the game ends. I can skip the commercials and endless replays. If I want to see a play again I can rewind.
Go to your high school football games...I live in SW Florida and the games are great..your outdoors with your neighbors and there kids..