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For Football, it was when I discovered that some timeouts during the game were LITERALLY for TV commercial breaks.

TV timeouts are not nearly as obtrusive or blatant as you claim they are. They're taken between special teams plays, when offenses and defenses are sorting out player packages anyway; during injury timeouts, when there's nothing to show but a guy writing in pain, which no one wants to see; and during routine 30-second timeouts when, again, there's nothing to see.

TV timeouts are tame compared to, say, Internet advertising.

121 posted on 10/18/2009 2:33:49 PM PDT by Terpfen (FR is being Alinskied. Remember, you only take flak when you're over the target.)

No, they are not all that obtrusive or blatant. For me, it’s the principle.

I have nothing against televised sports per-se. It’s just that I learned in business 101 that when you buy a product, you’re voting for it. I choose not to spend the gawdawful amount of time it involves. If I’m gonna spend four hours doing nothing, I’d rather do something interactive, like actually PLAY sports, not watch it.