25 minute half times with entertainment?

[WJ99mobile]

There's so many 'What could make this a better experience for the fan' ideas that could be trialled. There's also loads of 'How can we increase the welfare of the players' ideas that also have been suggested.

Which ones do they seriously consider though? Just like Qatar it's the 'How can we generate more money from this' being investigated

Whether you back it or not, the commercialisation of football is only going one way

[WJ99mobile]

Would an extra 5 minutes at half time stop some from going to the bars so early?

Nope, they'd still go down 5 minutes early so they didn't have to queue

[the other bob wilson]

So true. And back then, Bob, you didn't have referees taking 70 seconds over an ordinary free kick outside the box and over 90 seconds if a booking was included. Also it didn't take over a minute to restart a game after a goal and goalkeepers taking an age over goalkicks etc. Tan's Chinese dragon interlude at half time was bad enough and 15 minutes is more than ample.

StT.
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Do you know anyone who pays their £20 or whatever it is to get into a football match these days for the bits during the two hours when there’s no football being played? I don’t and yet these would appear to be the people this proposal is geared towards. All this is about is trying to increase bar and food takings through trying to get people to eat or drink more during the ever growing intervals when there’s no football being played.

[Rjk]

Do you know anyone who pays their £20 or whatever it is to get into a football match these days for the bits during the two hours when there’s no football being played? I don’t and yet these would appear to be the people this proposal is geared towards. All this is about is trying to increase bar and food takings through trying to get people to eat or drink more during the ever growing intervals when there’s no football being played.

I think they've seen the money generated by the TV audience for the Superbowl and thought that they want a bit of that. the advertising revenue during the half time show is astronomical and they want their crown jewel events to be similar.
so you turn it into.an event that will attract non football watchers. the people watching the game are already a captive audience.

[Canton68]

I only go down for the football I don't want any Americanising of the day. Half time is for a piss, especially in the cold weather

[Taunton Blue Genie]

I only go down for the football I don't want any Americanising of the day. Half time is for a piss, especially in the cold weather

We need the return of the al fresco breeze-block pissoir.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

There's so many 'What could make this a better experience for the fan' ideas that could be trialled. There's also loads of 'How can we increase the welfare of the players' ideas that also have been suggested.

Which ones do they seriously consider though? Just like Qatar it's the 'How can we generate more money from this' being investigated

Whether you back it or not, the commercialisation of football is only going one way

More multi-millionaire footballers supporting minor teams financially. All credit to those who already do.

[Steve the Tea]

Do you know anyone who pays their £20 or whatever it is to get into a football match these days for the bits during the two hours when there’s no football being played? I don’t and yet these would appear to be the people this proposal is geared towards. All this is about is trying to increase bar and food takings through trying to get people to eat or drink more during the ever growing intervals when there’s no football being played.

Methinks your answer is not a million miles from the truth there. When a corner takes 45 secs and 75 secs for a restart from a goal you know the product on display has nothing to do with the fans.

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[lardy]

Methinks your answer is not a million miles from the truth there. When a corner takes 45 secs and 75 secs for a restart from a goal you know the product on display has nothing to do with the fans.

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Surely the 75 seconds spent celebrating a goal is the best part of the match for a fan?

[Feedback]

I wouldn’t mind some entertainment the 45 minutes before and the 45 minutes after half time

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

I didn't go down last night as I seem to have reached an age, where I can't cope with getting home late, with work the next morning. Add another 15 minutes to half time and I doubt if I'll ever see a evening game again.

And without copying TOBW post in, evening games used to be 7.30 kick offs. I'd be much happier as an old git returning to that start time.

[Bobby Dandruff]

I wouldn’t mind some entertainment the 45 minutes before and the 45 minutes after half time

Very good 👍