NBC Sports wants 67 seconds between rounds

It's not as if NBC is going to have a major fight or event, so why not? I assume they will have mainly up and comers most of the time.

 

What other sport allows a nailed-to-the-floor-guaranteed commercial (or even two, provided one is shorter than regulation time...or even two regulation thirty-second spots but without an instant of wiggle room between rounds) every three minutes of a live event in progress?

That's an unparalleled goldmine as it is, this basically amounts to getting made at the goose for not doubling its golden egg output.

 

People talking about short-sightedness on the part of anyone against this? :rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

Abre los ojos, pendejos. :deal

Think about the far-reaching consequences:

NBC boxing shows incorporate a 67-minute stool period.

That makes them different from every other boxing show in the world. (including those televised in foreign countries - in primarily Europe, South America, and some parts of Asia - where boxing is actually doing quite well as a sustainable and lucrative programming fixture......not to mention the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of boxing cards, which are non-televised house shows...)

So "boxing on NBC" is down the road to becoming a different sport, disconnected from the rest if they go down this slippery slope and there are further concessions. ("If you give a mouse a cookie...") Remember how K1 wasn't considered 'real' kickboxing, but its own entirely unique sport? Yeah...that's where this is headed, if NBC gets to call its shots as far as boxing rules go on its shows. It'll be its own thing apart from boxing. And forgive me, but I'm not going to be much interested in it. I'll remain a diehard follower of the genuine article sweet science, not NBC's "gloved sports entertainment".

The OTHER alternative, is that the rest of the entire ****ing world has to kowtow and adopt NBC's new rules in unison just so boxing can 'adapt' and 'survive' without splintering into unique sub-sports with different rule sets - which adaptation and survival, btw, according to many idiots seems to be synonymous with "get back on mainstream American television"...even though in global terms IT AIN'T ****ING BROKE and doesn't need fixing. It doesn't need to 'adapt', because its 'survival' isn't currently threatened. It isn't mainstream anymore, boo hoo. Probably never will be again, as there's been a cultural paradigm shift in the USA since the old-time days of smoky halls crammed with layfolk in fedoras puffing on stogies and watching two guys duke it out. It's now been pushed into its little corner and has got its niche audience and is a fringe market, and that's fine.

So all those foreign shows in every nation that licenses and televises boxing, and ALL those house shows...they're going to have to take their cues from whatever Almighty NBC dictates for its own shows? And the entire century-plus of pugilistic tradition is going to have its course steered by what some fickle execs think will benefit their bottom line? And so the entire sport the world over becomes an extension of NBC's vision of "gloved sports entertainment"?

That's ridiculous. ONE ****ING NETWORK, in one country, having that much ****ing power over the entire sport? **** YOU, sellouts and apologists.

 

European TV stations like RTL and ProTV can figure out how to run commercials in 60 seconds. Stupid greedy American channels should be able to do the same.

 

Just read IB...

 

F NBC, replays and listening in to the corners between rounds is more important

 

"Oh, this is such a gigantic opportunity for boxing! :| We NEED boxing on NBC!! It's the only opportunity that will ever come along! A game-changing opportunity! (so why not allow the game to change! :hey) NBC, have whatever you want. 67 second breaks between rounds? Make it 97! Let the commercials take up as much time as the action! Do half a minute on and half a minute off so the fights are faster and more furious, like "shootouts" in hockey, casual fans eat that stuff up. Headgear on pros, with ad banners all over? Do it, please!! Boxers wearing skintight lycra windbreakers with ads all over them like racecar drivers? YEAH!! Take us deep and hard, NBC!! We want it up the ass as far as you want to give it! Your **** is so big, you're the alpha, and we're so thirsty for your sweet nourishing cum!! It tastes like salty salvation!!"

Eat ****, ***gots.

 

Things change all the time. Boxing rules change too. Hell, they aren't even consistent from commission to commission or alphabet to alphabet. 7 seconds a round to get boxing back on broadcast television is not a bad trade off in a sport that is already seen its shares of scandals lately.

 

No one gives a **** about boxing. Advertisers aren't going to pay much to have their commercials ran during a show with **** ratings. Even with 2 30 second slots, I'm not even sure it will make much of a profit at all.

 

I agree:good

 

It is bull****. And I love how when Vitali fought Kingpin he opted for 1:30 between rounds.

 

I realize you have a very low IQ, but I'll explain it to you anyway:

If NBC doesn't offer the fighter / promoter enough money, then they will lose the fight to PPV. It has nothing to do with how greedy the CEO is.

Duh.

 

While I agree they should ****.off one thing pop in all this. Helping fighter make a living cause u get more commercial BS. Better living.....more fighters.

 

LOL.....Damn IB.......

 

First off. Relllaxxx IB. 2nd of all I do agree, Boxing's a sport, A network can't edit rules that are followed in EVERY single boxing match that happens worldwide for they're own arrogant advertizing purposes. But I do agree with what many are saying, We need these NBC cards, Duva has given boxing the best name towards non-followers it has had in ages. Quality match ups that provide excitement on Network TV. Thats rare. Not even ESPN can do it all that much. This is a great opportunity for boxing, NBC cards a couple times a yr. NBC Sports cards 10 times or so. Very good. - But again I think IB's right you can't let a network **** a very big sport that has gone by the same rules for ages, That's not their right.