And another difference with NFL or MLB

is that football has only one break at half time, other than the occasional injury or very short set piece stoppages. Therefore a football crowd is intense in its attention to the game.

In NFL, and in MLB, it has short bursts of intense activity with breaks in between, so the spectator has time to appreciate side activities going on around them. Did you know that an NFL game, which takes about 3 to 3.5 hours, yet has 60 minutes on the game clock, comprises of about 11 to 18 minutes of actual gameplay?

Football really cannot be borrowing from those experiences. Maybe cricket could.

Posted By: Legacy Fan on October 9th 2025 at 11:05:40

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EDP Opnion piece.... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Oct 9, 08:16:33
- Notts county have a indoor one. Toilets probably pong on matchday though. (n/m) (NCFC) - Goosebumps, Oct 9, 15:09:01
- Looking at the designs for the fan park, I'm not sure about them (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Oct 9, 13:33:15
  - The one at Southampton is a good example (NCFC) - BungysPie, Oct 9, 14:00:28
- “All kinds of feathers rustled” (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 11:37:36
  - are there many different kinds of feathers? (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 9, 12:22:51
    - At least two (NCFC) - camcan, Oct 9, 13:16:06
- Can't compare for example NFL gameday to an English game (NCFC) - inutero, Oct 9, 09:25:35
  - People seem to be over analysing this. All we are doing is creating a fan zone which is (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Oct 9, 14:41:09
    - Maybe, but looking at the artist's impression (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 14:43:24
      - The devil will be in the detail. If all they are going to provide is beer and (NCFC) - The Gaffer, Oct 9, 14:49:57
        
        Splat the Cat, the Aviva Beaver and Razz the Clown will be in attendance (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Oct 9, 14:53:08
  - The purpose of this is to increase performance on the pitch (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 9, 13:21:01
    - I wonder how ST-heavy that corner is now (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 13:28:01
      - that corner is often the area with empty seats so doubt many ST holders (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Oct 9, 14:54:22
  - No real jeopardy? (NCFC) - usacanary, Oct 9, 12:13:07
  - game day (n/m) (NCFC) - Bristol Graham, Oct 9, 12:00:43
  - And another difference with NFL or MLB (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 11:05:40
    - (and most away fans don't travel due to the distances) (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 11:30:11
  - Also a lazy piece given that Attanasio has no experience of NFL game days. MLB perhaps (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 10:59:25
  - with the exception of Spoons, I think Carrow Road is very competitively priced for a pint. (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Oct 9, 10:25:41
    - Depends what you drink (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 11:30:51
  - Modern sports stadia tend to be out of towns, so perhaps more suited to a Fanzone (NCFC) - Sainz and Sinners, Oct 9, 10:07:16
  - Should CR encourage more younger fans? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 9, 09:45:14
    - Will the players be singing autographs pre match? (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 9, 11:31:45
      - No reason why injured players couldn’t (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Oct 9, 11:55:34
  - You can't just frame NFL as having 'no jeopardy' (NCFC) - norwaay, Oct 9, 09:37:53
    - The lack of jeopardy is there in many aspects though: (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 11:10:42
      - Another difference here is that American Sports teams are (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Oct 9, 11:17:15
  - I don't know anything about NFL but a quick google taught me... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Oct 9, 09:35:03
- I enjoyed that. Thank you Dr D. (n/m) (NCFC) - Kangol Canary, Oct 9, 08:24:01
  - Not sure abuot the VR thing, that sounds a step too far. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Oct 9, 08:39:43

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