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Author:  Don Tiny [ Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

http://awfulannouncing.com/2017/baltimore-ravens-owner-steve-bisciotti-urges-nfl-to-reduce-commercial-breaks.html

The NFL ratings slump has been one of the major stories the league has encountered this year. A lot of it had to do with the presidential election, but one owner feels it’s more to do with the commercials rather than the election. Speaking for a story on his team’s website, Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti is not a fan of multiple commercial breaks that slow down the game action in particular, the touchdown/field goal, break, kickoff, break that occurs regularly.

Bisciotti had some choice words for that entire sequence:

“It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that nobody wants to see two minutes of commercials, come back, kick the ball and then go to a minute-and-a-half of commercials,” Bisciotti said Tuesday. “I’ve thought that was absurd since I was 20 years old.”

Bisciotti was quite candid, first wondering if this was a industry-wide problem with ratings down across the board for all programs, not just the NFL, but then turned back to the amount of commercials in a game broadcast and income that trickles down to the players:

“We’ve got to figure that out,” Bisciotti said. “Again, if you change that, it could mean a reduction in income, but that’s going to hit the players more significantly than it’s going to hit the owners. I still don’t know any owner that’s in this business because of the money.

“Everything is on the table, and if we have to go to ABC and NBC and say that we’ve got to cut some commercials out and give some money back and half of that money doesn’t go into the player pool, maybe that’s what we’re going to have to do. But our expenses would be adjusted accordingly too. So, I’d like to see some things cleaned up.”


It’s rare to see an owner speak out on ratings and especially about commercials and the bread-and-butter income for the league TV partners, but this is an issue that has apparently bothered Bisciotti. And in wanting to improve the television experience, he’s touched upon an issue that affects all viewers.

It’s also rare for a team website to tackle such an issue, but maybe not so rare for the Ravens. Their Twitter account briefly retweeted the irony of having an NFL safety ad appear in a New York Times story on NFL concussions, but then removed it later. And the team’s website published a story about a rookie dinner hazing that it later removed after it came under criticism.

This most recent story will not likely be removed and will probably resonate as the commercial overload in NFL games continues to be an issue for fans. And while there was some experimentation in reducing the ad load in Week 16, the ad breaks came back for Week 17 and the playoffs.

Will the ads breaks change for the next season? The NFL will apparently explore this and if Steve Bisciotti has anything to say about it, the league will have to take some serious looks at changing the break format.

Author:  JORR [ Thu Jan 19, 2017 5:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

I assumed he had been appointed to the Cabinet.

Author:  Peoria Matt [ Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
I assumed he had been appointed to the Cabinet.


:lol:

Probably deemed to be overqualified.

Author:  Brick [ Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

Someone get that man a dvr!

Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:02 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

Mangino wrote:
This guy has a great last name.

Author:  Hank Scorpio [ Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:42 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

I don't want as many commercials. Make my gladiators take the pay cut whilst I enjoy more of their battling. Furthermore, bring me a goblet of your finest virgin blood and a condor egg omelet...post haste!!

Author:  pittmike [ Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:56 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

One could argue that with fewer commercials you have a better chance to get people to stick around more for them.

Author:  ZephMarshack [ Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:09 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

Hank Scorpio wrote:
I don't want as many commercials. Make my gladiators take the pay cut whilst I enjoy more of their battling. Furthermore, bring me a goblet of your finest virgin blood and a condor egg omelet...post haste!!

:lol: This was my reaction too.

Author:  312player [ Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:17 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

The rule changes have hurt the game, they've taken the toughness and physicality out of the game and replaced them with speed and athleticism. You can't hit a QB below the waist, you can't light up a wide receiver. There are too many stoppages that kill the flow of the game.

Author:  Douchebag [ Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:20 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

Get rid of replay.

The commercials were always there post touchdown and after a kickoff. Now replays add 30-45 mins per game. That's what is hurting the game.

Author:  pittmike [ Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:25 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

Douchebag wrote:
Get rid of replay.

The commercials were always there post touchdown and after a kickoff. Now replays add 30-45 mins per game. That's what is hurting the game.


I may be wrong but it is only recently where I have seen commercials sandwiching both the extra point and the kickoff. I seem to recall them doing one or the other.

Author:  Curious Hair [ Fri Jan 20, 2017 5:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Baltimore Ravens Owner Steve Biscotti

How recently are we talking? That crap's been going on at least 12 years.

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