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Has anyone else found themselves enjoying watching football much less than years prior due to the number of penalties? (alien.top)
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I swear, half of the plays in the games I watch have a penalty. It just kills the flow of the game seeing a flag all the time, it feels like games back in the 00’s were not like this.

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[–] FreddieFunkhouser@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this doesn't mean anything bc the issue is the type of penalty

way more calls that require the refs to stand around and conference, wasting time and slowing the game down

somebody will say 'well akshually the games are shorter' no they gave up on some of those between play commercial breaks and started inserting ads into the 'down time' of games

[–] jfgiv@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

really hasn't been that pronounced even in the usual suspects of "game's gotten soft":

Season Defensive Pass Interference Defensive Holding Roughing the Passer Unnecessary Roughness
1999 1.09 0.50 0.27 0.56
2000 1.01 0.63 0.30 0.48
2001 0.88 0.42 0.31 0.34
2002 0.93 0.49 0.39 0.50
2003 0.86 0.59 0.42 0.55
2004 0.69 0.57 0.50 0.43
2005 0.78 0.77 0.45 0.42
2006 0.64 0.50 0.37 0.52
2007 0.57 0.32 0.23 0.48
2008 0.61 0.49 0.22 0.60
2009 0.69 0.41 0.26 0.52
2010 0.76 0.39 0.34 0.64
2011 0.80 0.48 0.39 0.74
2012 0.95 0.56 0.36 0.85
2013 0.94 0.67 0.35 1.06
2014 0.80 0.84 0.39 0.82
2015 0.90 0.85 0.39 0.89
2016 1.09 0.80 0.33 0.76
2017 1.04 0.93 0.41 0.78
2018 0.93 0.93 0.45 0.80
2019 1.05 0.95 0.52 0.61
2020 1.20 0.66 0.48 0.63
2021 1.10 0.57 0.55 0.59
2022 0.83 0.77 0.34 0.57
2023 1.09 0.74 0.43 0.65

We're talking about an extra defensive holding every five games. an extra roughing the passer every eight.