But a sporting event shouldn't feel like a lengthy real-time event imho. When I'm watching a good boxing match looking at anything but the screen is the last thing on my mind.
Now american football on the other hand ... 4 hours for 11 minutes of gameplay. I just don't get it.
And horse racing - that's a sport, man. Nothing for half an hour, then a whole minute of horses running across a field a quarter mile away. Oh, the humanity.
Don't get me started on track and field. They are a gut-busting good time. All those people milling around for hours, then somebody hops over a pole! I can't tell you how riveting.
Yeah, American football is in great company the world 'round.
Or are you just being willfully ignorant about this?