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2-minute warning question
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:17 am
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:17 am
i know that it's been asked before but, what's the reason for a 2-minute warning?
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Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:19 am to tigerdup07
Fit in more commercials. It serves no legitimate purpose.
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:19 am to tigerdup07
quote:
The origins are from the early years in the NFL when the official game time was kept by a member of the officiating crew, with the stadium clock being unofficial. Its purpose was a checkpoint to ensure that the teams knew how much time remained in the game. In the early 1960s the upstart American Football League made the stadium clock the official game time, a change followed later in the decade by the NFL. By then, television was an important factor in professional football, so the two-minute warning was retained as a commercial break and to serve as "tension building" time, and thus has become an important part of the game's flow.[3]
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:20 am to tigerdup07
quote:
The origins are from the early years in the NFL when the official game time was kept by a member of the officiating crew, with the stadium clock being unofficial. Its purpose was a checkpoint to ensure that the teams knew how much time remained in the game. In the early 1960s the upstart American Football League made the stadium clock the official game time, a change followed later in the decade by the NFL. By then, television was an important factor in professional football, so the two-minute warning was retained as a commercial break and to serve as "tension building" time, and thus has become an important part of the game's flow.[3]
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Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:20 am to slackster
Oh, you bitch
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:22 am to castorinho
Posted on 1/14/19 at 9:40 am to tigerdup07
Under 2 minutes is also when certain other rules come into effect. Out of bounds rules, booth reviews, advancing fumbles, etc. Just nice to have a symbolic timeout for a portion of the game that's treated differently than the rest
Posted on 1/14/19 at 10:15 am to WaterLink
It works well for the NFL since the clock doesn’t stop on first downs.
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