10-09-2017, 01:58 PM
Haven't posted in years, but wanted to bring up my biggest gripe about late games: that playing a game earlier means that you make the highlight reels throughout the day, on repeat.
Not sure how much of an impact highlights and mentions have on people's opinions, but if the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect has anything to do with fan perception, Playing at 4pm ET means everyone watching the prime time games gets a lot more "exposure" to Love breaking off another 50+ yd TD run throughout the day on repeat because it's probably the best run of the day.
Playing at 10:30pm ET means unless you're staying up for those games, you're missing Love's highlights because (1) nobody watches SportsCenter front to back anymore (2) ESPN has changed their site to only show you homer highlights and (3) by the time Sunday rolls around everyone's watching NFL preview shows.
Not sure how much of an impact highlights and mentions have on people's opinions, but if the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect has anything to do with fan perception, Playing at 4pm ET means everyone watching the prime time games gets a lot more "exposure" to Love breaking off another 50+ yd TD run throughout the day on repeat because it's probably the best run of the day.
Playing at 10:30pm ET means unless you're staying up for those games, you're missing Love's highlights because (1) nobody watches SportsCenter front to back anymore (2) ESPN has changed their site to only show you homer highlights and (3) by the time Sunday rolls around everyone's watching NFL preview shows.