I think it was only something like 2 seconds at the time though. I am pretty sure they extended it, for tv broadcasts at least, cause I remember the next season a lot of people complaining that the tv and radio broadcasts of the packer games were not in synch anymore, the radio was like 5 seconds ahead
Yeah, they made it longer after that.
I remember the local radio station attempting to add a delay of their own to the game broadcasts to synch it up with the tv and that caused more troubles and upset even more people. It was a big brouhaha around here for a couple weeks until they ironed the kinks out
A potential pool of viewers is probably a good idea for starting a new game, but they make all sorts of game shows. Those don't really have a specific demographic, I don't think?
And, yeah, trying to then sync the radio just sounds silly. Just accept the delay and move on in life. Football is fun, stop making it not fun. Stop taking it so seriously. Stop using it as an excuse for perpetual outrage.
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