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American football and baseball are an Anheuser-Busch InBev psyop to normalize getting regularly drunk because those sports are otherwise unwatchable (hexbear.net)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

I love baseball but MLB is getting harder to watch with the amount of ad creep I’ve noticed in the last season or two. It’s sounds strange but I’ve actually gotten into MLS in the last year since it feels like the least advertising-intensive sport right now. I actually dropped watching the NHL because covering the ice in ads started bugging me too much.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    MLB is getting harder to watch with the amount of ad creep I’ve noticed

    That's fair. Whenever I can get a pirated stream, I genuinely enjoy the big blue MLB logo and total silence where the ad-breaks are supposed to be.

    I actually dropped watching the NHL because covering the ice in ads started bugging me too much.

    Never got into NHL, but I'm down in Texas, so... I do feel like the live games are getting better entirely due to the relative lack of ads everywhere.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The lack of commercial breaks during a soccer game is why the sport was so unpopular in the US until recently. Well that, and the growing immigrant population that come from soccer-loving nations. But now with streaming and digitally inserted ads during the game broadcasters are willing to promote it now.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    The pitch clock has definitely sped up games, but that time saved has been filled by more ads. Just make the pitchers suffer more so we can get more big hitters 🤑

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    that time saved has been filled by more ads

    Surprisingly, no. Games are shorter end-to-end now, with the reduction coming during the actual broadcast.

    They're jamming more adds on jerseys, superimposed behind pitcher's mounds, etc., but the whole game has been significantly condensed.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Oh shit you’re right!

    I don’t know how I didn’t even realize the broadcasts were shorter. Maybe they still seem long to me because baseball is one of my only interactions with ads in general.

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