How is this objectively any different than any other of the most popular sports, where the majority of the game is passing shit around with maybe 30 to 40 attempts on goal per game with maybe scores once every half hour. You'll know a football game is bad when you wake up after an hour and nothing has happened, but that's your average soccer game. Every second of those 8 minutes matter.

Unless you are talking about basketball where defense has essentially become a joke in the last decade. I like basket-ball alot though, they are just in a rough spot analyically for the game.

In the field sports model, rugby and hurling are superior games for the spectator, however, there is way less going on on the pitch for either of those sports during moments of play.

You could do the same math for a game of chess, or any other activity where you get some time to think about your next move.