Three hours of football delivers 11 minutes of on-the-field action. This fact comes from the Wall Street Journal whose small study aligns with those of other researchers. The Journal points out that football “is the rare sport where it’s common for the clock to run for long periods of time while nothing is happening.”
Oddly, three hours of baseball delivers about the same amount of action. Baseball doesn’t have a clock.
And according to happiness researchers that is well and good:
Anticipation of the event can produce as much happiness as the event itself; in fact, the waiting can sometimes be the happiest part. People also appreciate the ability to extend their happy experiences, before and after the moment.
