Stupid when I first heard it was happening and even more so when I actually witnessed it. Even as a kid, I thought it was stupid because does any team really need a warning that there is 2 minutes left in the half/game? That thing is NFL, not college.
I know in college football they don't call it the '2 Minute Warning' but then why have that rule? Over my years, I almost always stay for the final gun, even when games are long over, wins and losses, but this evening when this game was 'over', I was not going to sit in my seat for extra 3 minutes just for a useless time-out.
It’s dumb, but I guess they figured the clock wiil keep running after a first down is made to speed up the game.
it's another commercial break.
always follow the money.