With the Super Bowl bearing down upon us, I thought the following passages from yesterday's Wall Street Journal might be of interest. In part, the Journal article, "The Time It Takes To Win It All," compares the preparation time required for a team to perform in the NFL with the time necessary for success in other endeavors. Check this out:
"According to an operational study of National Football League teams prepared for The Wall Street Journal by Boston Consulting Group, the typical NFL season requires 514,000 hours of labor per team. That's about eight times the effort it took to conceptualize, build and market Apple's iPod, according to BCG, and enough time to build 25 America's Cup yachts. If both Super Bowl teams dedicated themselves to construction rather than football, their members could have built the Empire State Building in seven seasons.
"If you divide a team's total preparation time by the number of yards its offense gains on the field in a season, you'll find that an NFL team moves at the rate of about 32 hours per foot. And it's only getting worse: According to interviews with NFL personnel, the study's authors say the total prep time per team has nearly doubled in the last 20 years."
The whole article is a fascinating read, especially for those of us drawn toward the geekish.
By the way, here's to watching the Saints go marching in, over and over again.
Peace.
PS. And according to another WSJ article, despite the fact that a typical NFL game lasts about four hours, the football in any given NFL game is only in play -- that is, moving -- for 11 minutes.
PS. And according to another WSJ article, despite the fact that a typical NFL game lasts about four hours, the football in any given NFL game is only in play -- that is, moving -- for 11 minutes.
1 comment:
Great stats. I am headed to NOLA after the game, I hope the place will still be partying. Lordy, Lordy, what a party that could be!
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