Can You Stop Watching Games Live and Pick Them Up Later?

Have you ever been watching a big-time sporting event and it’s a close game but you start feeling your eyes getting heavy? What if the game isn’t that close but it’s still a championship-determining game like the Super Bowl or Game 7 of the World Series? Do you ever hit the pause button on the game and turn the game off completely to get some shut eye and pick up the game later when you wake up? It was a hot debate on The Fan Morning Show on Monday with Kevin, James and Jeff when it came to tonight’s college basketball national championship game.

The guys debated the start time for the game, a start time of just before 9pm Eastern, up earlier from its normal post-9pm start time. While an earlier tip time had Kevin and James happy but still hesitant that it could still drift near midnight Jeff said his solution would be and has been to turn games off and go to sleep to resume them the next morning. It then spurred the debate of whether or not the ability to turn big sporting events off and resume them hours later. Would you turn off a tied national championship in the final ten minutes? A Super Bowl heading into the fourth quarter? A Game 7 of the World Series with bases loaded in the eighth inning? Where is the line drawn? Kevin and James said they would power through some sleepy eyes in the morning to watch the events live while Jeff said he would have no problem tuning out and resuming in the morning.

Personally, I side with Kevin and James as I don’t think my brain would allow me to tune out completely not knowing what happened or if a massive comeback or upset was underway. Hell, I stayed up until 12:30am to watch the conclusion of AEW’s Dynasty pay-per-view earlier this morning because I wanted to see if Swerve Strickland could unseat Jon Moxley for the AEW Championship. He couldn’t and it was due to a wild finish that saw the return of the Young Bucks interfering and costing Strickland the win. See? I would have missed all that had I gone to bed early. Am I sleepy? Yes. Was it worth it? Also, yes.

If it’s a random Pacers game out west in the regular season, sure I can tap out if needed. A game with championship hopes in the balance? Impossible. What about you? Are you Team Kevin-James (not the actor) or Team Jeff/Team Sleep when it comes to these types of events? Will you be watching the national championship game to completion tonight? Sound off in the comments!

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