How does coverage of a 90 (well 105, if 1/2 time is 15 mins) min soccer game that kicks off at 17:00 need to start at 16:00 and end at 19:30 hrs. That seems to equate to 3 1/2 hours. so 2 hours of waffle before and after.

No wonder non sports people get p***ed with sports coverage taking over the schedule.