# Why did the NBA All Star Game Start 58 minutes late?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 21, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-nba-all-star-game-start-58-minutes-late/291093 "2005-02-21T01:44:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-nba-all-star-game-start-58-minutes-late/291093/1 "2005-02-21T01:44:14Z")

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How can TNT get away with stating the game starts at 8, when it started nearly an hour later?

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-nba-all-star-game-start-58-minutes-late/291093/2 "2005-02-21T01:49:23Z")

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Because it can.

Your option is to not watch.

There are no Truth in Scheduling laws. It’s not any different than going to a rock concert and waiting a similar amount of time for the main act to come out.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-nba-all-star-game-start-58-minutes-late/291093/3 "2005-02-21T02:30:02Z")

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Because they want you to watch as many extra commercials as they can fit in, and you - plural you - will.