alt Hacker NewsChanging the pauses of the game alters the momentum and, as consequence, the results. How is that “inconsequential”? There have been cases of corrupted referees before, but violating the Laws of the Game in plain sight is an unprecedented attack on the sport.
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HelloMcFly • yesterday at 7:34 PM
I think hydration breaks can be defensible as long as they are a) conditionally triggered by pre-existing criteria that is b) created by an honest assessment of player welfare independent of economic considerations.
I can't say I think the halftime show is a big deal at all though.
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NetMageSCW • yesterday at 11:22 PM
Who gets to decide what “the Laws of the Gane” are in the FIFA World Cup?
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orangedog • yesterday at 7:18 PM
How does it violate the laws of the game?
Every single break time decision in football is arbitrary already.
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I can agree that it definitely makes it a different game/playstyle but I'm still not sure if it's guaranteed worse. Putting ads during the break is obviously bad and a cash grab but from a gameplay perspective, it's not clear that a short break during the half is necessarily worse.