alt Hacker NewsAn argument I've heard is that since hydration breaks can affect the game, if you are going to have them they should be mandatory and at the same time in all games in a tournament rather than doing them like they did when they were originally introduced in 2014. Then they were only done in games when the conditions on the field got dangerous.
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ThatMedicIsASpy • yesterday at 9:56 PM
I can't remember this sports without a hydration break (half time). So they've been mandatory for a long time.
Seems like the wrong spot to optimize for fairness / equal playing conditions when the weather itself affects the game in so many more ways.