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The top-ranked teams are pacing themselves, while the lower-ranked teams are definitely playing with more energy. Not a great show, I guess the real entertainment will come from the Round of 16 onward.

Unfortunately, some teams can do calculations while others can’t. Those who finish their groups last will definitely have an advantage since they can play knowing the results of the second and third best-placed teams.

The two cooling breaks are unbearable, but what won’t people do for money?
 
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I don't mind the cooling breaks in that I think there are definitely some matches that absolutely need them and I understand the rationale that all matches should be the same.

However, they shouldn't have allowed ads, or especially full-screen ads. If Fox had used it as a time to show stories about the players/teams playing, it would have been cool.
 
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bluesfan94 said:
I don't mind the cooling breaks in that I think there are definitely some matches that absolutely need them and I understand the rationale that all matches should be the same.

However, they shouldn't have allowed ads, or especially full-screen ads. If Fox had used it as a time to show stories about the players/teams playing, it would have been cool.
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“If we can’t have ads why would we put a break in”

But yeah I mean the absolutely easiest slam dunk thing they could have down here was just do crowd shots of all the rockets. It’s obviously a little….old fashioned…but it would certainly drive engagement which is all people seem to care about whether it is good or not
 
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bluesfan94 said:
I don't mind the cooling breaks in that I think there are definitely some matches that absolutely need them and I understand the rationale that all matches should be the same.

However, they shouldn't have allowed ads, or especially full-screen ads. If Fox had used it as a time to show stories about the players/teams playing, it would have been cool.
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The ads are the point of the breaks to begin with.
 
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Perhaps, but at the same time, I think it's reasonable when games are being played in Miami
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People didn't have a problem with the hydration breaks when they were only in games that required them for safety reasons (such as those in Miami) and were only a minute long. The pre-existing system for hydration breaks worked perfectly and did exactly what is accomplished by those who are now saying "yea the ads suck but it's still reasonable."
 
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Wee Baby Seamus said:
People didn't have a problem with the hydration breaks when they were only in games that required them for safety reasons (such as those in Miami) and were only a minute long. The pre-existing system for hydration breaks worked perfectly and did exactly what is accomplished by those who are now saying "yea the ads suck but it's still reasonable."
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No, I agree - for what it's worth, I don't like how long they are and that they go to ads. I just think (a) it's probably reasonable to have short breaks for matches in, say Miami, and (b) it's probably reasonable to say if you're going to have short breaks in some matches, you should have them in all.

Perhaps it would be different if the breaks were shorter, but we've seen how important these breaks are to switching tactics and changing momentum, and I think it's reasonable to think it's unfair for that to be a potential game changing situation in some matches and not others.

All of that said, they shouldn't have allowed them to be this long or go to ads. That part was/is absurd.
 
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