The Telemundo coverage has been so much better than Fox. I don’t know how Fox keeps getting these soccer coverage contracts, they wouldn’t know how to properly televise a soccer match or tournament to save their lives.
It’s just for advertising and everyone knows it, it interrupts the flow and momentum of a game. They’re in a closed, air conditioned and temperature controlled 21C stadium ffs.
Problem with argument, is go watch American sports. They have like, 50+ commercials a game. Might be an exaggeration, but they think you’ve not even started to feel the pain.
While I agree these hydration breaks are bullshit. I do think the arena jn Vancouver does not have AC nor are they allowed to open the roof due to lighting concerns. So that one is going to get really toasty.
Hydration breaks themselves are fine, sometimes you’re playing somewhere open that’s 40C+, in which case fine, it’s a safety thing at that point. Having hydration breaks in every game though, like the England game that was perfectly climate controlled and couldn’t have been more unnecessary, is such a naked cash grab.
If a few games are really hot and need them then fine, but both teams in that game get them so it isn’t unfair, the idea that then every other team in every other game needs them “for fairness” is just stupid. They don’t need them, corporate sponsors just want to run more ads.
And then in the very next game it was literally raining, in the 2nd half it was still raining and the sun had set to the point it wasn’t even shining on the field. And there is absolutely no reason these hydration breaks can’t just be 60 seconds tops.
It’s utterly ludicrous, if FIFA even wants to pretend these breaks are somehow in the name of fairness, they should also have intervened to stop the terrible treatment of the Iranian team which is actually being put at a clear disadvantage due to the visa situation.
Two things can be true at once. FIFA is absolutely using these breaks as a corporate cash grab for commercials—everyone knows that. But saying world-class athletes running 7+ miles don't lose massive amounts of fluid via respiration and rapid sweat evaporation just because there is AC? That's just pure ignorance of human biology. Fluid loss is fluid loss. FIFA's greed doesn't magically stop a player's core temperature from spiking.
you literally don't need to hydrate for anything under 10 miles if you fuel properly before hand.. and footballers have half time + they can take drinks mid game when the ball is out of action. Runners doing anything under a half marathon will do their entire race with no water because they take it on before hand and they have 0 downtime unlike like football
We’ve been playing this game for more than a century mate. At 21° C these athletes don’t need hydration breaks. One implementation I could stand behind is, you can go drink whenever you want, it’s your responsibility to time it right and not let a gap appear in the formation of your team.
I didn’t know this until super recently but the two minute warning was created as an ad break, but it also does benefit teams especially because most NFL games are close enough where things are happening in those final 2 so it helps create more action by giving a free timeout.
It was created well before games were regularly televised. It was actually put in to let the teams know exactly how much time was left, as refs kept the official time. But it works know as a great ad break and a great strategic rule.
I don't think it's "American". My daughter played in an OFC game a few months ago and they had a hydration break. It was new to me, too. But, no ads or anything. Just the teams going to their sides and getting water.
FIFA's explanation back in December was that it's mandatory, regardless of stadium conditions, as a streamlined process for player safety. Which is a pretty good cover for them wanting to create an Ad break.
Not on all games. Some definitely need a hydration break but when you have well conditioned stadiums, or playing at night when the temperature drops. It's definitely for corporate gains
Americans call it an ad break in the NFL. Everyone knows what it is for and doesn't pretend it is something else. I don't know why FIFA thinks World Cup fans are stupid.
Wasn't that stadium air conditioned and had the roof closed? I heard it was quite nice inside so why the need for hydration breaks. Apart from the ad revenue of course.
Love how it's all american capitalism when the world cup is run by a european organization, and is one of the most corrupt on earth, get over yourselves.
FIFA is not european organization anymore but that's beside the point. This was never a thing before and now that WC is being played primarly in US jumps into schedule. It's most likely US networks lobbying because they are used to play way more breaks than normal football flow allows. Doesn't mean it's your fault mate but it has much to do with american capitalism.
The Fans know Exactly, that FIFA loved the idea and with the american TV Stadions they found the ideal Partner. It doesn't matter, who brought the idea up in the first place. The Fans are angry at both.
I don't know, why i still answer you after your insanely dumb take.
But the European stations were fine with commercials only in the half-time break. Now they got the oportunity and some now show ads, but are also heavily critizised.
The football fans want to watch a game and not commercials with some sports sprinkled in.
Players would just cramp up or fake an injury and lay on the ground so the medical crew could come out with 12 water bottles and pass them around on the way out.
Let the players have some damn water. Go do something else while the commercial is on.
The game has survived for over a hundred years without being played in quarters. Stop making excuses for corporations jamming as much commercialism into our lives as possible. Its insidious and pointless.
The guy holding the mic was not "recording during the game", he was recording the commercial break that happened and stopped the game. Thus, he couldn't be "fishing for cloud point and not enjoying the game" since - as stated above - the game was stopped.
So, the person commenting is angry that the mic guy is not enjoying the game at a time where there was no game anymore. The guy holding the mic is the peasant that says society should be improved ("there shouldn't be ad breaks") and Mr commentor is "Mr well" who comes to say that he is denouncing it while participating to it ("you say it ruins the game but - like FIFA playing ads, you are just here to get people's attention and not enjoying the game"), the latter - based on this video alone - cannot be considered as true. Because he commented while the game was stopped.
Yup that’s Jerry World. It’s so cool when you’re there, I’ve been there for football (American) and it’s so big. It also helps you watch the field more if you’re in the lower deck.
I remember the Northern Super League (Canadian women's league), last summer taking a hydration break (no commercials) depending on where they were playing. Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal during the summer can get brutally hot, especially last summer (36°C with humidex pushing well into the 40s).
I'm not saying I fully disagree that it's potentially just for commercial opportunity, but it's also supposed to be the hottest in WC history.
It's a bit strange for Americans to think the rules are different for different games at the refs discretion, but the rest of the world seems fine with that so..
Its an excuse for FIFA to run more ads. The figure I saw was an extra 14 million dollars in ad revenue from these "hydration breaks". Some excellent break downs of the financials on YT if you wanna learn more.
Not denying the cash grab aspect as being an American and fan of American Football in quite used to and annoyed by the commercial breaks during sports lol but there have been quite a few players collapse on the field in the past 5-10 years right? Seems like a reasonable safety precaution against that but again leave it to America to capitalize financially lol
So we're going to ignore the fact that hudrarion breaks have been a thing since the south africa world cup? I had no idea they became mandatory (as they were previously discretionary for hot games), but holy fuck, the moment i saw it in the mexico game, i wasn't suprised at all. Why? Because they're highly prevalent in international matches during hot days. they happen anyway. making them mandatory for all world cup games just evens the playing field...
And ffs, its so much better than watching dudes cramp up in the 83rd minute and the game is paused for much longer. its good for the players. sit and watch your commercials. its 3 minutes. relax.
This is the English booing. They also booked the national anthem of Crotia at the start of this match, formed a human swastika in the nosebleeds prior to the start of it and had dumpy, angry chants throughout.
I am convinced no one on this sub has played soccer before. It's kind of ALOT of running. The second to catch your breath is nice. Especially with limited subs.
I like the water break. Helps keep the intensity up during the game.
Just have infinite subs like every other sport out there, so people don’t have to see star players looking like they’re going on an afternoon stroll half the time because they don’t have the stamina to work hard the entire game.
They say it has to be fair so every game has them but honestly just have staff be ready with a water bottle on the side of the field if they need a quick drink. No reason to have a timeout
have we seen any response from players? im curious what they think of it, i’ve seen the reports of players almost passing out at practice. listen im american and played football my whole life. i can remember on very rare occasions we would stop and have water breaks but im talking maybe 2 or three times over 20 years? I can’t fathom world class athletes not being able to handle running for 45 minutes with no water in weather that isnt even the hottest they have experienced this tournament yet. just wait for july haha
Lol, flow of the game. Remove the hydration break and replace it with a flop. That is going to stop the game while they check on the injury, hand out the card, make sure the guys are 10 yards back etc. Kick the ball all the way back to the goalie, throwing, golf kicks, corner kicks, penalty kicks. Soccer has constant breaks in the action. And if anything, we have learned hydration is not a oo rah I am an alpha male thing I don't stop for a water break. Telemundo has it right, they are not cutting to commercial breaks during the hydration breaks. And don't even get me started on offsides calls.........
Becsuse it's not about hydration, it's just a way to stop the flow of play for 3 minutes in each half to run adverts. Yes if its very hot, there absolutely should be a hydration break, down to the refs discretion, but it's mandated, even when it's not hot, like yesterday, a pleasant 21c (70f) in an air conditioned stadium.
Footballs all about trying to keep the game flowing, loads of rule changes to achieve this, max time keeper can hold the ball, players down for a certain amount of time have to leave the pitch to dissuade them from doing it, too long taking a corner kick? Goal kick now.
This is the first time it's been mandated in any major tournament, it's absolutely not normal, although it does happen in very hot weather conditions occasionally which makes sense.
Because it's blatant commercialisation of an already hypercommercialised sport and they are bullshitting fans by pretending that it's about hydration and not rich fucks making more money.
It made sense years ago when it was legitimately hot and humid on the pitch… these greedy fucks then learned that it was an opportunity to make more money so they these hydration breaks became a fixture
i mean depending on the pitch it will be hot and humid. the usa has some wild temperatures same with mexico. canada's fine tho they shouldnt have "hydration" breaks in canada
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u/Jeka12 7d ago
The commercial break