George Hamilton

Every match, every match, regardless of the conditions, the water breaks, they say, are for player welfare.

But to be fair, they're going to have them in every match, whether they need them or not.

But then you read into the regulations and you see that there are stipulations for the broadcast partners as to when they may leave the pictures and when they must rejoin the pictures when there's a water break on.

And then you realise, well, this is actually America and American sport doesn't tend to be played in halves.

It's played in quarters.

And what we now have are football matches in quarters.

Every World Cup match will be played in quarters.

So you think this is a disruptor, obviously?

It is a disruptor.

I mean, the very basis of the laws of football are that it's a game of two halves with a 45-minute duration.

And if it's all square at the end, you have two halves of 15 minutes.

And if you haven't got a decision, then it goes to a penalty shootout.

So that's all clear.

But now they've tampered with that.

Because if you think about it, if a half lasts 45 minutes and you're inserting three minutes of a break,

It is a break.

They have made that decision on the basis of commerce.

There can be no question about that.

Player welfare, of course.

If it's necessary to have a water break, then have the water break.