Time-outs at the next World Cup

This isn't new. It's already happened in football when the occasion requires.

A break midway through each half for hydration makes perfect sense during hot temperatures

Originally Posted by fergieslovechild

What can't happen, sin binning, in a cup competition the idea works even better.

Being booked 5 times, injuring a player for the fifth booking and missing a game that the team of the injured player would prefer you played. By that point, you're in the knock out stage, so if you win and miss the next game, the team of the injured player are out and thus don't care if you miss that game

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Being booked 5 times, injuring a player for the fifth booking and missing a game that the team of the injured player would prefer you played. By that point, you're in the knock out stage, so if you win and miss the next game, the team of the injured player are out and thus don't care if you miss that game

The sin binning would replace the 5 card rule.

Instant justice innit.