Embracing the quartering of football

During the World Cup all games adopted hydration breaks, all games regardless of the weather in order to make it fair. There is quite a bit of discourse around the ruining of the game and the fact they are largely used as tactical timeouts. I think we should embrace the game to two halves moving to a game of four quarters but there needs to be more adaptations. Games should have a fixed “in play” time. Games are 90 minutes plus stoppages at the referee’s discretion. But the ball in play is much nearer to 50 minutes on average. So adopt a fixed “in play time of 60 minutes” so fans get more football and the time wasted at throw-ins and free-kicks, subs and celebrations don’t take away from the game. This would end time-wasting As no advantage is gained. Substitutions typically end up at 60 minutes of a 90 minute game, giving enough time for players to impact the game, whilst the players on the pitch have time to implement the game plan and have a chance after the half time to take on…