Teen Wolf
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The suggestion I put forth removes about 13 minutes of dead time (including 8 from HT, for which the current length contributes to injuries as much as anything imo).I mean, the tennis and baseball changes were done to reduce dead time in a game. No one enjoyed watching Djokovic bouncing the ball 48 times before serving, or a pitcher taking a minute to compose himself between every pitch. We're not talking about dead time in the AFL. It would be like having men play 3 setters in Grand Slams or changing baseball to 7 innings.
The other part of my suggestion (cutting 8 minutes of actual playing time) is not at all comparable to cutting a tennis match to 3 sets, or a baseball match to 7 innings. Unless you're really bad at maths. The difference would be more like the addition of a 5th set tiebreak, wherein a long match is made ever so slightly less long.