#scheduling-issues

#scheduling-issues

The best-of-three series is an awkward, unnecessary, scheduling nightmare that gives you the same result as the best-of-one in much lamer fashion. I never liked the idea of a best-of-three postseason series on paper and, so far, it's somehow proven even worse in reality.

Playing in blistering heat isn't much fun, yet FIFA continues to schedule games in the sweltering summer sun, making little accommodation for player welfare.

"It's a disgrace that Donegal, on the cusp of playing a ninth championship game in 12 weeks, are being asked to come to Dublin just six days later to play an All-Ireland quarter-final."