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He who writes the checks calls the shots. With TV money taking over sports, that is who is going to dictate the scheduling. (I'm actually amazed that soccer has been able to hold the tide of uninterrupted halves--I'm sure TV would love to have a couple of breaks in each half to run commercials . . . . TV's influence on time outs and other breaks in US sports is absolutely maddening--in college basketball, for example, there are three commercial breaks in each half that are totally the result of TV contracts)