New Posts For Thread: its time for a second unmanaged in play option.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-optioncurrent policy re football is senseless.no other sport is treated with such paranoa by betfair, why in a 90 minute match do they want to spend often 10 minutes or more suspended?if there are people who would prefer such caution then that's ok- but hoTotally.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557465927#557465927Totally.Sat, 29 Jun 2019 13:09:00 -0500Most other sports are also progressive towards some kind of scoring action, whereas football a goal can come out of nowhere in seconds.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557465245#557465245Most other sports are also progressive towards some kind of scoring action, whereas football a goal can come out of nowhere in seconds.Sat, 29 Jun 2019 11:57:36 -0500Most other sports don't work the way football does though, the odds movements are fluid rather than stable and then 1 big swing at a big action. On top of that hoovering goings on a lot in other sports anyway.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557465235#557465235Most other sports don't work the way football does though, the odds movements are fluid rather than stable and then 1 big swing at a big action. On top of that hoovering goings on a lot in other sports anyway.Sat, 29 Jun 2019 11:57:07 -0500It works on every other sport.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557462731#557462731It works on every other sport.Sat, 29 Jun 2019 06:34:33 -0500horse races are not suspended as a horse falls, nor grand prix if a car spins off.cricket is not suspended when a wicket falls nor if it starts raining.there were some trials on unmanaged markets on championship football a few years back, no great prhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557455841#557455841horse races are not suspended as a horse falls, nor grand prix if a car spins off.cricket is not suspended when a wicket falls nor if it starts raining.there were some trials on unmanaged markets on championship football a few years back, no great prThu, 27 Jun 2019 16:40:28 -0500VAR in itself complexes this further, because then it's just a pure judgement call, again not easy to do on the fly and equate to how it affects the odds meaning no-one is going to want to market make during a VAR decision.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557453639#557453639VAR in itself complexes this further, because then it's just a pure judgement call, again not easy to do on the fly and equate to how it affects the odds meaning no-one is going to want to market make during a VAR decision.Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:37:48 -0500The serious players wouldn't and they're the ones that market make, no-one is going to want to leave up huge sums of money in an unmanaged market with no safety net for their money.Surely the point is if the market is unmanaged there is no clock, thuhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557453629#557453629The serious players wouldn't and they're the ones that market make, no-one is going to want to leave up huge sums of money in an unmanaged market with no safety net for their money.Surely the point is if the market is unmanaged there is no clock, thuThu, 27 Jun 2019 11:36:48 -0500the clock on football markets makes hoovering implausible and to claim that nobody would play is a measure of your own imagination.unhelpful and innacurate I think.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557452889#557452889the clock on football markets makes hoovering implausible and to claim that nobody would play is a measure of your own imagination.unhelpful and innacurate I think.Thu, 27 Jun 2019 10:04:05 -0500I enjoy the added drama of not knowing if my bets will be voided or not and the suspense of not knowing my position at any given point in time. I expect the remaining guy at BF towers (the one doesn't work on the slots/bingo/casino/exchange games/e-shttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557452205#557452205I enjoy the added drama of not knowing if my bets will be voided or not and the suspense of not knowing my position at any given point in time. I expect the remaining guy at BF towers (the one doesn't work on the slots/bingo/casino/exchange games/e-sThu, 27 Jun 2019 08:44:43 -0500There would be no liquidity in unmanaged markets, as no-one wants to risk serious money during VAR decisions.Unmanaged markets just = a hooverers dream.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31539533/its-time-for-a-second-unmanaged-in-play-option?post_id=557450589#557450589There would be no liquidity in unmanaged markets, as no-one wants to risk serious money during VAR decisions.Unmanaged markets just = a hooverers dream.Wed, 26 Jun 2019 21:18:57 -0500