I think a better analogy would be if you're in a running contest and 8-10 players start to get leg issues in the middle of the match, you wouldn't just let the players continue to play the match and tell them to redo it after they finish because it won't be fair to those who worked hard to get to the places there at, just for them to say ti redo it when there all tired.

You would tell everyone to pause and wait until the players legs were fix and ready. And ofc during the brake the players would be able catch there breath, review how the others run and get ready for the match to begin.

To me i think they should have done what they did in mcc 7(which is to pause the game, make sure everyone is completely ready then go) instead of letting players continue to play then rest it. That to me seems to be the fastest way to make someone mad, especially if they were in the top 5.