They want them to be no more than 120 minutes including commercials and have no opening or closing statements. Is the length of the debates keeping them from their night life or from their sleep time? They say if their demands are not met they will not show up and they are trying to pressure the bigwigs of the republican party not to sanction the debate. If they do that anyone who participates would not be allowed on the stage of any future sanctioned debates. If that happens the CNBC debate would be cancelled because no one will show up.