Well no its more than that, it also ensures that it's more competitive by ensuring that teams of a similar ability compete. Much better than teams like San Marino trying to keep it to single figures every time they take the pitch. Did you actually watch any of the matches? They were certainly not like watching friendlies and nations seemed to take it seriously.
They're clearly not, as friendlies are one-off, stand alone games, which do not lead to semi finals and finals.
Sort of. Obviously I don't really give a **** about Spurs, so there's that. But it is a bit distressing that Pochettino has overused Kane to such an extent that he's apparently burned the engine out of him.