Skyclad1uhm1
Lifer
And because they are sissies, like the American Football players who need huge layers of protective material before daring to play Rugby.
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Why do soccer players fake getting hurt all the time?
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And because they are sissies, like the American Football players who need huge layers of protective material before daring to play Rugby.
Having played soccer (not professionally but competitively), fuck fakers. Seriously. I understand why they do it, but it's also stupid. It's a game against the refs, the better the ref the harder to fake and the more you are just wasting time playing 10 on 11 while one of your players rolls around on the ground like a douchebag.
However, having played both soccer and basketball, there were just as many prima donna fakers in Basketball, so anyone who thinks this is a soccer thing can go choke on it.
Soccer also has it's fair share of real injuries. I realize that long time soccer players probably don't walk away with the kind of severe concussions that fuck football players up for the rest of their lives, however it isn't exactly a rose garden either.
However, having played both soccer and basketball, there were just as many prima donna fakers in Basketball, so anyone who thinks this is a soccer thing can go choke on it.
Soccer also has it's fair share of real injuries. I realize that long time soccer players probably don't walk away with the kind of severe concussions that fuck football players up for the rest of their lives, however it isn't exactly a rose garden either.
Phoenix86
Lifer
Yes - especially the young Europeans. I hate it it's killing the game.
Except for almost all men on the face of this earth who own a TV or live near a ground.
Yes they can, and do, but it's hard to tell since some of them are so good at it, and TV replay technology is not allowed at the highest level. It should be a red card IMO since it is cheating and just as bad as a hand ball or a foul tackle.
Ya, that is one of the most annoying things about soccer (besides the fact that games can end in a nil-nil tie.....). These guys barely get touched and they roll around on the ground like Tony just took a knee to their legs. I do understand why they do it. Also, can't soccer employe more than one ref per game? It seems pretty tough to have 1 guy do it. Maybe that would help.
Anubis
No Lifer
They fake the injuries to try and draw penalties. The exact same thing happens in basketball, with players flailing their arms like someone hit the with a baseball bat for every touch foul. Hockey players dive too. Baseball players don't because there's no advantage, though I have seen a guy fake getting hit by a pitch before.
Also, I'm sure at some point there's been holding fouls called in the NFL, or facemasks, that didn't actually happen but were orchestrated by the player.
As to the guy who said the NBA now calls fouls for flops, I have never seen one actually called in a game (though have seen tons of flops this year). Soccer also has a penalty against diving, but it's also never called. Hockey calls it on occasion.
Soccer would be cleaned up if the league would review plays after the fact and give a suspension for obvious diving.
Also, I'm sure at some point there's been holding fouls called in the NFL, or facemasks, that didn't actually happen but were orchestrated by the player.
As to the guy who said the NBA now calls fouls for flops, I have never seen one actually called in a game (though have seen tons of flops this year). Soccer also has a penalty against diving, but it's also never called. Hockey calls it on occasion.
Soccer would be cleaned up if the league would review plays after the fact and give a suspension for obvious diving.
Here is a dual part answer.
The 2nd aspect is why play will most likely never be stopped for a faking diver (as long as the ref doesn't fall for it). Basically, if my team has the ball and you dive to fake an injury, it's always going to be in my benefit for the ref to call "play on" because you just effectively made it 11 v 10 for leaping to the ground like a retard.
Now, while yellow cards could be given for divers, it would be a tough call to make, as a ref I'd probably give a yellow card to a player that had dived continuously during a match. The reason is that 2 yellows = a red = sit out this game and cannot be replaced. So because of this, if I give your player a yellow, they may end up voluntarily sitting out the rest of the game so that they don't risk a red. That means yellow cards are usually reserved for the kind of behavior that could seriously injure another player or impact the game. (I actually thought players who were red carded had to sit out the next game as well, but my memory must be really bad because I can't find that listed anywhere)
I used to ref when I was younger / playing. However most of that stuff isn't even in my memory anymore. I absolutely hated calling off-sides calls - I don't know how other sports compare but being a soccer ref was pretty rough and a lot of them are expected to be in roughly 75% of the shape of the players on the field, especially your center refs.
cherrytwist
Diamond Member
I agree with this. The important part is don't get caught. And when u do, stfu and take the penalty.
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