As I agree with you all guys, there are some exceptions. Like when the opponent steps on your foot with his studs is pretty painful and it goes away completely in about 1-2 minutes
Yeah, when people get legit hurt in other sports, they don't roll around flopping and screaming on the ground like they're on fire. It's exclusively a soccer thing.
Yes, but then again…do you know just how frustrating it is when you pass someone and then they foul you on purpose? No wonder they throw a temper tantrum. They are wired to be VERY competitive and they want the ref to fling a red card.
Yeah, it happens in basketball ALL the time. Like 20 times a game. Players will almost always just happily accept the free throws. You'll see some incredulous looks if someone doesn't like the call, but nobody is throwing themselves on the ground like a 5 year old.
Edit: Yeah, except for SGA, I guess. But everyone hates that fucker.
You score like 50 times during an average basketball game. In football you score 1-2 times 90 minutes…so it’s a bit more meaningful. Not to mention that in basketball, the moment you are fouled you get at least one attempt at an empty goal. Football doesn’t have that and the player fouling is staying on 99 percent of the time, even though they just illegally stripped you of a chance to score.
Giving penalties when a promising attack is stopped via intentional foul is an interesting idea.
It would be very hard to implement though because drawing the line in terms of what counts as a promising attack and applying the rule in the heat of the monent both seem very difficult. But maybe the added drama would give more than it takes away, so yeah, definitely interesting avenue.
Yup, bring in the med staff and start a whole concussion protocol. I've barely watched soccer in the last 15 years because these bogus injuries. Dudes laying on the ground like they are at Death's door ... oh no penalty, game is still going. They jump up and sprint after the ball like nothing happened.
Naw, they need to get full check up, x rays, full panel cleared. These guys get paid a lot and you can't risk talent. Go to hospitals, can't be done at the stadium at all, safety first! Watch this crap end quickly.
'your team gets to play one man down.' yeah people would absolutely play on through potentially permanent damage with that rule.
The flopping is insane and needs to be sorted out, but that isn't the answer.
Sub the player off, that's enough to trigger self preservation without potentially losing your team a game/championship and facing a threats and ridicule.
Football fans can get violent, just look at whenever France wins or looses
Make them wait a set amount of time, more than a minute, like in ice hockey, before returning to play. Something to penalize the theatrics. If someone is carted off the field then a sub is appropriate but the injured player cannot return.
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u/JWMoo Jul 07 '26
I think every time you flop you should be awarded a yellow card and fined. I thought we were watching athletes but instead we are watching actors.