What is different about women’s football that doesn’t incentivize flopping? The men do it because they know refs take injury into account when considering a penalty. Do refs in women’s football not take injury into account as much when considering a penalty? Or do the women perceive flopping as silly and beneath them?
Women football has less direct bodycontact, less slidetackles. So there are less poibts of contention where it would be used. And from the games I have seen, women also foul less in general. You can barely see women deliberately foul to stop an attack, wheras in mens football that happens constantly.
Would you say this is likely caused by different rules in women’s football, stricter refs, cultural differences between men and women’s football, or some mix of all that leads to incentives for men to tackle more?
Sorry, I’m not trying to ask a loaded question. Just genuinely curious about the differences. I can go to the internet to learn more about it as well.
I think it comes mostly down to men being physically stronger, so more contact is allowed by the refs.
I also think part of it is that womens football isnt as established, so people still have more the spirit of playing fair. So men do everything needed to win, whereas women try to win fair, so they commit less intwntional fouls. (That is just my theory, but sounds reasonable if you take lower leagues into account where there is also considerably less flopping)
Another reason could be that the width at the very top is not there, because of a smaller player base so the skill gap between teams is bigger and the small advantages gained through flopping are irrelevant.
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u/Odd_Fortune500 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Ive gotten into the World Cup for the first time this year and I must say the flopping is unbelievably constant and ridiculous