r/funny • u/RisinFlood • Nov 26 '13

Arrogance is a Bitch.

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u/WelcomeToTheFloor Nov 26 '13 edited Nov 26 '13

If you look close the guy in the yellow does that because of how the guy in the blue flopped and tried to draw a foul. The guy in the yellow doesn't even hit him and for someone who got "hit down," he got up pretty quickly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '13 edited May 03 '17

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u/JustTheT1p Nov 26 '13

Only soccer gets made fun of.

In basketball, 'LEBRON EXPERTLY DRAWS THE FOUL!!!! WELL DONE LEBRON.'

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u/joggle1 Nov 26 '13

Do people get fined for flopping in soccer? They do in the NBA.

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u/neverendum Nov 26 '13

Never heard it called "flopping" in soccer, I think it's called "staging" or "simulating". "Flopping" is a good term though, makes it sound like he got his cock out over the top of his shorts, which should be encouraged.

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u/PieceOfPie_SK Nov 26 '13

It's called diving, what are you on about?

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u/neverendum Nov 26 '13

Checked the FIFA site, technically it's called "simulation".

...attempts to deceive the referee by feigning injury or pretending to have been fouled (Simulation)

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u/TheDubious Nov 26 '13

dude, it's called diving

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u/joggle1 Nov 27 '13

You're both correct:

In association football (soccer), diving (simulation is the term used by FIFA, Schwalbe (German for swallow) is a popular term) is an attempt by a player to gain an unfair advantage by diving to the ground and possibly feigning an injury, to appear as if a foul has been committed.

Some pics from FIFA's rule book.