(07-23-2014 01:12 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think feigning injury needs to be definitively fined in soccer. I've heard players from the 70s and 80s talk about how they did things then that would get you arrested now.

How about trying the football rule: everybody "hurt" on a play must sit out X minutes.

Flopping is one thing, it happens in one way or another in every sport but baseball, but faking injury is almost unforgivable.

When you play a sport where the chances of getting hurt are as minimal as they are in soccer, faking it is a necessity.

(07-23-2014 01:12 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think feigning injury needs to be definitively fined in soccer. I've heard players from the 70s and 80s talk about how they did things then that would get you arrested now.

How about trying the football rule: everybody "hurt" on a play must sit out X minutes.

Flopping is one thing, it happens in one way or another in every sport but baseball, but faking injury is almost unforgivable.

I agree, but both the victim and perpetrator need to sit down.

(07-23-2014 01:14 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 01:12 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think feigning injury needs to be definitively fined in soccer. I've heard players from the 70s and 80s talk about how they did things then that would get you arrested now.

How about trying the football rule: everybody "hurt" on a play must sit out X minutes.

Flopping is one thing, it happens in one way or another in every sport but baseball, but faking injury is almost unforgivable.

When you play a sport where the chances of getting hurt are as minimal as they are in soccer, faking it is a necessity.

Minimal, no sir. Head injuries are more common in soccer than basketball. More Lower extremity injuries also.

(07-23-2014 01:21 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 01:12 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think feigning injury needs to be definitively fined in soccer. I've heard players from the 70s and 80s talk about how they did things then that would get you arrested now.

How about trying the football rule: everybody "hurt" on a play must sit out X minutes.

Flopping is one thing, it happens in one way or another in every sport but baseball, but faking injury is almost unforgivable.

I agree, but both the victim and perpetrator need to sit down.

I don't know about the perpetrator. It's something you can't tell until you review it after the game.

(07-23-2014 01:23 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 01:14 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 01:12 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think feigning injury needs to be definitively fined in soccer. I've heard players from the 70s and 80s talk about how they did things then that would get you arrested now.

How about trying the football rule: everybody "hurt" on a play must sit out X minutes.

Flopping is one thing, it happens in one way or another in every sport but baseball, but faking injury is almost unforgivable.

When you play a sport where the chances of getting hurt are as minimal as they are in soccer, faking it is a necessity.

Minimal, no sir. Head injuries are more common in soccer than basketball. More Lower extremity injuries also.

That's why many people watch soccer just for the haircuts. They barely mess up their hair.

Soccer just doesn't have the man factor that American sports do.

Soccer is all about girlie hair pulling.

And this crazy ass biitch.

Nascar leans left for miles. Can't get any more liberal than that.

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(07-23-2014 01:25 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Soccer just doesn't have the man factor that American sports do.

How could soccer possibly compete with all this manliness?

(07-23-2014 01:12 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think feigning injury needs to be definitively fined in soccer. I've heard players from the 70s and 80s talk about how they did things then that would get you arrested now.

How about trying the football rule: everybody "hurt" on a play must sit out X minutes.

Flopping is one thing, it happens in one way or another in every sport but baseball, but faking injury is almost unforgivable.

And the way they do it in the World Cup was pathetic. They act like they got hit by a beer truck, and then 1 minute they are April fresh.

(07-23-2014 01:53 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  

(07-23-2014 01:12 PM)nomad2u2001 Wrote:  I think feigning injury needs to be definitively fined in soccer. I've heard players from the 70s and 80s talk about how they did things then that would get you arrested now.

How about trying the football rule: everybody "hurt" on a play must sit out X minutes.

Flopping is one thing, it happens in one way or another in every sport but baseball, but faking injury is almost unforgivable.

And the way they do it in the World Cup was pathetic. They act like they got hit by a beer truck, and then 1 minute they are April fresh.

I think what you saw in the world cup, is european based players giving their teams a chance to catch their breath and get some water in that heat.

With everything being said, I think college football (going down in attendance) should take some advice from the MLS (growing in attendance).

What has helped the MLS is that the in-person experience is better than the television product and we have the opposite in CFB. The NFL could use the same. Maybe a dedicated, cheap "supporters section" in some stadiums.