No football guy can make fun of soccer players anymore

• SportsAndLady

  

  Anyone see the Giants' players fake an injury?
  
  Like I've said before..it happens in every sport.
• karen lotz

  

  Wrong.
• Writerbuckeye

  

  Of course we can (make fun of soccer players). It's so damn easy. :laugh:
• Terry_Tate

  

  SportsAndLady;903676 wrote:Anyone see the Giants' players fake an injury?
  
  Like I've said before..it happens in every sport.

  That was hilarious how both just dropped at the same time. Just like last year when Oregon was playing Cal I believe, the Cal D-linemen would just drop so Oregon would have to slow down.
• sportchampps

  That dive was actually worse then soccer and it wasnt one player it was two.
• like_that

  

  It's pretty sad it happens in all sports. Wish athletes would show more integrity than that.
• OSH

  

  sportchampps;903688 wrote:That dive was actually worse then soccer and it wasnt one player it was two.

  Agreed!
  
  In soccer, the "dives" usually happen when a play is occurring also. Football players are terrible at it!
• Pick6

  

  If anybody ever tried to deny that it doesnt happen in football, they are out of touch with reality. It probably happens against Oregon almost every game. Happened a few times against LSU
• Hb31187

  

  It happens in every sport yes. It happens in soccer about 10x a match lol, and I dont even dislike soccer
• Laley23

  

  Hb31187;903821 wrote:It happens in every sport yes. It happens in soccer about 10x a match lol, and I dont even dislike soccer

  It doesnt happen that much.
  
  And, to be fair soccer also has 100x more games each week that are getting posted to youtube etc.
• karen lotz

  

  Laley23;903829 wrote:It doesnt happen that much.
  
  And, to be fair soccer also has 100x more games each week that are getting posted to youtube etc.

  here come the excuses.
• Automatik

  

  That was terrible. I don't know how a "professional" can bring themselves to do that.
• chicago510

  

  In soccer, to be fair, it often doesn't have a tactical advantage (read cheating), other than trying to get your opponent carded.
  
  In the NFL, when guys fake injuries to stop the no huddle offense, I have a problem with that.
  
  Im a soccer guy, and I'll be the first to admit that soccer has had a diving/faking problem.
  
  The problem is how can you ever penalize faking? The time you penalize a guy who is really hurt you have an issue.
• grodt

  

  
• karen lotz

  

  I hope they found the sniper that took him out.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  "The problem is how can you ever penalize faking?"
  
  Fine the head coach. Simple.
• Fly4Fun

  

  Penalizing faking is easy in football because of substitutions... harder in soccer because of limited substitutions.
  
  In football, if you go down with an injury you can't come back for 10 minutes of real time. If it's just about the end of a half, the real time carries over during half time.. Anyone with a real injury, that's okay as that time is necessary to check out and make sure everything is ok. If it's a fake injury... it serves as a punishment as the player just took himself out of the game for that amount of time.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  lol at you soccer fans trying to label NFL players are divers.
  
  [video=youtube;WEDmCdrd7zg][/video]
• OSH

  

  In soccer, they do penalize faking...you get cautioned. I just wish referees would do it more -- which they could.
• OSH

  

  Raw Dawgin' it;904062 wrote:lol at you soccer fans trying to label NFL players are divers.

  No one is saying that soccer players don't embellish. Not one person. It's pretty lame what happened though in last night's game. At least, in soccer, most embellishing acts and "diving/faking" happens when there is actually play on the ball/person. The crap in football isn't happening in the flow of the game. Which is worse?
  
  [video=youtube;BEr6tHeuKnA][/video]
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  we're talking two instances here compared to multiple times in one soccer game. get the fuck out with this argument.
• I Wear Pants

  You can get carded for faking/diving in soccer. Happens a lot actually. If the ref thinks the dive is blatant enough to card it's usually a red too.
• OSH

  

  I Wear Pants;904167 wrote:You can get carded for faking/diving in soccer. Happens a lot actually. If the ref thinks the dive is blatant enough to card it's usually a red too.

  It's actually never a red. It isn't a red cardable offense. It is only a yellow. Sorry.
• justincredible

  

  Anyone that does this, regardless of sport, is a giant vagina.
• stroups

  

  justincredible;904198 wrote:Anyone that does this, regardless of sport, is a giant vagina.

  
  Reps... it is pretty much saying "I'm not good enough to stop my opponent so I'm just going to fall down and hope for the best"