Posted on 07/06/2006 11:15:06 AM PDT by thehumanlynx
Flopping, Diving, and Timewasting: The World Cup Way
Mis amis footballeurs: How do we stop the madness? (In my best French accent...)
In this World Cup, especially in the group phase and 2nd round, huge numbers of the fittest athletes known in team sports have apparently suffered more life-threatening injuries than in an entire season of ER. In an amazing coincidence, many of these mortal wounds occur near their opponents penalty area; the rest seem to occur to players (victims, really) on teams holding a one-goal lead. In fact, it seems every one of Italy's opponents was tought Pai Mei 's five-point palm exploding heart technique--but fortunately, FIFA's triage units, along with Italy's outstanding medical staff, have formulated just the perfect solution in their bottle of Magic Water to allow these players to continue play unaffected...
Diving should be snuffed out, punish the fakers. A stretcher is not required because someone gets tripped up. Gradeschoolers fall all the time and pop right back up. These are grown men, getting your foot stepped on does not require the faces made during child birth. It makes me sick.
The stretchers are a joke, and the flops are disgrace. It doesnt belong in the game. It is cheating. Anyway, I look forward to hearing the comments from the soccer fans... I just feel like FIFA showed some weak policy this WC and needs to make a few changes. 5900 yellow cards, 588 reds, and 22,456 fake falls and dives, 6200 instances of men writhing in pain as if they were a little girl that just got her foot sawed off. Not to mention 200 stretchers carrying people off the field only to see the terribly injured player hop right off the stretcher and re-enter the game....
Also, The US will have a draw on their record with the WC champs..
pinging you to show the soccer fans to start a little talk about it
Agreed, I'm tired of the theatrics. Just play the damn game like a man.
Complain to the Human Rights Commission at the UN.
Portugal is out. Huge improvement.
In a game where you can be running for 120 min, with no timeouts, I bet they all enjoy even a few seconds of rest.
The stretchers are a joke, and the flops are disgrace.
Drama queen theatrics. .....very European.
a sissy game. don't watch a second of it.
Get rid of the "cards" and all this drama-queen behvior will go away..........
Penalize the faker. That will help stop it. The trouble with soccer is that EVERY penalty seems to be a "Judgement call". So with crooked refs, it won't matter.
thats the sentiment. "sissy game". thats what the players are making it into. It isnt in reality but thats all people see.
"Aye there's the rub."
Emmitt Smith did it his whole career, and no one seemed to notice. Everytime he was carried off we'd place bets on the number of offensive plays till he returned.
This is the number one reason this sport is not popular with Americans. I also think this is the reason it's not popular with Canadians and Australians.
When your favorite sports are American Football, Hockey, and Australian Football, the unmanly theatrics of soccer are all the more laughable.
you do get rest if you go for 120 mins. You rest in between plays, half time, throw ins, corners, goal kicks, when the ball is on the opposite side of the field and so on. It is not necessary, plus I would contend that they actually expend more energy clenching every muscle in their frames to sell the intense "pain" they are feeling...
Uh, isn't Soccer a girls game?
With all the long hair, short shorts, tears and hugging -- I thought.........
Semper Fi
As Don Cherry (legendary hockey analyst) would tell hockey players, "when you get injured, don't roll around on the ground like some European soccer player. Play the game the Canadian way."
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