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Football / Soccer had "flopping" [1], which anyone who watched it in the early 2000s would recognize: every foul was accompanied by a "victim" writhing on the f
by dguest 22d ago
Football / Soccer had "flopping" [1], which anyone who watched it in the early 2000s would recognize: every foul was accompanied by a "victim" writhing on the field in agony, in excess of anything you'd see in much more violent sports.
Apparently it's diminished a bit in recent years, but not because it's clearly shameful behavior: the leagues started issuing bans.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_(association_football) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_(association_football)
- sdcfgy 22d agoApart from Argentina in the World Cup.
- igsomething 22d agoIt wasn't about diving in particular, but rather post-match revisions and sanctions becoming more common to punish unsportsmanship. Add VAR in recent years, and the newest "1 minute out" rule for fake injury, and today players don't gain anything from diving.
- red-iron-pine 22d agobut the lesson is clear: there needs to be consequences for shameful behavior. introduce a meaningful sanction and the behavior stops.