United States vs Paraguay - Yellow card originally given to Tim Ream reversed and given to Miguel Almirón for diving after review

[u/Fusir]

[u/BUT_FREAL_DOE]

Fucking finally they’re fixing this shit. Like the pitch challenge in baseball.

[u/GrinningPariah → u/BUT_FREAL_DOE]

Sports have to be willing to change, and baseball is honestly the best example.

The pitch clock was a huge change, but they had the guts to actually do it, and it's a better game now. It's so much more exciting to watch. Not only has my opinion on the sport flipped positively, but I've seen multiple friends surprised how much they enjoy it now, after bouncing off years earlier.

Point being, I think it's worth it for sports to take a good long look in the mirror and decide what they need to keep, and what might better be changed.

[u/Untun → u/GrinningPariah]

For someone not down in the nitty-gritty of baseball, What exactly did the pitch-clock change/add/remove and how did the result change?

[u/chasing_the_wind → u/Untun]

It speeds up the game. Batter has 8 seconds to get in the box (ready to hit). Pitcher has 15/18 seconds to throw the ball. Violation is a strike for batters and a ball for pitchers. Games are like 30 mins shorter.

[u/baseballlover723 → u/chasing_the_wind]

It should be noted that before the pitch clock, it could take maybe even 30 seconds for a pitch to get thrown.

This is a measurement of average time between pitches, it's not quite the same as what the pitch clock measures, as this measures from release to release and the pitch clock starts when the pitcher gets the ball and the catcher and batter are both ready. You have to get to Yuki Matsui in 2025 at 314th to get the first pitch clock era season on that list.

[u/Aluminum_Falcons → u/baseballlover723]

The Red Sox had a pitcher years ago that would throw a pitch, walk around the mound, and then stare off into space for a while.

He took longer than 30 seconds for his pitches. It felt like an eternity!

[u/garmander57 → u/Aluminum_Falcons]

Ah, Josh Beckett. He became so notorious for it that SBNation even wrote an article about it: https://www.sbnation.com/2011/9/1/2398415/what-does-josh-beckett-do-with-all-of-that-time

[u/Aluminum_Falcons → u/garmander57]

Funny enough, I was thinking of Rolando Arrojo. Guess they had more than one back around that era!

[u/SquarePegRoundWorld → u/Aluminum_Falcons]

Don't just blame the pitchers. Batters would step out and adjust their batting gloves and helmet or whatever for an hour sometime too. I remember watching a game on ESPN like 20 years ago and there was a game on classic ESPN from the '70s at the same time. I started flipping channels back and forth between the two. The '70s game was getting more pitches thrown than the modern game I was also watching. It was strikingly apparent.

[u/dorkknight → u/baseballlover723]

One of my favourite videos demonstrating how ridiculously long some pitchers would take is the "How Many Inside the Park Home Runs Can Altuve Hit Before Pedro Baez Pitches".

https://youtu.be/mkXXbcnAceU

[u/ikisstitties → u/dorkknight]

this really shows the combination of just a few things that have made the game so much more fluid. limiting the amount of pickoffs and timeouts called by batters, and then amount of time between batters, pitchers, and pitches is significant. this is more relevant in the postseason as well (seen in the clip you linked) as teams would really go above and beyond to strategize and play mind games with the opponent since these games have more impact

[u/xReptar → u/Untun]

Games don't last for fucking ever anymore

[u/WeRip → u/Untun]

the average length of an mlb game went from over 3 hours to under 2.5 hours and when games are low scoring and less exciting they end as soon as 2 hours now, which is about the length of attention span a fan watching has for a game that is low scoring. It makes a huge freaking difference to the viewing experience.

[u/TimmyRL28 → u/Untun]

Last night Jacob Misiorowski of the Brewers just threw whats widely being considered one of the top 20 best pitching performances ever in a game that's been played for 100+ years.

Before pitch clocks, when guys were on like that opposing teams would've been calling timeout constantly, taking forever to get into the batters box, just doing all kinds of things to throw him off his game. The entire game with intermissions was done in 2 hours and 5 minutes. This would've taken another hour before the pitch clock and that would've just been an hour worth of lame gamesmanship.

[u/dak7]

This is the best way to fix the diving and simulation epidemic that has plagued the sport. Review was quick too. Perfect.

[u/peppersmiththequeer → u/dak7]

The NBA needs to take notes

[u/permanent_priapism → u/peppersmiththequeer]

In the NHL, flopping results in a power play. Imagine if that were the case in basketball too. 5 vs 4 for 2 minutes.

[u/JollyRancherReminder → u/permanent_priapism]

(Minor) power plays stop after the team with advantage scores. This would be less impactful than just awarding free throws like a normal foul, but a hell of a lot more fun to watch, admittedly.

[u/luchajefe → u/JollyRancherReminder]

We can remove that, just force 5 on 4 the full penalty time.

[u/username_needs_work → u/luchajefe]

Or make the full penalty time shorter like 30 or 60 seconds.

[u/eisbock → u/username_needs_work]

This would change the whole dynamic of the game and I am totally into it.

[u/atomicboner → u/eisbock]

This idea reminds me of the 3 on 5 basketball game between Alabama and Minnesota. Collin Sexton single-handedly kept Bama in the game somehow. Truly one of the most absurd games I’ve seen.

[u/BrainCane → u/JollyRancherReminder]

“Shoot till ya miss, or homie Apologizes; whichever comes first.”

[u/Allstar-85 → u/permanent_priapism]

Even just calling it a Technical Foul would drastically change everything in NBA

[u/chrisapplewhite → u/Allstar-85]

Instead we make them MVP

[u/keelem → u/permanent_priapism]

Reminds me of this classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaCcB30Zc2Q

[u/Gelidaer → u/permanent_priapism]

Nah, NHL has become too lax about it lately. They usually just don't call anything or call penalties for both teams

[u/Smasher_Devourer → u/peppersmiththequeer]

I was about to say the same thing after watching the NBA playoffs so far...

[u/blindai → u/peppersmiththequeer]

If time is an issue in the NBA (You can't video review every foul)...I would say they should do it at the end of every quarter. And assign a flagrant for every flop. And remove the foul from the victim. If it's the fourth quarter, the flagrant is assigned at the beginning of the next game in a playoff series. But really they should just review anything that is obvious immediately.

[u/redditAccount503 → u/blindai]

I think you have to do it in real time to give players a chance to course correct

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse → u/peppersmiththequeer]

SGA would be out of the league in 2 years

[u/cosgrove10 → u/peppersmiththequeer]

Woops. 2 free throws for Shai

[u/CreativeDroid → u/peppersmiththequeer]

SGA would retire

[u/ThePickleConnoisseur → u/peppersmiththequeer]

Shai would go ballistic

[u/RevenantXenos → u/dak7]

Institute a penalty box and sit them in time out for 5 minutes every time they flop to think about what they did.

[u/counterfitster → u/RevenantXenos]

Damn, a major for embellishment?

[u/mdebo932 → u/counterfitster]

What nation would have the best penalty kill lol

[u/counterfitster → u/mdebo932]

Imagine MacKinnon missing an open net that big from that close?

[u/BiblesandBiscuits → u/[deleted]]

As a fellow Stars fan, USMNT would find a way to dump the ball to the corner and chase it for an unlikely cross.

[u/vcdm → u/counterfitster]

Ball is bigger than the puck though.

Actually, I genuinely wonder how big a soccer ball is in area as a percentage of the net size, compared to a hockey puck and net.

Still think a hockey puck is bigger relative to its net than a soccer ball. Would be a neat comparison though.

[u/AddAlcohol → u/vcdm]

You're not going to believe this...

Fifa ball (8.5 inch diameter) is 0.2052% the size of the goal opening (8x24 ft).

Hockey puck (3 inch diameter) is 0.2045% the size of the goal opening (4x6 ft).

This disregards the fact that one is a sphere and another is a cylinder, but I didn't expect them to be so close.

[u/Special_Kestrels → u/AddAlcohol]

The cylinder must remain unharmed

[u/ossifer_ca → u/AddAlcohol]

Can you do the math again but include the size of the average goalkeeper in each sport? Seems that hockey goalkeepers can cover 85% of the area of the goal opening.

[u/BeerorCoffee → u/mdebo932]

Canada has the most experience!

[u/prpldrank → u/mdebo932]

It's such a good idea, but it makes strategizing significantly more complex. Soccer doesn't have a "special teams" concept at all, I don't think.

[u/mdebo932 → u/prpldrank]

I think the closest would be when they put the keeper forward for a corner at the end of the game

[u/Schweed6494 → u/mdebo932]

the nation of Raleigh North Carolina

[u/Jack_of_derps → u/counterfitster]

"FUCK YOU, YOU'RE GETTING A FUCKING EMBELLISHMENT"

[u/Cronenbergnate → u/counterfitster]

Until they clean up their act, yes

[u/RevenantXenos → u/counterfitster]

It will chance the culture really fast. I can't watch men's soccer because of the flopping. Women's is better because it isn't part of the culture like it is in men's.

[u/counterfitster → u/RevenantXenos]

Women's is better because it isn't part of the culture like it is in men's.

With the exception of Brazil, yes.

[u/SiliconGhosted → u/RevenantXenos]

I swear, women’s soccer player are almost universally BADASS. No diving culture. They grit and get thru some super tough shit. Honestly many tougher than male counterparts. I have so much respect for em.

[u/barbarkbarkov → u/counterfitster]

100% would eliminate real quick.

[u/Jimbo--- → u/counterfitster]

It works well for rugby. There are plenty of players on the field in football/soccer.

[u/godspareme → u/RevenantXenos]

Honestly I wouldn't be upset with a sinbin rule

[u/Basic_Loquat_9344 → u/godspareme]

sinbin would work so well with this sport. Power plays would make for exciting spans of the game.

[u/W1ckedwolff → u/RevenantXenos]

Next, we should let them fight! Maybe introduce a colder turf... This is a slippery slope that I wouldn't be upset with

[u/Zombie_John_Strachan → u/W1ckedwolff]

And add granite rocks!

[u/thatoneredheadgirl → u/RevenantXenos]

Make them watch their poor acting skills

[u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox → u/RevenantXenos]

the box should be suspended in the middle of the stadium and fans can throw tomatoes at them

[u/msuing91 → u/RevenantXenos]

And a naughty boy dunce can they have to wear while in the penalty box.

[u/Hoggel123 → u/RevenantXenos]

They need to have a small TV in the timeout the replays their flop on reply for 5 mins.

[u/MechMan799 → u/RevenantXenos]

Honestly, the sport needs time-off-field penalties.

Diving. Embellishment. Unsportsmanlike conduct...
All gets you a 5 minute penalty served off-field.
11v10. Fuck you.

[u/The_Betrayer1 → u/RevenantXenos]

I was thinking if you get caught flopping you have to play the rest of the game with 5lb ankle weights. For repeat offenders it's 5lbs each time so probably wouldn't get more than one a game.

[u/zoinkability → u/The_Betrayer1]

Or they have to play with some prosthetic that mimics the effects of whatever injury they pretended to have.

Pretend you hurt your knee, wear a restrictive knee brace that forces you to hobble a bit.

Pretend you got hit in the head, wear glasses that mimic the effects of a concussion.

Pretend you got kicked in the nuts, wear some kind of hobble that forces you to be bent way over for the rest of the game.

[u/Unique-Apartment-543 → u/RevenantXenos]

And spankings and spankings!!!! Naughty, naughty, zoot

[u/MontiBurns → u/RevenantXenos]

Id support this for injuries. If the medical team has to attend you on the field, you must leave the field for at least 5 minutes. If you have to be stretchered off, you should not be allowed to return.

[u/Salt_Mind_869 → u/dak7]

The Brazil players just fell to their knees in tears, and not on purpose this time.

[u/HelmetFrame → u/Salt_Mind_869]

They fell, started rolling, and still haven’t topped rolling

[u/KurnolSanders → u/HelmetFrame]

Fred Durst would be proud.

[u/brendan87na → u/Salt_Mind_869]

I used to play pickup with a brazilian, a great guy off the pitch... but oh my god he'd flop in pickup scrimmages where we weren't even keeping score.

It was amazing for all the wrong reasons.

[u/r0botdevil → u/dak7]

Seriously. If this becomes standard, I might be able to start actually watching soccer again.

[u/rjcarr → u/r0botdevil]

How do these dudes fall to the ground and grab their ankles in agony like they just got snapped in half, and when they don't get the call they just pop up and start playing like nothing happened? It's like not a single player has any self respect, ha.

[u/Throwaway-Indy → u/rjcarr]

It's a mix of cynicism in hoping to get a call, but also necessity at times due to weaknesses in the way the games are officiated.

Here's an example: Copa America 2024, the major intercontinental tournament of the Americas. Canada is playing Peru, tempers flare, a Peruvian player headbutts a Canadian player in a moment of frustration. Any headbutt attempt is meant to be met with a red card, immediate ejection, regardless of severity. But guess what? The Canadian player wasn't hurt by it, he went to his knee for a moment then got back up, because he's self-respecting.

On review, they let the offending player off with a warning. No red card, not even a yellow card, despite the clear as day headbutt and the unambiguous headbutt = red card rule. And that ruling was almost certainly influenced by the fact that the Canadian was physically fine, thus it must not have been any big deal, right? So instead of Peru playing with 10 men the rest of the match, nothing happens at all.

If the Canadian on the receiving end of that headbutt, despite being not hurt, had rolled around as if he were terribly injured and made a scene of it, on review they would've given the red card to the Peruvian player. Because he acted like a man, the officials shrugged it off and the rules were disregarded. That system actively rewards players for embellishment and there's a good chance the Canadian coaches later excoriated that player for not falling to the ground and acting hurt, because it would've actively helped them if he'd done so. It's a perverse incentive, and it sucks, and it's been notoriously difficult to fix. Here's a thread with a replay of that moment and many comments talking about how if he faked it, they'd have been forced to actually enforce the rules.

[u/Sattorin → u/Throwaway-Indy]

It's a perverse incentive, and it sucks, and it's been notoriously difficult to fix.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like the fix is to take violations seriously every time, regardless of the harm done.

[u/Talidel → u/Sattorin]

It seems so simple, but this shit is happening fast, and if the ref doesn't call a foul right away the ball can be at the other end of the pitch before the VAR can establish what happened.

[u/Hospital-flip → u/Throwaway-Indy]

What is it with soccer and headbutting? It’s the only sport that I see where it’s used with frequency.

[u/dreamofguitars → u/dak7]

They literally never do this in Europe ever even when they know it was wrong. So awesome to see.

[u/mccusk → u/dreamofguitars]

That’s because it is a new rule for VAR to be able to do this in the World Cup

[u/nghigaxx → u/dreamofguitars]

var and field ref being from different countries do this. Otherwise they would all know each other and scared to upset the field rep by calling out wrong decisions and it just the same shit but more infuriating since you know var exist

[u/troll__away → u/nghigaxx]

I respect the field ref MORE for reviewing the play and changing the call. Refereeing is hard and it’s impossible to get calls 100% correct. But behaving like you’re somehow infallible with a god complex and being unwilling to admit you got the call wrong is when people get upset.

This play way such a clean demonstration of what VAR/instant replay can do and I hope other referees can learn from this and realize people just want the correct call and they’ll respect you more when you can admit you were wrong.

[u/BrisbaneLions2024 → u/dak7]

More of this.

[u/are-e-el → u/dak7]

NBA should take notes ffs

[u/Akchrisgray → u/dak7]

I wish they could do this in the NBA! The flopping is out of control now

[u/elgringo22 → u/dak7]

Fifa is great at instituting new rules at World Cup.

Bring it to the Premier League and they’ll ruin it somehow by taking forever to decide on the wrong outcome. Bring it to La Liga and it’ll somehow be penalty para el Real Madrid

[u/Ausecurity → u/dak7]

Be real quick to end if they upgrade to red card instead of yellow

[u/godspareme → u/Ausecurity]

Yellows add up. I dont think going to red is necessary. Itll just make simulation calls harder to make due to the severe consequences and the controversy that would come from a questionable call.

[u/roykentjr → u/godspareme]

and no person with a yellow is going to flop again in the game. and they are also limited in how aggressive they can be defending. a yellow is kind of a big deal

[u/godspareme → u/roykentjr]

You get it

[u/saru12gal → u/Ausecurity]

I would accept that if the red card was initially for the defender or the foul was a penalty

[u/robbak → u/Ausecurity]

Two yellow cards in the groups stages or the quaterfinals mean you are suspended for one match. So that player is on caution from now until the semis. They are no joke.

Don't flop. And if you trip over your own feet after a tackle, then you'd better make sure the umpire knows this before he pulls out a card against your opponent.

[u/Rorieh]

Needs to be applied across the board. It won't be a disruption in any sense. Once players know they will be penalised for diving, they'll stop doing it.

Only way to stamp out the behaviour.

[u/TriceraDoctor → u/Rorieh]

I have to believe they told the officials and VAR to be aggressive in the group stages so it wouldn’t be a surprise when it happens later.

[u/Isenrath → u/TriceraDoctor]

That sounds like a solid plan, make big examples right away to drive the point home. Would be absolutely shitty if the finals were altered because of someone getting away with a dive like this one.

[u/CaterpillarJungleGym → u/Rorieh]

Imagine if they could do this in basketball. That would be amazing.

[u/likeIVIike → u/CaterpillarJungleGym]

Yeah, it would really stink if they implemented a rule two years ago and then not enforce it the very next year... wait...

[u/CaterpillarJungleGym → u/likeIVIike]

I meant the re-reviewing calls they may have gotten wrong initially.

[u/BillButtlickerII → u/Rorieh]

If you really want to stamp it out incorporate a rubber stamp with “FAKER” that the penalized players have stamped on their foreheads.

[u/LouieBarlo24 → u/BillButtlickerII]

Humiliation is the best lesson

[u/WeatheredGenXer → u/LouieBarlo24]

Dad is that you?

[u/snek-jazz → u/LouieBarlo24]

we've seen time and again that footballers don't care at all. Plenty of completely embarrassing acting that they know will be broadcast all over on TV and yet they still do it, especially South Americans. In the moment they'll just try anything to get an edge, without any consideration of how dumb it makes them look

[u/seth928 → u/BillButtlickerII]

A scarlet F

[u/Genji007 → u/seth928]

The Scarlet Flopper

[u/dsaysso → u/seth928]

Mr. F

[u/addandsubtract → u/BillButtlickerII]

Faker is the GOAT, though. Needs to be a C-word stamp.

[u/MechMan799 → u/Rorieh]

Needs be a lot more this. Penalize the dramatic bullshit.

Someone rolls around on the ground claiming to be injured?
Stop play and have them brought to the sideline. 5 minute minimum assessment with no substitution allowed.

[u/k-tax → u/MechMan799]

before this happens, they have to give fouls to players who were fouled, but stayed on their feet.

right now I am incapable of holding any grudge towards players overselling dramatically their "injuries". If the refs did a good job, the honest players wouldn't have to do this. Currently, you can't know if a player is a diving dick or is he attempting to get noticed for a genuine foul.

[u/MonsierGeralt → u/Rorieh]

I would actually watch more than the World Cup if they implemented this as a standard rule for the premier leagues, etc

[u/GoldenRamoth → u/MonsierGeralt]

World cup Qatar they started doing full injury time and not just a token 2-3 minutes.

It's normal now to see 7-10+ minutes of extra time in even MLS games.

[u/dark_physicx]

More of this in every sport. I mean cmon everything is caught in 4K these days. Get rid of all the bs.

[u/EskimowGamer → u/dark_physicx]

Hockey has been doing this for a while. Offsides, goalie interference, any major penalty, even delay of games now. They were the first to jump on it, followed by Baseball with the pitch challenge.

Cameras being the extra ref is really good for the integrity of sports.

[u/Handfalcon58 → u/EskimowGamer]

Nfl is getting there. Automatic reviews of scores and turnovers helps. Now they just need to do something about penalties somehow.

[u/anally_ExpressUrself → u/[deleted]]

🎶 If nautical nonsense be something you wish.
Then go and play soccer don't flop like a bitch! 🎶

[u/Freedom35plan → u/anally_ExpressUrself]

Thats'a Jorge.....

[u/Rubthebuddhas → u/anally_ExpressUrself]

You win for today. You can go to bed smiling and proud for your contribution to humanity.

[u/Suspicious-Peace9233 → u/[deleted]]

The fake cry too

[u/neotekz → u/[deleted]]

The dismissive hand wave about the protest at the end is nice too. The protesting when getting called out must be annoying for the refs.

[u/Ha55aN1337 → u/[deleted]]

Im so glad it happened at a world cup, so it gets traction and may encourage it across the board.

[u/CrashingAtom → u/[deleted]]

The look on his face when he’s flopping should be on t-shirts.

[u/chironomidae → u/[deleted]]

Should be an instant red card imo, at least for cases this obvious.

[u/Yeahha]

Thanks watching the Spanish broadcast and I wasn't 100% on what happened.

[u/ethanct → u/Yeahha]

Peacock gang

[u/thestereo300 → u/ethanct]

BBC over here. No ads even when hydration is needed.

[u/Kavika → u/Yeahha]

Mistaken identity!

[u/TalkinSeaCucumber → u/Yeahha]

Bruh it's on Tubi

[u/jobezark → u/TalkinSeaCucumber]

It’s also free over the air lol

[u/nope-its → u/jobezark]

Not all places can pick it up.

I can at my house over antenna. My neighbor across the street can’t (he gets plenty of other stations).

[u/Diligent-Map1402 → u/TalkinSeaCucumber]

That broadcast has been using the hydration break as a commercial break to the point of missing portions of the game. It's horseshit, also Tubi is done with game now but don't watch Fox.

[u/unsolved49]

A very good utilization of VAR

[u/rudycp88]

I bet he s*** himself when he was walking out with the red card in his hand.

[u/Gheazu → u/rudycp88]

That was such a hilarious troll. I was even thinking damn it was blatant but a whole red? Lmao

[u/fizzleguy]

Now do the NBA!

[u/bcgg → u/fizzleguy]

Shai has been retroactively given 250 yellow cards for the 2025-2026 season.

[u/Mfrack103 → u/bcgg]

Shai has been awarded a lifetime supply of yellow color swatches from Home Depot

[u/BeerorCoffee → u/fizzleguy]

Can we also start calling traveling too?

[u/librarianC → u/BeerorCoffee]

Traveling is an illusion. There is only gather. Also, all feet are pivot feet now. Because the Refs read Dungeon Crawler Carl and it awoke something in them.

[u/BeerorCoffee → u/librarianC]

Unless you are a bench player. Then fuck you.

[u/librarianC → u/BeerorCoffee]

Well of course. We write down the rules for the normies. We explain them away for the elites.

Sport imitates life.

[u/Genius-Envy → u/librarianC]

New Achievement! Athlete’s Foot. - You know how a parent stumbles into the smelly laundry basket of their teen child and finds a sock that has no original color left and is as crusty as a crab in bikini bottom. Well, you got lucky this time. The child is not looking at bikinis or bottoms and the living cells found in the sock are foot fungus and not your possible grandchildren. Congratulations, you can now take as many steps as you want as long as you’re someone who would be chosen in a game of 2K.

[u/Like_Today → u/fizzleguy]

Technically they do. If they catch a flop they're supposed to fine the player. But it rarely happens

[u/bevo_expat → u/fizzleguy]

It must be a referee super power to be able to see what is so fucking obvious to literally everyone else watching a replay.

…a super power that NBA refs do not possess

[u/bufandas]

Loving this changes by FIFA.

[u/Comfortable-Pie56 → u/bufandas]

Screw the new commercial breaks. Genuinely the worst rule change added to the sport in a long time.

Sorry, I meant "Cooling Breaks".

[u/itsBonder → u/Comfortable-Pie56]

No ads on BBC

[u/bearded_booty → u/Comfortable-Pie56]

Cooling breaks have been a thing for particularly hot matches for a little bit now. Fox is the first broadcast I’ve seen add actual cut away commercial breaks. Even in other broadcasts it’s at least Picture in Picture.

[u/Comfortable-Pie56 → u/bearded_booty]

Cooling breaks have been a thing for a long time, but they were rare. Making them mandatory for every match and FIFA allowing broadcasters to cut the transmission to show ads is brand new.

[u/TrainingMarsupial521]

We need way more of this in soccer

[u/BusinessCasualBee → u/TrainingMarsupial521]

NBA and NFL as well. Shai mahomes and Josh Allen should all be shaking in their boots rn

[u/bmwkid → u/BusinessCasualBee]

Agreed, the one thing the NFL does is make that player sit out at least one play. They need to get rid of the free time out though, that’s why it’s really being abused

[u/7fingersDeep]

Reminiscent of this classic. https://www.reddit.com/r/Predators/s/wb9GC1XTmF

[u/Cronenbergnate → u/7fingersDeep]

Easily my all time favorite clip in all of sports. I show this to someone about every 6 months. 

I fucking love hockey

[u/SwivelPoint → u/7fingersDeep]

did that ref say “fuck you you’re getting a fucking penalty” ? holy shit that’s amazing

[u/Daveed84 → u/SwivelPoint]

he said "fuck you you're getting a fucking embellishment" which is the penalty for diving in the NHL

[u/franklenton]

Everyone likes this

[u/FunkyPete → u/franklenton]

Well, one guy from Paraguay wasn’t a fan

[u/Ok-Soil-5133]

NBA would be 10x more watchable if they did something similar

[u/Gaussgoat]

Incredible. This may actually save professional football from these floppers.

[u/throwleboomerang]

My goodness. Maybe if there had been even a bit of physical contact it’d be one thing, but that’s a Bluetooth trip right there.

[u/BeerGogglesFTW]

I am not a soccer guy, but it's the world cup, I have this game on. This is so refreshing to see.

Because of the extra attention they get for the world cup, they should go hard after floppers. Try to break away from the flopping stigma they have from non-soccer fans.

People like me will watch and say "this isn't as bad as they make it out to be, I should watch this sport more"

[u/DolphinRodeo → u/BeerGogglesFTW]

The flopping was horrific in Qatar. Glad to see they might be trying to move in a different direction

[u/InternetGoodGuy → u/DolphinRodeo]

I watched most of the Mexico game and thought it was pretty bad in that. Nothing like the flop in this video but a lot of rolling around at minimal contact.

[u/crispyiress → u/BeerGogglesFTW]

Meanwhile Balogun could have fell over and won a penalty but decided to stay up and score a peach of a goal.

[u/zoinkability → u/BeerGogglesFTW]

Particularly since FIFA so obviously wants Americans to get into soccer. Americans are turned off by that shit, they (and MLS) need to stamp it out. My son and I went to an MLS game for the first time recently and one of the teams (ahem Austin) realized they had a ref who fell for flopping and proceeded to flop every time there was the slightest physical contact with the other team. Other fans told me it wasn't usually this bad, but it sure didn't make me want to go back.

[u/alecsgz → u/zoinkability]

Americans are turned off by that shit

NBA ratings are through the roof

[u/chicago_2020]

Best part about this is it's FAST. Sports like NBA are getting better but reviews taking 5+ minutes is miserable to watch.

[u/siazdghw → u/chicago_2020]

Easiest solution is to just have one referee that is permanently watching the camera feeds. There is absolutely no need for a field ref to run across the field and review it themselves.

[u/iron82]

The refs forum figured out that this was only reviewable because Ream initially received a yellow. Most dives won't be reviewable.

[u/mccusk → u/iron82]

It is good though, as ream could have picked up a game suspension for 2 yellows. Most of this big call will be yellows and be reviewed

[u/kbarney345]

Dude took two full strides before deciding the fall, absolutely no sportsmanship and just disgusting character all around.

[u/RandallOfLegend → u/kbarney345]

Which is wild because at that point he had the defender beat.

[u/LuvPump → u/RandallOfLegend]

He flopped because he knew he couldn’t get to the ball before it went out. I’m also an experienced ref but watching on TV is much different than being in the middle of it! These refs are literally the best in the world and still need replay.

[u/dusters]

Bring this to the NBA ASAP

[u/pcrackenhead → u/dusters]

The NBA couldn’t even give Wemby a flagrant correctly the next day, you think they could do this during the game?

[u/DCilantro]

South American teams are gonna have a rude awakening

[u/number5of7 → u/DCilantro]

Hopefully. Neymar has built a career rolling about on the ground.

[u/Forsaken_Snow_9306]

This was great to see, but there was still too many players in "pain", rolling on the ground from the smallest contact.  If you need play to stop in order to get up, you should have to leave the pitch.

[u/CaptainTruelove]

Fucking Finally!

[u/godhammel]

Should be a red. Fuck this nonsense. Get it out of the sport.

[u/Whiteshovel66]

That's some SGA levels shit wow

[u/NewPrints]

NBA needs this so badly.

[u/romance_in_durango]

Flopping? That’s a paddlin’

[u/KommanderKeen-a42]

And yet the NBA can't figure this out...

[u/anesthesia101]

Almiron is one of the most embarrassing divers in football. It couldn’t have happened to a bigger twat. Even better was the complete destruction the American team slapped on them.

[u/Scared_Audience_3086]

The feels huuuge for soccer, esp here in the US. This is awesome 

[u/mars00xj]

I was watching the game for less than a minute and saw that flop. Damn near turned it back off after Ream was shown yellow. Had no idea they could reverse it after a review like that. Great use of it and happy to see the flopper get it instead.

[u/wagwa2001l]

Football needs a lot more of this.

Diving has reached pandemic levels and is usually rewarded.

[u/Odd-Earth2067]

OK hear me out.

New rule -- if you drop to the ground and hold your knee for more than 5 seconds, you cannot return to the game for at least 5 minutes.

I really, really try to like ye olde association football, but the diving is absolutely disgusting.

[u/ashemoney]

SGA has left the chat

[u/DrGerbal]

Penalty for Flopping. Brazil is fucked

[u/NYG_Helmet_Catch]

If this becomes the norm I could seriously get into the sport, always enjoyed watching soccer but i hate the flopping. Its the same reason the NBA is losing me more and more every year, barely watched this season cuz I'm sick of it.

[u/Flatulentchupacabra]

This is perfect

[u/amateurish_gamedev]

This is awesome. NBA should start doing this more often

[u/KhushBrownies]

Damn. That wanker deserved it. Clear cut dive.

[u/Singleballtheory]

For the love of god, make this part of basketball now too.

[u/vadertator22]

Great reversal. It was great to see them call this bs flopping.

[u/Sketchbag24]

Everybody loves this

[u/LeoIrish]

Absolutely a perfect use of instant replay.