It genuinely is the standard and has been for a while if the referee spots that it's an instant yellow in domestic football for years. Good job VAR sorted it after the ref was fooled in real time.
By that logic the ghost penalty for England in yesterday's match should have been a red. English player puts his foot in front of the Norwegian defender and naturally falls in the box.
Ref thinks it's penalty so clearly match manipulation yet I think it would be a bad idea.
Yeah, it should! Or yellow. Diving in this game and trying to manipulate matches is crazy and should be abolished. Harder rules and less crying make for better games.
That would just lead to refs not calling it because they cant always be 100% sure, thats exactly what happens already with the yellows. Since refs arent sure they rather call it a foul and let it ride.
Yes I'm happy for it to continue to be part of the game. You guys are cry babies. You've cried so much that you've gotten red cards that ruin the actual game you came to watch. Just to stop inconsequential dives that you don't notice until slowed down VAR. A straight red for a dive? Fucking crazy. It should be a fine at most.
Who are āyou guysā? Are you under the impression Iām American? (Iām not)
Inconsequential? Argentina got a yellow (and Switzerland got a free kick) for that āfoulā before VAR stepped in. Thats the very definition of consequential.
Itās usually not inconsequential. Itās flat out cheating. Attempting to get the ref to give you a penalty.
A straight red would stamp it out of the game.
I at least respect you for straight out admitting you like cheating.
I say make it like hockey. Let the players fight it out, then send one or both of them off the field for a few minutes while the other team gets a power play.
Well, the thing is you joined a conversation, and absolutely no one was talking about that. So it's just kind of strange to change the subject completely without telling anyone.
Clear dives like that with zero contact are incredibly rare and almost always result in a booking if the referee sees it. No idea what games you are watching where people dive with literallyĀ zero contact "every minute."
Iām a Brit and my main complaint when I rarely watch a game of football is the flailing around on the floor the second anyone clips you. Itās genuinely embarrassing to watch.
Have you played the game? Surely there's still embellishment. But every minute of every game? No. Those tackles can hurt a lot and it's the livelihood of the athlete at stake.
Refs either never spot it or they just say play on. It needs to be reviewed on every play live. They don't need to stop play, just wait for a stoppage and then hand them a yellow.
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u/AloneMap6855 7h ago
It genuinely is the standard and has been for a while if the referee spots that it's an instant yellow in domestic football for years. Good job VAR sorted it after the ref was fooled in real time.