Monday, 21 April 2014

Diving is an Olympic Sport

As I was watching the games this past weekend I could not believe the blatant diving the occurred, but this is common place in today’s game. When challenging a ball where contact occurs I agree with embellishing  the foul to gain a free kick but the video below titled “It’s an Easter miracle, Suarez rises from the dead” on most sites is one example of how diving should needs to be dealt with by the league heads.


As I mentioned before that I understand that over acting a foul can put you at an advantage but it makes you look like such a terrible person, especially when you don’t even make contact with the other player.


The referee saw the whole play, if Liverpool did not push the ball after the tackle on Suarez there would be a definite free kick but what if after Suarez got to his feet after what seemed like his leg was tore off, received the ball and scored. Would that be a goal? Yes it would because the league does not call back goals and Suarez would be branded the villain as he is right now. He continues, along with many other players to make these blatant dives and it has been ruining the game forever. Sure, he did limp around and seem like he was in pain after the play stopped and I know he probably ran because he wanted to score for his team but COMMON! He is notorious for this type of stuff. He is such an amazing talent but oh man, this guy is one of the worst players when it comes to diving, HE EVEN BIT A PLAYER!

Check this video out of Suarez's antics:




All leagues need to get their act together and start handing our suspensions and harsh fines for these Oscar winning performances! FIFA finally decided to add goal line referees let’s hope some more changes can be made.


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