it is considered part of the game. their attitude to diving is comparable with our attitude to the hard men of the game, and visa versa. they see the hard man as techncially lacking and brutes/thugs. we see the diving little messi-like figure as a cheat, a prancing whatever. both are morally questionable, but receive different reactions all over the world.

thus, the uthor makes a true point and i should check your facts before critising the article.

Not to mention that it does not exemplify inconsistency. Nor does anything mentioned here, in fact.

I agree with the above commenter about diving. The absolute last thing the league should do is ignore diving. Diving is the worst thing about soccer and a cause around which soccer haters everywhere rally. Calling for refs to not penalize it is quite possibly the stupidest thing anybody could suggest.

You have to take that conjecture in context – “Comparatively, is it so wrong . . .” Click on Serioux/Beckham clip above for illustration. Diving is not a great alternative, but quality players can’t play well if they’re being hacked down. All things considered, your suggestion?

This completely ignores the fact that on replay their dive will be seen by everyone (including the referee later) and noted for future use against the player’s reputation. Diving needs to be eliminate as much as possible, although it never will. It will simply become more refined or, for those that can’t pull it off, a bigger source of cards.