TX Bill
Player Valuation: £80m
Diving. Cheating. Conning the referee.
Three man panel that looks at video evidence of any potential diving or cheating. Ex-player. Ex-referee. Ex-manager.
Automatic three match ban for being found guilty of going down in the box when there was no contact or very minimal contact but not enough to knock a world class athlete on his ass. No ability to appeal.
Automatic one match ban for being found guilty of going down under the same circumstances outside of the box. Can appeal but if you lose the appeal, goes to a two match ban.
I'm tired of seeing world class athletes falling over when the same types of challenges wouldn't come close to knocking me over and I'm not the biggest nor am I the fastest guy in the world.
What in the hell is wrong with the FA that they let this go on. It'll continue to go on until it's stamped out of the game. We don't allow racism or bigotry in the game. We don't allow fighting. We don't allow managers to make disparaging comments after the match. We don't allow two footed tackles/dangerous tackles in the game. We don't allow intentional handballs.
Well then why in the hell do we continue to allow cheating in the game (and blatant cheating at that?) And there are people who think it belongs in the game? And when the player cons the referee, he also get's the opportunity to not only "win" a penalty, but to get an opposing player sent off. Where's the justice for the opposing player? Why aren't they protected? Where is their redress?
What's it gonna take? Really, what's it going to take to act on this? Don't tell me it can't be done because it can and quite easily. Last season, MLS (remember them, they're the softy league over in the States) banned a player retroactively for diving after reviewing video replay.
I hate diving, I absolutely hate it. BUT (and this is a big BUT), if the league is going to allow players to continue to get away with it, then I'm almost to the point where I'll be ok with and Everton player falling over in the box and "winning" a penalty under the very slightest of contact by leaving their legs out and then buckling their knees while throwing their arms up in the air. Could mean the difference between and win and a draw or a draw and a loss. Could mean the difference between fourth, fifth, or sixth. Could mean the difference in millions of prize money. Other players will certainly do it to us given the chance.
Amazing that the most lucrative and most followed league in the world still allows it.
Stamp it out. Stamp it out for good.
Three man panel that looks at video evidence of any potential diving or cheating. Ex-player. Ex-referee. Ex-manager.
Automatic three match ban for being found guilty of going down in the box when there was no contact or very minimal contact but not enough to knock a world class athlete on his ass. No ability to appeal.
Automatic one match ban for being found guilty of going down under the same circumstances outside of the box. Can appeal but if you lose the appeal, goes to a two match ban.
I'm tired of seeing world class athletes falling over when the same types of challenges wouldn't come close to knocking me over and I'm not the biggest nor am I the fastest guy in the world.
What in the hell is wrong with the FA that they let this go on. It'll continue to go on until it's stamped out of the game. We don't allow racism or bigotry in the game. We don't allow fighting. We don't allow managers to make disparaging comments after the match. We don't allow two footed tackles/dangerous tackles in the game. We don't allow intentional handballs.
Well then why in the hell do we continue to allow cheating in the game (and blatant cheating at that?) And there are people who think it belongs in the game? And when the player cons the referee, he also get's the opportunity to not only "win" a penalty, but to get an opposing player sent off. Where's the justice for the opposing player? Why aren't they protected? Where is their redress?
What's it gonna take? Really, what's it going to take to act on this? Don't tell me it can't be done because it can and quite easily. Last season, MLS (remember them, they're the softy league over in the States) banned a player retroactively for diving after reviewing video replay.
I hate diving, I absolutely hate it. BUT (and this is a big BUT), if the league is going to allow players to continue to get away with it, then I'm almost to the point where I'll be ok with and Everton player falling over in the box and "winning" a penalty under the very slightest of contact by leaving their legs out and then buckling their knees while throwing their arms up in the air. Could mean the difference between and win and a draw or a draw and a loss. Could mean the difference between fourth, fifth, or sixth. Could mean the difference in millions of prize money. Other players will certainly do it to us given the chance.
Amazing that the most lucrative and most followed league in the world still allows it.
Stamp it out. Stamp it out for good.
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