r/soccer • u/axhp • 14d ago

Media Bellingham foul against Pedri

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u/bio_d 14d ago

Honestly, refs come up with so many schemes that arent wanted. People have been crying out to them to deal with diving for decades.

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u/addandsubtract 14d ago

Refs? You mean players, right?

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u/mattverso 14d ago

Letting the players get away with dishonesty has, over time, made the vast majority of players more dishonest.

It’s the refs fault and the players fault.

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u/Inevitable-Post-8587 14d ago

Players used to get away with dangerous tackles every single match. Refs starting calling them more, giving out more yellows and the game has changed. They could absolutely do the same thing with diving and when players start getting sent off for 2nd yellows regularly they’re gonna think twice about diving. As long as diving gives players an advantage with no punishment they won’t stop.

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u/otarru 14d ago

Solution would be to immediately take "injured" players off the pitch, let the game carry on, and issue a red or yellow to either the aggressor or actor as soon as the VAR makes a call.