But I keep being told that this is football, it's not like other sports.
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Because it's been widely reported by every news source in the world lol
I'm not trying hard at all. The sport is littered with inconsistency.
I get that spiking someone is dangerous, even if it's unintentional. My point is running someone over is also dangerous, usually intentional, and is typically just a common foul.
One unintentional, but dangerous play is given a red card and multi-game suspension.
One intentional and dangerous play is given a normal foul with not even a yellow card.
That's football! The rules are the rules, except when we don't enforce them.
"Moving screens in basketball" have entered the chat.
If it was like other sports, FIFA would just send the U.S. a letter of apology. It's a silly sport with silly rules.
Agree. The one England got called for last night wasn't even late though, he beat the Mexican player to the ball. Balogun's wasn't late either, and wasn't really a tackle. Both guys ran into each other, he lost his balance and just happened to step on the back of the Bosnian player's leg.
Dude thinks he’s onto something because he just figured out some parts of sport is subjective.
I guess I've never watched a match with any level of consistency. I don't even have a problem with inconsistent calls. It's the nature of sports. My beef is with the extreme harshness of a red card when everyone acknowledges that refereeing is really difficult, and calls are inconsistent. Same reason I don't like targeting in college resulting in suspensions. A potentially missed call (including calls that should be made, but aren't) shouldn't have that dramatic of an influence on the game.
There are very few cases of players running someone over. A lot of guys fall down, but we're not seeing American football style tackles going on. A lot of guys on the ground, but that's more performance than anything to highlight a disadvantage in play. Keep watching, and you'll start to tell the difference between a common foul, yellow, and red. You are free to use your shoulders and body for positioning. Upper body battles aren't nearly as dangerous as potential ankle and knee injuries.
Yeah but he missed the ball because he was out of control. It was bad skill, bad technique, and some bad luck. Easy red.
Anyone that watches "sawker" on a regular basis knew JQ was going to get sent off for that challenge. It was a straight red cut and dried no question about it.
Every sport is. Just don't watch. I guarantee nobody is gonna break into your house and force you to watch a game against your will.
There's a weird segment of the population that thinks everyone wants to hear about why they don't like soccer. I really don't get what they hope to achieve by regurgitating the same things over and over.
