Why is diving so common in football and not so in other team sports?
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Part of it could be just the culture of the sport, which doesn’t always have an obvious reason. Why do hockey players get into brawls more than any other sport? Why are baseball players so much more chill than other sports?
The one hard reason I can see though is that Football doesn’t have instant replay and live review of calls. The ref’s call at the time stands, and isn’t rolled back. Compare to football where refs often stop the game and watch a play from multiple angles before giving a penalty. This gives more reason to try and “trick” the ref into making a bad call.
See also: rarely, when a goalie cant stop a goal, they might blatantly fowl a player instead, hoping that the ref will call it – because they have a chance of stopping a penalty kick. Even if it’s clear that this happened, the call stands.
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