Why is diving so common in football and not so in other team sports?
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You should go watch the NBA! Its getting baaaad.
Anyways, diving in football is simply a really good tactic. “Diving” is not really enforced as a negative and penalties in football can be game-changing, its a very very good strategy to pretend to get fouled because in the case that a ref mistakenly calls a foul on what might not have been a foul, you have a change to make major changes to the game based on just that one (wrong) call.
There is little downside to not diving, you almost never get called for diving and the chance of you getting a foul called and getting an opportunity to change the game is FAR more valuable than any negative action.
Think about making a bet at a casino. What if the casino said, if you bet wrong, we’ll give you a mean look, but we won’t take your money. But if you bet right, you might win a little or you might win big… but even if you’re wrong, we won’t take your money. I’m making that bet, its free money
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