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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 5225847" data-attributes="member: 8863">I'd say the fact that it exists at all, but then I'm not exactly a soccer fan either so that don't count.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I'd say the flopping is absurd though, and I agree with you that it's probably one of the things that turn Americans off to the game.&nbsp; For one, it helps reinforce soccer's reputation for being a wussy sport, a reputation not helped by domestic silliness like youth soccer leagues giving out participation trophies so the losers don't get their feelings hurt.&nbsp; Given that Americans like full contact sports like football and hockey, seeing a soccer player flop because someone bumped into him is going to make him seem like a wimp to us.Secondly, it looks really unsportsmanlike, faking a serious injury to get a free kick or whatever it is they're doing.&nbsp; I'm sure there are plenty of Americans who would even view it like cheating.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 5225847, member: 8863"] I'd say the fact that it exists at all, but then I'm not exactly a soccer fan either so that don't count. ;) I'd say the flopping is absurd though, and I agree with you that it's probably one of the things that turn Americans off to the game. For one, it helps reinforce soccer's reputation for being a wussy sport, a reputation not helped by domestic silliness like youth soccer leagues giving out participation trophies so the losers don't get their feelings hurt. Given that Americans like full contact sports like football and hockey, seeing a soccer player flop because someone bumped into him is going to make him seem like a wimp to us. Secondly, it looks really unsportsmanlike, faking a serious injury to get a free kick or whatever it is they're doing. I'm sure there are plenty of Americans who would even view it like cheating. [/QUOTE]

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