Tony Pulis: Players that dive should get a 3 match ban

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Stoke manager Tony Pulis wants the Football Association to ban players who dive for three matches.

Pulis accused Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic of "simulation" after City's 1-0 defeat on Saturday.

On Thursday, he said: "The FA should pull people up for diving and give them a three-game ban straight away.

"Ivanovic would be looking at three games, Chelsea wouldn't be too happy with him and I don't think he would be diving around any more."

Chelsea were not awarded any penalties during the Premier League game at Stamford Bridge and Oscar was booked for diving, while Ivanovic escaped a yellow card despite going down in the box when he appeared not to be touched.

Pulis, whose defender Andy Wilkinson is serving a three-match suspension for a violent conduct, added: "They are really quick to pull people up on incidents that they think are bookable or sending-off incidents.

"We just don't think it's right and we encourage the players to be as honest as they can.

"Michael Kightly stayed on his feet [in a separate incident] and rightly so.

"We think it is the way to do it - whatever other clubs do, they do."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19744028

First of all, I love the bolded bit that the BBC have conveniently inserted. :p However, take away that this is Pulis speaking and it seems like a sensible idea. Referees are clearly afraid to book players for diving so why not do it retrospectively when there is little doubt?
 
drunkenmaster said:
Retrospective punishment is difficult, while some dives are blatant, others aren't, so there wouldn't be any real fairness anyway, likewise if someone dives and wins a penalty that wins a game and gets a keeper or defender a red card, that games result would either need to change or it would be worthless. There are times players genuinely jump out of the way to avoid injury from an incoming bad tackle, who haven't dived but went down without contact, should they all be banned. What about players who jump out of the way because someone runs over looks in every way like they are about to smash into a player, then pull out at the very last second.
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Because cheating to change the result and getting away with it completely is better than cheating to change the result and being pulled up on it? Right.
 
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