My argument hasn't run dry, which is why I'm going
I don't see how you can compared, two very different sports, Rugby is about physical prowess, of course the players are able to stand up after being tackled by 2 or 3 opposing players. That however is not how football works, and 2-3 players, who would weigh nearly twice what a football don't tackle you around the waist while you're running. One player, may clip you, just catch your leg gently but at the speed you're moving you'll be put off your stride and will fall over. Football, often isn't about crunching tackles, while they do help sometimes, football is more of an art, its about dancing with your feet around the opposing team, Rugby, has always struck me of been a more industrious game, were physical power plays a much larger role.
You comparing the gently footballer to a brutal rugby player, isn't too far from comparing a quick sports car, to a truck. The truck might be able to come off better in a crash, but won't be able to keep up with the sports car, or have the handling the sports car has. That's not to say rugby players are slow, nor unable to turn well
I think, it's very silly to compare the two sports.
Diving does happen, it's not something that these "foreigners" have brought over, diving has always happened in football. Blaming someone else for your own flaws is a very easy thing to do. Go watch the 1966 world cup final, players dive.
Diving is one way of cheating, or gaining an unfair advantage. There are many ways in football, or any sport of gaining an advantage, now these have helped teams to win games, and have back fired. I personally, feel the whole "time wasting" idea is a weak way of gaining a time advantage.
Now, just because a player seeks to gain an advantage, to help his side win the game, regardless of talent, he's helping the team, that pays his wages. You could even argue that players who cheat, are loyal or hungry, because they're willing to do anything to win the game, even putting their own reputation on the line as a sports man. Take Drogba for example, he's physical, fast, has good feet and is a world class "old fashioned" center forward, however he dives, not because he's a bad player, but because he's wasting time, or it's his will to win the game at any cost, even if he has to play dirty. Ronaldo, was a brilliant quick, nippy and technical winger, but he dived and play acted, because yes getting a player booked weakens the opposing team, because yes those free kicks him and Drogba win, have the chance to win the game, or get them back in to the game. I don't like seeing players dive, I agree it's cheating, but I do understand why they do it.
I don't want to stay here, arguing with such a silly person.
Goodnight / Good morning
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