Originally Posted by
Ralphie Halves
I'll try and take bits and pieces from this....
- Soccer expanding at a rapid rate in the US. MLS expanding everywhere. But don't let facts get in your way.
- The flopping thing is an epidemic, and it is spreading to the US. I'm quoting a podcast here: "In light-brown countries, flopping is celebrated, and the athletes that do it get all the women and respect. After awhile, it becomes your culture." You can put the NFL vid up, but don't compare it to soccer. However, you almost never ever saw that shit in the NFL or NBA 30 years ago. Then along came Vlade Divac.
- The main way to stop flopping is to penalize it it early and often, but nobody does that. FIFA, NFL, NBA, nobody. They just sit there and allow it.
- The pussification of American men theory has legs. You don't have to look far.