Addressing an Issue of Great Proportions

Sports for the most part are tough. The games are rough, and why shouldnt they be in competition? Like they say, no blood-no foul, no pain-no gain. It seems like in every sport, every player pretty much understands that they run the risk of injury. Pretty much all sports are physical to some degree for God's sake. NFL players understand that they could get their head knocked off potentially (especially if you are Dustin keller and are running across the middle against the Ravens...see video). BYW, Dustin Keller returns to his feet by his own power after the hit....and he didnt complain because hes a respectable professional athlete who understands its the nature of the game.



And what about hockey? These guys fight all the time and its part of the game. They lose their teeth and it isnt a big deal. Do any of them complain about getting hurt or fouled? Nope, not really, unless you are Sidney Crosby or Mario Lemieux.

Even basketball is rough and tough, with intentional fouls, face masks, and stitches on eyes because of hard fouls (take a look at Chris Paul right now for the New Orleans Hornets if you dont believe me)

But, there seems to be one major sport which continues to not understand yet that contact is part of sport and rough play will happen so suck it up. This sport is as you all probably could guess because its so obvious is soccer. The unbelievable amount of fake injuries and dives that soccer, its culture and its players have incorporated into the legitimate context of the game has made soccer laughable and quite frankly embarassing. Im sure you all have seen your fair share of these idiots flailing around on the ground holding their face or foot, when in fact nothing is wrong with them at all, they feel just great, all in the name of trying to cheat their way to a free kick. Pathetic. Dont get me wrong, its a great sport, it has just lost my respect greatly due to these actions that the players take.

Heres an entertaining yet aggravating look at these pansies who call themselves professional athletes.