[M T]

I can't stand the fake injuries in soccer.   They should have video review and issue yellow cards to the fakers.

It  does seem there's a lot of dramatic acting in soccer (it looked more obvious in tonight's men's game).  But I never played soccer and maybe what seems like acting is real.  In tonight's WSOC game, I went back to review one of UCLA's players grabbing the back of her right thigh.  Turns out she did catch a Stanford knee a second or two before she went down.

Video review would be a disaster unless the game went on with the results of the review announced at the next stoppage.

Maybe an alternative to video review is to just require those who don't/can't get up right away to be removed from the game for, say, 2 minutes of game time (with a substitute).   But that might encourage more rough play, trying to get the other team's best players out of the game.  And it might encourage a truly injured player trying to tough it when they should stay down.

Another alternative would be reviews after the game, with a player found as faking an injury to be held out of their next game.

Frustrating losses tonight despite relatively even play (I only saw most of the last half of the men's game).

[M T]

I can't stand the fake injuries in soccer.   They should have video review and issue yellow cards to the fakers.

It  does seem there's a lot of dramatic acting in soccer (it looked more obvious in tonight's men's game).  But I never played soccer and maybe what seems like acting is real.  In tonight's WSOC game, I went back to review one of UCLA's players grabbing the back of her right thigh.  Turns out she did catch a Stanford knee a second or two before she went down.

Video review would be a disaster unless the game went on with the results of the review announced at the next stoppage.

Maybe an alternative to video review is to just require those who don't/can't get up right away to be removed from the game for, say, 2 minutes of game time (with a substitute).   But that might encourage more rough play, trying to get the other team's best players out of the game.  And it might encourage a truly injured player trying to tough it when they should stay down.

Another alternative would be reviews after the game, with a player found as faking an injury to be held out of their next game.

Frustrating losses tonight despite relatively even play (I only saw most of the last half of the men's game).