Literally ruins this dumb sport and makes it inaccessible to the largest market on the planet.
If the NHL can do it why can't you dweebs figure it out?
>In the National Hockey League (NHL), any player called for diving will receive a 2-minute minor penalty for the infraction. Players who dive, as well as the coaches of the diving players, may also be additionally fined or cited by the league as supplemental discipline for diving.
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Wait a minute....
That wasnt a dive. The mexican stomped on his foot. It was theatralic, but not a dive.
This just begs the question of how you actually know when someone's diving which, apparently, can't be figured out even with VAR
If the refs weren't shit and gave pens without having to have an over the top demonstration that the player had been fouled people would dive less
They should hire some NHL referees. They can spot it happening much faster and while skating backwards.
And if they can't catch it during games, fine them afterward. It's a disgrace.
Fine. Being a fucking pussy faggot shouldn't warrant a penalty, I guess.
No era btw
I mean it is, the ref can give you a yellow card. The problem is most 'dives' aren't really dives, there is contact that is a foul and should be awarded a free kick / penalty or whatever but unless you go down the referee will never give it even if they have seen it, so when a player is fouled they feel the need to go down even if it wouldn't have actually knocked them to the ground.
There are obviously some actual just pure dives where there is 0 contact but most of the time that isn't the case. Like look at Salah, he never got decisions so now when he feels he is fouled he throws his arms in the air, shouts and goes to ground. Not even in a deceptive way like he is faking injury just more of a "look, look, I'm being fouled - why won't you call it way".
I think while full on dives are one thing most 'dives' aren't going to be cut out until referees start calling fouls when the player stays on their feet