There's also generalization by claiming that every striker would pull Marlon Brando moves like Brazil's Fred did...
Not every striker, just an overly generous proportion of them. It's not that every
player does it, but that every
team does it, at least once or twice per game. It gets very tiresome very quickly.
...he cheated and got rewarded.
And should not have. What does that teach folks who are watching?
Did what he could for nation that lives of Brazilian victories till the day they die, yet those triumphs remain and he was one of the extremely lucky ones to be there wearing Brazil's colours in World Cup. At home. Something that every Brazilian dreams of.
Lucky? That's a
responsibility, is what it is. If he's doing it for himself, I don't want him on my team.
As for this "anything goes in the service of your nation" stuff... well, I'd comment on that, but then this would turn even more political than it already has.
Finnish hockey's rise to Finland's number one sport could be told with similar words... Some always benefit from it. And Finland is supposed to be one of the most non-corrupted countries in the world.
This is disingenuous; it's tantamount to saying that since
some corruption is inevitable,
all corruption should therefore be tolerated. That's letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Strive to do better.
You can also get carded or completely thrown out of the game in football if you are caught cheating.
Uhhuh. In all my life I think I've seen that happen in response to a dive or embellishment all of, like, oh, twice. And those have been in MLS. I've never seen it in the World Cup. Ever. Which is a large part of why I've damn near given up on it altogether.
Seriously. This is a sporting event where they still celebrate Maradona for successfully scoring on a handball. I don't care what he followed that up with, **** That ****.
Of course it being simultaneously called sport referees are prone to mistakes and can make wrong judgments.
And yet folks are deliberately exploiting that. Not interested.
Didn't we see quite a few attempts of purposely trying to harm the opponent in these NHL play-offs? At least the Canadiens head coach hinted towards that, pardon my French.
There's vague theories in a game of high-speed collisions in which it's hard to tell what's going on even when filmed in ultra-slo-mo, and then there's the blatantly obvious crap that happens on every single damned pitch every single damned day.
Not every player, but every team, and every game, every time. It's disgusting. NHL players don't run the goaltender in every game.
Maintain faith or not but that it is what is on happening the pitch. Humanity. Greatest play in the world determined by multiple actors. Maybe everyone ain't so hell-bent on being idealistic and 'honest' while the whole known world is burnt down corrupted, maybe they'd rather do their utmost to win.
Said "greatness" is meaningless given the means used to attain it. Team USA could hypothetically take home the World Cup by sending in the Marines to deal with opposition players, but I'm pretty sure that's not legal either. Are you suggesting we should be OK with trying that, tho? It'd be setting side those silly concepts of idealism and honesty and doing our utmost to win, after all.
Or heck, maybe we'll just threaten to nuke anyone who scores a goal on the team. Who needs Tim Howard when you have Minuteman III?
The rules are there for a reason - so that everybody's bound to the same standard. Arbitrary dismissal of that standard should not be in anyone's interest. So why is it still being allowed to happen?
Actions speak louder than words and I only appreciate those who are true and honest even in their darkest moments when it is time to reveal each and everyone's true colour.
And yet you defend those who are clearly dishonest even in their lightest moments and who immediately throw sport and fair play to the wind as soon as there's the slightest pressure.
Hell, if FIFA did anything at all with these sorts of events - I dunno, like, say, review games after the fact and come down on the folks who make such dishonest plays (like, say, oh, banning Fred from participation in the rest of the round robin for that bull**** he pulled against Croatia), then it wouldn't be as much of an issue - for me, or for the game because then there would be a very powerful incentive to not only not do it, but avoid even the
appearance of doing it. Or for a during-the-game fix, put in something like mandatory sideline time for anybody who goes down looking injured (read: is down long enough to require a whistle) - thus requiring either some shorthanded time, or a substitution. Those who are legitimately injured will need the recovery time anyways, and if you're faking it then, well, you may have just cost your team pretty badly. Gosh darn. But do
something, because the current status quo is utterly intolerable and demands too much of the referee.