Originally Posted by
Airway
Take off the 5 inches of padding on football players and we'll talk about contact sports.
I have seen far more gruesome injuries in soccer than anything else other than boxing.
In just one uefa game a couple weeks ago, one player was responsible for dislocating another player's shoulder and a concussion on another player.
Last world cup, a player had a fractured back, there was a broken nose, a variety of other limb injuries.
Flopping and diving/faking is a problem. In almost every sport.
Do you watch any other sports other than soccer and boxing? Ever seen a baseball player take a 100mph fastball to the face or elbow? Or a ankle twist and snap in basketball or football?
Not a whole dislocated shoulder and a concussion? Did he run so fast he couldn’t stop and ran into the goal post? Or maybe hit the ball too hard with his head and knocked himself out? Maybe flopped on the ground so hard after hitting his ear flicked and he hit his head and dislocated his shoulder a the same time? Or maybe it’s just a case of wussitus and it’s common symptoms with that diagnosis?
Justifying soccer as a great sport to watch is just a sad thing to try and justify.
It’s like watching paint dry and yelling goal when it’s dry to the touch. And people wonder announcers sound so bored.