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<blockquote data-quote="illinistephen" data-source="post: 1824820" data-attributes="member: 749144"><p>I tend to think that basketball has a worse flopping problem than soccer, so I don't believe flopping is why Americans can't get into it. Not that Europeans don't make fun of the floppers too, but imagine someone running 10 laps and then doing a 50 yard sprint. Then have someone push them over at the end of that running...that person just isn't going to pop back up like football wide receivers who play a few dozen plays over 4 hours.</p><p>I have seen them play on when a player is down and they do review fouls/flopping if it's critical like in the penalty box.</p><p></p><p>I think the big difference between soccer and the more popular American sports is that soccer is much more of an endurance based sport which has its own pros and cons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="illinistephen, post: 1824820, member: 749144"] I tend to think that basketball has a worse flopping problem than soccer, so I don't believe flopping is why Americans can't get into it. Not that Europeans don't make fun of the floppers too, but imagine someone running 10 laps and then doing a 50 yard sprint. Then have someone push them over at the end of that running...that person just isn't going to pop back up like football wide receivers who play a few dozen plays over 4 hours. I have seen them play on when a player is down and they do review fouls/flopping if it's critical like in the penalty box. I think the big difference between soccer and the more popular American sports is that soccer is much more of an endurance based sport which has its own pros and cons. [/QUOTE]
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