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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
These arguments about "Oh it actually hurts quite a bit because you don't have pads", are just silly. First of all, don't these guys wear shin pads? And isn't that exactly where they all grab as soon as they go down?
Secondsly watch ANY rugby game (including 8 year olds) and you'll see a bunch of guys wearing no pads who get hit WAY harder than any soccer player several times throughout the game. I'll bet you can count on less than 1 finger the number of guys you see rolling around clutching a body part, only to get up as soon as a penalty is awarded.
To illustrate the point, I submit the following:
For the record, both these guys finished their games (though I'm only assuming in Beckham's case)
I'd say one of two things can explain this.
1) Soccer players are a bunch of divers
2) Yellow/Red cards have some sort of magical healing powers that really should be looked into. |
It's absolutely brilliant that you managed to find a picture in which one of the players had his season ended, and World Cup all but ruined. Guess which one.