Putting the Balls Back In Football

Each sport has its image problem. Most are plagued by some combination of steroids, recreational drugs, prima donnas, spoiled gigillionaires, corrupt judges, and criminal behavior. But soccer not only has all that to contend with. It also has the issue of its players acting the biggest damn sissies this side of men's synchronized swimming. It looks like FIFA is finally admitting this is a problem.

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Here is some of the text.

At this World Cup, the deplorable habit that involves players staying down for no apparent reason after minor collisions, thus causing frequent breaks in play, was increasingly in evidence," said the report of the FIFA Technical Committee.

Hasn't this been going for, I don't know, decades? But I guess I shouldn't complain. At least now maybe they'll find a way to put a stop to the drama queen behavior.