But football / soccer isn't a contact sport.

Yeah thats why its lame

That's your opinion.

Obviously broski

Name's not broski. My name is James. I am not Russian.

Broski would be Polish, actually.

My bad broham

Wow, you are uncomprehending.

Sorry brohemian rhapsody

[quote]Quick question, why do soccer player flop every 2 min?[/quote]From Reddit: [quote]I'm glad you brought up an NBA parallel. Think about all the times an NBA player attempts to get to the foul line. Touching someone's hand while contesting a shot will get you to the free throw line. 90% of what constitutes a foul in the NBA is within normal play in soccer. If you are contacted illegally in soccer, and keep your feet/possession of the ball, the referee will hold arms outstretched and yell, "PLAY ON!" This is known as "playing the advantage" and a whistle will not blow to stop play. PERFECT EXAMPLE. That run led to the latest goal scored in World Cup history. Many times, a soccer player will "force" a foul by creating an "opportunity".. if a player is running at me full steam and I, in possession of the ball, move my body in their way so as to cause them to bulldoze me before they can adjust and attack the ball, a foul will most certainly be called if I allow the force to topple me over. If I keep possession in spite of the foul, the referee will not stop play (unless the foul is particularly dangerous or there is an obvious head injury). It may be more advantageous to just tumble out of the contact due to a lack of passing options or poor field position. Within the rules, this is no different than Paul Pierce screaming as he throws the basketball underhanded off the bottom of the backboard - Pierce gets to the free throw line and the other player inches closer to fouling out. I will answer your question now that the groundwork is laid out! The stadiums are loud, the players/refs don't always speak the same language. A torquey, heavily applied, cleat hurts like a bitch. With all that going on, sometimes it feels like your leg is broken and players react as such. The above paragraph explains about 10% of "flops". The rest are players embarrassed they lost the ball, trying to gain referees sympathy, and various whiney little babies like C. Ronaldo; who seems to find enough time to twist to angrily yell at the ref as he is diving over barely a smidge of contact. The conversation is finally coming to a head. MLS has been dealing with it already. It is more difficult to be fair in a game with barely a stoppage than one that has them in scores each game.[/quote] Also: [quote] Often times a player will exaggerate a legititmate (even if not obvious) foul in hopes of getting it noticed in this context. It looks like a flop to fans, but it's not really.[/quote] If it's obvious the player is bullshitting, he'll get punished for it.