Get down hit the floor!

During this morning's Chile x Switzerland match, Jorge Valdivia got a yellow card for pretending that a Swiss player tripped him up, snapped his fibula in a few places and stepped on his face. This obviously isn't what happened, but he tried to give that impression on the way down. The referee didn't buy the simulation so he carded his ass for being a big fat phony.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcCO6E4NUs8&feature=related

All this diving and flopping shit gets in the way of the sport (see also: Pau Gasol and Josh Koscheck). Whenever players do this, they're lying to the ref, the players who fucked them up (but not really), the spectators and everybody else. They're also trying to gain an unfair advantage, which is also a serious infraction. Basically, THEY'RE CHEATING and yet in basketball and futbol you get a slap on the wrist and everything's fine. It's not like the 9,000 instances in which a guy goes for a slide tackle and misses the ball but catches a bit of shin. That shows legit intention to get the ball, and sometimes it doesn't always work out and it counts as a foul. Unintentional, but a foul nonetheless, and he was trying to do something that's legal in the sport.

Hitting the ground and clutching the leg that was just not-kicked is an attempt to deceive everybody (the ref especially) and draw a non-existent foul.In other words, that's some low-balling yellow-bellied HORSESHIT.

Stick to the sport and don't waste our time with your goddamn pussy "augghhhh I just got fouled" theatrics bullshit. Maybe try playing with honor and see how that feels. If you're an athlete and you think victory's more important than the rules, you don't deserve the admiration and respect.