Re:How Not to Fix Soccer
by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @11:37AM
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>> lying about who touched the ball last, lying about what happened, lying to convince the ref.
>lying doesn't matter, it's just expressing emotions. you almost never see a referee backing up from a decision, more often discussions result a yellow card.
Lying matters to some people - good sportsmen for example. When I played (only amateur: Uni/Sunday league) I'd tell the ref if he'd made a wrong decision in my favour.
IMO lying is not a proper part of [association] football; that's why I gave up on footie some time ago.
>lying doesn't matter, it's just expressing emotions. you almost never see a referee backing up from a decision, more often discussions result a yellow card.
Lying matters to some people - good sportsmen for example. When I played (only amateur: Uni/Sunday league) I'd tell the ref if he'd made a wrong decision in my favour.
IMO lying is not a proper part of [association] football; that's why I gave up on footie some time ago.