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Little_Noodles t1_iybekt7 wrote

Reply to comment by WeDriftEternal in Eli5: Why do soccer players feign being injured? by livehearwish

I always assumed that, in addition to being a trick to try to get the other team in trouble, it was also a trick to get to sit down for a minute - soccer players run around A LOT.

I know it’s terrible, but I kind of like it. It’s the only real sport I can think of that incorporates drama class. Like, you can win by being good at soccer, but it also helps to be good at pretending, and everyone is in on the pretending what with the dumb little “healing spray” and all.

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WeDriftEternal t1_iybf3l1 wrote

Yes, its true, they all need breaks so sometimes you see this in play, where someone just takes a lot of time and everyone gets some water. But this is also, kinda a mutual waterbreak, to a degree.

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