I feel like I’ve never seen the plural of hearse written out before and it took my brain longer than it should to figure out.

1. Flopping happens in every sport where physical contact could be a foul

2. It happens a lot in soccer relative to other sports because if players do not fall down and continue the play, the ref may decide to “play advantage” ie let them continue and not whistle the play dead. Often times this is less advantageous than the free kick so the player goes to ground to get the ref to whistle.