Are footballers becoming more unprofessional in their conduct on the pitch?

Discussion started by Efrem Leigh , on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 13:29

I have been dismayed by the number of footballers in the world cup who are feigning injury, diving and crowding the referee and demanding cards be shown when a foul is committed. This is not the way a professional sports person whould be conducting themslves and it has to be stopped!

I believe football has a real problem with this and its at the highest level so this will also be happening at the grass roots level.

The game is being over run by these antics and I really feel that it is getting out of hand now.

Does anyone else feel the same way?

What do you think the game can do to stop this?

Is the referee still not getting the respect they should be from the players?

I actually feel that more yellow cards should be shown to players who dive, to those players who abuse the referees and for FIFA to start to clamp down on this!

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Roger M. Fuchs,

I think the problem lies more deeply. It is a social problem. Honesty is not in demand unfortunately. Short term success counts. Too bad but reality. Also the media is a huge part of this issue as they prefer to build up and glorifies stars and do not award honest acts in sports. Referees are to be regretted. Help is needed - for fairplay of the game.
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1031 days ago

Tony Westwood,

Hi Efrem,

I could not agree more. As a professional golfer for more than 25 years, it is well known in golf that a player will call a penalty on himself as he or she is the only one that may see the ball move or any other indiscretion. Video evidence can be used hours later to make sure the correct decision is made and the correct disciplinary procedure is followed.

Footballers are not professional in the same sense. Calling for a player to be booked or sent-off, feigning injury when no contact is made or certainly very little. The whole notion of not using technology is crazy. Watching a game at home you can see the replay within seconds and a team of professionals could make the correct call and let the referee know in no time at all.

The governing bodies talk about the disruption to the flow of the game, what about getting the correct result, is this not better with so much money being played for. Players know they can get away with things and try to beat the system, whatever that is. Until the system changes and there is no way of getting away with things they will continue to do so.

More referees, video evidence, players on report, whatever it takes to clean-up the game. In some cases it is not about acting professionally, just act like a human being not some crazed hooligan, shouting and swearing at another human being. Referees will not get respect until the correct decisions can be made more accurately.

1031 days ago

Sree Varma,

The game needs to change and get some respect and discipline back into it. Look how Rugby players shut their mouths when the ref blows the whistle. The decision has been made and Rugby players accept whatever happens next (opposite happens in footy). Do players honestly thing they can make the ref change their mind.

1063 days ago

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