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Do the fans riot every time they get cheated by a diver? Or by an off the ball incident that the ref missed? Or by a wrong call of off-side? How about everyone in the Stade Delli Alpe threatens to riot unless Juve win the next home match? Threaten the ref with his life? The fans can't...

Good post, Vit. Someone once said that referees have a hard time because fans don't want the rules enforced fairly, but rather they want them enforced in their teams favour.

Why is it harsh? Watch video clips of English football thirty years ago, and you'll see an organised fight. Violence has been largely eliminated by stricter controls, and if a Giles or a Bremner played today, he'd be sent off every match. Why not get rid of diving the same way? It'sjust a matter...

I personally feel that diving incidents should be looked at by a video panel, and that appropriate suspensions should be handed out. Diving is cheating, just like clothes-lining someone on the pitch is cheating. If guys like Inzagi, who spends more time lying down than an invalid, were...