I don’t follow soccer, but I did.  I used to love soccer as a child, and even as far as my high school days.  I never played it for my school, being too busy with work and football season, but I still had a love for the sport.  Somewhere along the way, I noticed something; had it been there all along?

I started seeing an inexcusable number of guys taking dives, crying on the floor over their bruised vagina; something didn’t add up.  Excuse my language, but nothing bothers me more in sports than watching grown men roll around, grabbing their leg like it must have been torn off 3 yard back, then standing and running after their opponent receives a yellow/red card.  I honestly don’t know how any player who takes a dive can call himself an athlete, and that is why soccer is not a sport.  Sports require athletes; individuals with the drive to be faster, strong, and more agile than their rival; not take acting lessons between their nail appointments.

I personally would like to see the addition of instant replay for referees and a transfer of penalty to the Hollywood hero on the ground.  I might start to care again.  Heck, I might even call soccer a sport when the players on the field focus more on scoring points, and less on driving their face into someones elbow for a quick yellow card.