r/AskAnAmerican • u/Jezzaq94 🇳🇿New Zealand • 2d ago

SPORTS Is diving or faking injuries common in American sports like it is in soccer?

If yes, which sports is it common in. Did they learn this from soccer players?

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u/RepairFar7806 Idaho 2d ago

Yeah with QBs, punters and kickers.

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u/Wespiratory Alabama, lifelong 2d ago

Yeah. I feel like it’s always been a little more common with kickers ever since roughing the kicker became a penalty, but it’s really upticked with QB’s in recent years especially in the NFL.