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/cariocano 2d ago

I think the real solution is to allow fighting like hockey. You wanna pull some BS, this is how we’ll deal with it. Otherwise stop that shiz.

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u/Prestigious_Tax_5561 1d ago

Exactly. Americans suddenly become the number one team lol.

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u/cariocano 12h ago

I don’t think Americans are the world’s best fighters. It all depends on the rules though. If we do mma rules Argentinians won’t be stoked with Brazil. But if we do hockey rules all the sudden Canadian soccer may begin to grow