Something about soccer I don’t get

There’s no doubt elite players are incredibly fit.

And I would assume a high percentage of those guys are pretty tough.

So what’s with the writhing in agony one minute/up and running around the next?

Has that ever produced a yellow card for the alleged offender? Or is it a ploy to slow down the pace of play for a couple of minutes?

I guess every sport has its embarrassing traditions.

Take hockey, for example. The NHL’s longstanding wink-wink attitude about fighting is ludicrous, of course. It makes it impossible for some people to take the sport seriously.

But at least fighting all but disappears during the Stanley Cup playoffs.