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Has 'diving' become a major problem in Gaelic football

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Gaelic football is promoted as a 'manly' game with the emphasis on fairplay and good sportsmanship. However, in my opinion, it is rare to see a game where players are not throwing themselves to the ground with only the slightest contact. Quite often the player going down grabs his face implying hat he was hit about the head. What do posters think?

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 17/06/2016 20:22:11    1868324

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Replying To neverright:  "Gaelic football is promoted as a 'manly' game with the emphasis on fairplay and good sportsmanship. However, in my opinion, it is rare to see a game where players are not throwing themselves to the ground with only the slightest contact. Quite often the player going down grabs his face implying hat he was hit about the head. What do posters think?"
I wouldn't say diving is a common feature, more so the exaggeration of the contact that was made in order to highlight it to the referee.
This is being taught to kids at an early age now, with emphasis on getting the free for your team or getting an opposing player booked. This is nothing new, I have seen this now for years.

GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 17/06/2016 20:55:08    1868331

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Can't agree with it being as widespread as declared here , yes there are instances which we could do without , certainly your more likely to see someone faking injury today as opposed to 10 years ago. , but by and large it's still honest enough at its core.
My son refs under 8s to 12s if kids are being thought to fake then there not listening , wondering if thread is a bit of a wind up.

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 18/06/2016 11:53:08    1868439

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Replying To Damothedub:  "Can't agree with it being as widespread as declared here , yes there are instances which we could do without , certainly your more likely to see someone faking injury today as opposed to 10 years ago. , but by and large it's still honest enough at its core.
My son refs under 8s to 12s if kids are being thought to fake then there not listening , wondering if thread is a bit of a wind up."
No wind-up. I go to a lot of games, club and county, and in every game I see players going to ground at the merest touch. To me that is diving. I have to say that I have not seen it at underage level (except in one county at minor level).

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 18/06/2016 12:29:09    1868445

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Don't think it's I major problem. I believe the issue is that people tend to think if a foul is committed and a player is OK then no free should be given. I think this is why a lot of players go down easily. You don't have to be hurt in order for a foul to be given.

I remember a few years ago mulligan was running at a defender who stuck out his leg to trip him. Mulligan rolled over the leg and people complained he dived. Should he have ran straight into it and potentially hurt himself instead? Regardless if the trip had hurt him or not a foul is a foul.

kevin03 (Tyrone) - Posts: 276 - 18/06/2016 14:38:00    1868461

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Its a major problem and has been for years.

joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 18/06/2016 14:59:30    1868465

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Bad sportsmanship is rife in the game.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 18/06/2016 15:00:42    1868466

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Most games I have watched lately is being livened up by some eejit collapsing in a heap after minimal contact - and then Lazarus like he steps up to take the free. Diving is far rarer thankfully but this business of over exaggerating contact is a problem.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4896 - 18/06/2016 16:56:21    1868488

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