Watching Varneys pathetic attempt to win a penalty yesterday got me thinking why we are so much against diving and yet are tolerant or even supportive of other types of cheating. I am sure we have all yelled at a player to 'take him down' when an opposition forward is clean through or cheered when a Leeds player has sparked one of theirs, but I have never heard any fan shout to a player to dive or to roll over or stay down / act injured etc. So even though diving unlike some other cheating is a 'victimless crime' in some respects it really seems to annoy fans.
The only thing that I can think of is that it sort of makes cheats of us all. If Varney had won the penalty we would have wanted the taker to score and celebrated it like any other goal - and then justified it with the old 'these things even themselves out' etc. If he had missed we may have accepted justice had been done. I cannot think of any other reason why we are so against diving but pretty much condone any other cheating by our team - pinching yards at throw ins, wasting time etc etc Dave _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
