Why are soccer fans so hardcore but the players are such sissies?

[Pɪᴇᴛʀᴏ Cʜᴀʀᴅᴏɴɴᴇ]

PaleoEuropean, you're the best poster of this forum, in my opinion.

[PaleoEuropean]

I forgot to mention that soccer players do indeed take their frustrations by tackling someone instead of fighting. Tackling is part of the game and would not get you suspended; well mostly some tackles would get you a red.
About the consequences the punishments may or may not be the same amount of punishment, Idk. For some reason the punishments seems to me to be more severe in soccer maybe because it mostly based in Europe.

I mean a fist fight is what a 3 game suspension usually? I can't even think of a real fight in soccer to look up the actual penalties.

[TheMaestro]

It used to be much tougher years ago. Note that you can get easilly injured and your career destroyed in seconds. In Europe we invezst to our sports since childhoods, thats why we are so good in sports, while in US kids tend to learn sports with later age and tend to put education first. As for the football, referees are very strict therefore players tend to be actors, but this is a speciality for latin american players playing in European clubs. Also if you can get a penalty or good free kick for the team, why not try it, when the referee is a blind kid. As for me I play as defender not pro lesgue tho, I run rather strong and slow so it’s hard to make me fall, I also don’t ask for fouls if I see my opponent didnt do it on purpose, if I see they are playing dirty I use to play very strong then.

[Arap Cumali]

Lol, what a question.i can't wait to see the answers. sorry im not expert on football.

[PaleoEuropean]

It used to be much tougher years ago. Note that you can get easilly injured and your career destroyed in seconds. In Europe we invest to our sports since childhoods, thats why we are so good in sports, while in US kids tend to learn sports with later age and tend to put education first. As for the football, referees are very strict therefore players tend to be actors, but this is a speciality for latin american players playing in European clubs. Also if you can get a penalty or good free kick for the team, why not try it, when the referee is a blind kid.

I mean it all depends for Americans, we all kinda grew up playing football or baseball even if at a neighborhood level. We always played American football, it's almost like a rite of passage. We stopped playing baseball as we got older just because playing baseball without safety equipment is 10x worse than american football . Baseball imo is the most dangerous sport.

[hmaohma78]

I mean a fist fight is what a 3 game suspension usually? I can't even think of a real fight in soccer to look up the actual penalties.

This guy jesus corona got a six-game ban and the subsequent dismissal from the national team for headbutting someone of the opposing team. Here is the video.

Although i would agree soccer players have gotten more pussy esque.

[PaleoEuropean]

This guy jesus corona got a six-game ban and the subsequent dismissal from the national forheadbutting someone of the opposing team. Here is the video.
https://youtu.be/EbdyJ-O_b6I

Yea I guess since nobody besides minor leagues in Europe and Canada play American Football or Baseball there isn't a real heavy consequence to fighting, like nobody gives a shit about missing an all-star game.

[PaleoEuropean]

This guy jesus corona got a six-game ban and the subsequent dismissal from the national team for headbutting someone of the opposing team. Here is the video.

Although i would agree soccer players have gotten more pussy esque.

In American sports that would be a much more serious consequence as the guy he headbutted was an employee not an athlete, he would have likely got arrested as well.

[hmaohma78]

In American sports that would be a much more serious consequence as the guy he headbutted was an employee not an athlete, he would have likely got arrested as well.

That is physical assault imao

[PaleoEuropean]

That is physical assault imao

They probably would have thrown him out of the league entirely just to avoid a lawsuit .