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I know I’m a yank but tbh I just plain don’t get penalties etc in I’m sure these dudes get hurt but it seems to go way beyond basketball/drawing the foul type stuff. The rolling around on the ground is def part of why a lot of US sports fans don’t take soccer seriously. I’m assuming I don’t understand this. But would anyone care to explain it?

Paul Redfern

@thetopofmyvoice 3/5 4. Evolution of the rules and role/responsibilties of the ref. Again, in my day(!), there used to be two categories of foul: one incurring a 'direct' free-kick & the other an 'indirect' one; the difference being you could score a goal directly from a direct free-kick (durr), but an indirect required you to pass to a teammate first. What determined whether it was one or the other was 'intent'. Discretion over intent has now been taken away from the ref.

@redpaul1 I actually remember this from my own childhood. Though I’ve had very little experience w the sport since then