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"They either fool referees into calling undeserved fouls or fool fans into thinking the referees missed a foul call".
He tricks referees into thinking he has been fouled, so artful is his instinct for gaining something out of nothing.
Fans have railed for years against flopping — the flailing arms, backwards stumbles and comical gyrations designed to fool referees into calling a foul.
The International Football Association Board, which determines soccer rules, has expanded the experimental use of two extra assistant referees into this season's European Champions League.
The solution is you don't look where they come from, who they support, and you put the best referees into the games.
Starting next season, the league will fine players for "flopping" — the art of exaggerating a collision to provoke referees into calling a foul.
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Awat lashed at the defender, clutched his head melodramatically and kidded the referee into thinking only O'Brien had offended.
In fact, Clay elevated every future speaker by turning the office from a parliamentary referee into an instrument of the majority's will.
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