Bit of a mix of sports here, but I couldn't help noticing the difference in reactions between the Australian (latest) ball-tampering incident, from which we got pretended national outrage and may yet witness ruined careers and possibly lives (Nathan Lyon be careful what you wish for) and the diving in football. A result from Liverpool's Sad O'Man (eh?)'s dive against Crystal Palace was Jurgen Klopp, the Liverpool manager, frothing almost uncontrollably at the camera about there having been contact, as if that meant there is an automatic penalty. He seems to believe the ex-player pundits when they say you can't touch anyone in the box. What they mean is it's risky. Klopp and other managers seem to now think it's a foul if you touch a player in the box. You can use just as much physical force in the box as outside it - you take your chance. Mane was cheating, as so many do. Why no outcry when there is so much more money involved than in cricket? We* even talk about players "winning" penalties, as if it was a worthy exercise.
* For definitions of "we" that don't include me.
