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Originally Posted by cashman

the whole concept of "diving" could be eradicated over time by coming down hard on the manager/as well as the player. some high profile managers always(never see the incident) to me that encourages certain players to dive.

Agreed cashman but you still have to establish who is diving and when before you can crack down on them. Until that happens managers will continue to hint to their players to take a pecuniary advantage whenever they can and players will do so anyway without encouragement from their manager.

The name of the game is to win a match and if a team can do so by bending the rules they will. Well most of them will.

A FIFA, EUFA or FA directive is only as good as the teeth behind it AccyJay but it is they who must set things in motion instead of just paying lip service to the problem.

Heavy club and individual fines and points deduction have been put forward as a means of punishing the cheats but first you have to prove the case.

I have outlined two ways of doing so and maybe there are other ways but no has come up with any so far.