The video you are about to see may look very familiar if you’re a fan of the Beautiful Game. Soccer aficionados are used to seeing flops on a daily basis … in Europe, people even do it on train platforms and in restaurants. But in the U.S. we play football, and football players don’t fall down unless they’ve been hit by a vicious linebacker, or in Philadelphia, a brick.
Then, how does one explain this?
It happened in 1998, unearthed by Catdomealumni.com, showing University of Redlands wide receiver Danny Ragsdale drawing contact against Linfield linebacker Joe Pate in the fourth quarter.
It was a nothing hit but Ragsdale fell to the turf like he was just shot with a sniper bullet and laid on the turf motionless. The ref fell for this colossal flop threw the Personal Foul flag that extended the Redlands drive. The worst part is that Ragsdale didn’t drag himself off the field with a limp or holding his head and then sprint back on the field on the next play. Nope, this guy had the moxie to actually jump back on his feet and high-step it back to the huddle while looking back at his bench basically saying “I can’t believe the Ref bought that total drama queen act” right in front of the official!
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There’s no flopping in football. Or is there? [Catdomealumni]
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- bobulated - Jan 27, 2011 at 4:07 PM
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Obviously you’ve never seen anyone come within a foot of a punter sending him crashing like test dummy to the turf or all the guys who flop around the pile after getting the smallest shove.
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- drunkenhooliganism - Jan 27, 2011 at 5:53 PM
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Punters and kickers don’t count as football players. Their flopping is accepted because they’re the soccer players.
