Football star’s pathetic antics after tackle left me seeing red

I WAS watching some professional rugby and football at the weekend and noticed quite a difference between the two sports.

To be absolutely honest, if I saw these big rugby players sprinting towards me, I would gladly throw the ball to them and run in the opposite direction.

They all seemed to be enjoying themselves, though.

The match was entertaining and the skill level was high.

Although I don’t know all of the rules involved in rugby, or many of them, to be fair, it was a great game right up until the point when one guy ran into another and burst his head open.

Blood was running down his forehead and nose and onto his lips and I thought the game would surely be stopped whilst the player was given medical attention.

Nope, what happened was the game continued.

A medic did come on to clean the wound, wipe the blood off and bandage the guy up but, while this was happening, play continued around him.

Later on, I watched some football and was left wondering why this sport doesn’t give out awards for acting and cheating.

One player who was tackled immediately fell down and rolled around the pitch, complaining that he had a piece of grass on him and his strip was dirty.

I exaggerate slightly, of course, but I’m sure you know what I’m talking about.

The player who committed the foul was shown a yellow card but, if I had been the referee, I would have sent him off.

To me, he was cheating, as he was neither fast enough to make a legal tackle or able to work out was happening way before he had to resort to foul play.

I would also have decided to send off the player who was guilty of the ‘dying swan’ act.

Honestly, with the way he was behaving, you would have thought he had been shot.

What worries me the most is that these professional players are watched – and often idolised – by youngsters across the country, including those at our local schools.

So, please, could we have less cheating and more entertainment from our professional players in future?

That way, they will be setting a positive example and teaching youngsters how to respect each other.