> Yup. At least in football, you (the player, not the team) lose the play if 
> you hold up the game for an injury. You're not allowed to say "I'm hurt, 
> hold on, ok, I'm ready."

In soccer I think this is totally ridiculous - sometimes you see really 
stupid things like someone actually getting kicked/elbowed/whatever (where a 
normal person might clutch their leg/arm/chest and say "wtf"), then there's 
a two second pause until they realise they better look a bit more injured, 
fall to ground and start rolling around like they've just been stabbed. 
After the massive fuss is over they limp for a few steps then just carry on 
running normally.

> Yeah. I've been looking at a lot of different sports lately. I like 
> football best because it's very physical, yet there's also a lot of 
> planning. In soccer and basketball, there's a lot of action, but I don't 
> think people stop and say "Ok, in this next one, you pretend to pass to 
> joe, but actually kick it backwards to Sam, who can run around to the left 
> and then fire it over to Bill."  That sort of thing happens all the time 
> in american football. There doesn't seem to be any "clever" in baseball, 
> soccer, or basketball. Lots of quick decisions and activity, but no 
> "clever." At least not that I see.

In soccer that kind of clever team planning only really happen when there is 
time to stop and group together to discuss, usually before a free kick near 
the opponent's goal.

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