Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Faking An Injury
I once saw a SportsCenter commercial that showed the USA Women's Soccer player Abby Wambach and two men in an office. Abby was walking down a hall with what looked like a business man, when another man pass them and accidentally bumped the other man extremely lightly on the shoulder. At this moment, the man fell to the floor grabbing his ankle screaming that it was broken and that he could no attend work for the next week. Abby and the other man she was walking with simply looked at him, shook their heads, and said "he's fine." Once Abby and the man walked away, the man on who fell to the floor got up and walked away like nothing happened. This commercial is funny and ironic because it relates to how many soccer players fake injuries during games. A player will be lightly bumped, and they'll fall to the floor grabbing their ankle or some part of their body complaining that they are in pain until the referee decides whether or not a free kick should be given. I've seen instances like these happen many times, and it's even more funny to see that Abby Wambach was in the commercial because she has without a doubt witnessed this event many times as well. There are probably even a couple moments in Abby's history where she has tried to fake an injury to gain a penalty kick. The commercial essentially shows that which many watchers observe when they are watching soccer. The underlying message of the commercial doesn't even have to be described in order for someone who watches soccer to understand it.
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