Another thing I dug about it was these guys must be TREMENDOUS athletes. Not only flat out stamina but doing it in brutal heat and humidity. When I consider that I guess it isn’t so bad the ball goes out of bounds or whatever its called all the time, it’s brutal enough. If they were just doodling around the very short stoppages would be annoying. Like a batter stepping out and fiddling with his dumb batting gloves even when he didn’t swing.
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“Like a batter stepping out and fiddling with his dumb batting gloves even when he didn’t swing.”
I like watching soccer, but couldn’t stand the theatrics on players trying to draw a fowl. My son told me that it is more often than not done to get a quick rest (no substitutions, timeouts, etc.), and/or slow things down a bit. Makes sense, but still bothers me (but not as much!).