IN AEROBIC activity participants build up much more spittle and mucus than in normal activity. The question is how to get rid of this. There are two options, spit it out or swallow it. Tennis players usually opt to swallow it with a little drink when changing ends (although I've seen spitting tennis players before now). Snooker and darts players don't usually have the need to. Perhaps cricketers are not seen spitting on television because the players are spread so thinly over the ground and there is so much "non-active" time that it is statistically improbable that a spitting player would be caught on television. It would be detrimental for squash players to spit on the floor as they may slip on it later (but they do wipe their sweat all over the walls). But perhaps the biggest reason for catching football players spitting on TV is the style of coverage, i.e. highlighting, with a close-up, the player who has just made a long sprint to score a goal.
As a foreign daughter of various foreigners I would take offence but I really be bothered. I would say FD speaks for himself. FD, you are welcome to come down and stay with me in London and I will introduce you to lots of lovely foreigners who don't have orange spit, and if they did, wouldn't cast it on the ground. You mustn't believe everything printed in the Daily Mail.
Spitting on the pitch, or in any sport, is not a necessity. Look back to the likes of 1966 and you don't see players casually spitting. It's a disgusting thing to do, always has been and always will be. How would you feel if you fell on a pitch and landed in it?
The habit isn't restricted to football and most certainly isn't limited to the England players. There may have been some justification last night, but this has been getting worse for years.
Spitting on the pitch, or in any sport, is not a necessity. Look back to the likes of 1966 and you don't see players casually spitting.
Are you sure thats because you didnt get high definition TV close ups of players though? People always spat when I played rugby or football in my younger days. As in the article above, you either swallow it or spit it, and swallowing it isn't as easy as it sounds when you are playing a sport and cant have a drink
I can't help but laugh at people's outrage at 'flobbing' in the sport that gave us institutional diving, bungs in brown paper bags, Russian gangsters owning clubs and Sepp Blatter. I'm not saying it's right or nice, but if you're looking for a moral code you're better off hunting through your herbaceous borders.
Also, to the person who said you don't get 'flobbing' in women's football - I don't think you've been watching much women's football.
Finally, the best 'flobbing' incident I remember was at the end of the mens 10,000 metres at the 2012 Olympics (youtube if you don't remember). That involved Mo Farah, who is an immigrant, hero, role model and world class athlete and who was on the receiving end on that occasion.
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IN AEROBIC activity participants build up much more spittle and mucus than in normal activity. The question is how to get rid of this. There are two options, spit it out or swallow it. Tennis players usually opt to swallow it with a little drink when changing ends (although I've seen spitting tennis players before now). Snooker and darts players don't usually have the need to. Perhaps cricketers are not seen spitting on television because the players are spread so thinly over the ground and there is so much "non-active" time that it is statistically improbable that a spitting player would be caught on television. It would be detrimental for squash players to spit on the floor as they may slip on it later (but they do wipe their sweat all over the walls). But perhaps the biggest reason for catching football players spitting on TV is the style of coverage, i.e. highlighting, with a close-up, the player who has just made a long sprint to score a goal.
When you don't even know who's in the team
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