Originally Posted by
mic22
I think diving is a slightly different issue: it's about trying to milk a particular situation, possibly making intentional contact with a defender to obtain a penalty, exploiting an inexperienced or clumsy defender. I don't condone or endorse diving, just to be clear, but I think it's done with a "justifiable" purpose.
Simulating an injury is on a totally different level imo: too often we see players rolling and screaming in agony, then having a quick peep at the ref, and then suddenly recover to full fitness once they see that no action is taken. In this case, ref should assess their condition after the "injury" and give a straight red if they reckon a simulation occurred. This would fix the problem.