I'm glad to concede soccer points. My understanding of the game derives from whatever you call the league eleven-year-olds play at. If grown-ups are dicks to one another, that's no great surprise. 1/

Do they foul-tackle one another in what's now women's soccer? Are women more susceptible to injury if they are tackled by people of similar weight and strength? Are they worse (under the "right" incentives) at giving as hard as they are asked to take? 2/

Would the game be harmed if leagues adopted rules that incentivized behavior more like my kid's league? /fin