Lol, I'm not saying football is not manly. I played football for about 5 years, and I've played soccer for about 12 years. Soccer is much more excruciating physically than football, especially since you practically get no break. Sure I got plenty of bruises playing football, but the feeling in your lungs when you play soccer is much more painful. At least so, in my opinion. And I agree with you, soccer would be a much better sport if players wouldn't dive to get calls, but the same can go to basketball when players flop. But I don't consider fat men tugging each other and dropping them to the ground manly in any sense of the word.