# In Soccer, Is It A Thing To Kick The Ball At Your Opponent's Dick? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 17, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271 "2018-06-17T17:21:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/21 "2018-06-18T21:50:33Z")
> [@senoy](#): > > I’m a soccer fan and not a Ramos or RM fan, but I think that this video is why people dislike soccer. Ramos is portrayed as a dirty player, but half of those dirty plays are mild contact with great acting by the victim. I would describe him as an aggressive player that likes to skirt the line. Most of what he does in any sport except soccer would get lauded as gamesmanship. In soccer for some reason, almost all contact is heavily policed, so it gets called dirty play. So, to answer the question, it would be very rare for someone to kick the ball directly at another person’s junk because there’s a heavy chance they’d get red carded. Well, we’ve heard Ramos can be a little testes. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/22 "2018-06-18T22:38:28Z")
Do professionals routinely not wear a cup in soccer? I’m not saying that’d take all the sting out, but I can’t believe they’re running around with the possibility of getting kicked right in the crotch for 90 minutes with no protection. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/23 "2018-06-19T01:07:41Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > I can’t believe they’re running around with the possibility of getting kicked right in the crotch for 90 minutes with no protection. That’s gotta hurt! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/24 "2018-06-19T01:37:29Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Do professionals routinely not wear a cup in soccer? I’m not saying that’d take all the sting out, but I can’t believe they’re running around with the possibility of getting kicked right in the crotch for 90 minutes with no protection. No, soccer players generally don’t wear cups. They limit mobility and speed. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/25 "2018-06-19T02:47:29Z")
Goalkeepers often do. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/26 "2018-06-19T03:48:18Z")
> [@senoy](#): > > I’m a soccer fan and not a Ramos or RM fan, but I think that this video is why people dislike soccer. Ramos is portrayed as a dirty player, but half of those dirty plays are mild contact with great acting by the victim. I would describe him as an aggressive player that likes to skirt the line. Most of what he does in any sport except soccer would get lauded as gamesmanship. In soccer for some reason, almost all contact is heavily policed, so it gets called dirty play. So, to answer the question, it would be very rare for someone to kick the ball directly at another person’s junk because there’s a heavy chance they’d get red carded. I agree with this. Although I think this is a function of the editor more than it is of Ramos. Ramos is plenty dirty. In the CL final he both intentionally took Salah to the ground witch resulted in a dislocated shoulder and elbowed Karius in the head which resulted in a concussion. Red cards tend to be for violent conduct or serious foul play. It would thrill me to no end if that was called for actual violence more often and less for touching your forehead to an opponent or lightly pushing them and having your hand brush their face. As far as a red for kicking a ball at an opponent, there is the 2002 acting job by Rivaldo. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiW0IPrv1Ro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiW0IPrv1Ro) Not quite what the OP is talking about, but interesting anyway. IMO, I would prefer either a yellow to both or maybe only a yellow to Rivaldo. Straight red is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/27 "2018-06-19T04:30:46Z")
Usually it’s more a (US) [football](https://youtu.be/HWAQ8rTBLUk?t=6) thing.\* > [@G0sp3l](#): > > Well, we’ve heard Ramos can be a little testes. Yeah he can get quite scrotum on players at times. wait. \*That was a really nice dogpile. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/28 "2018-06-19T10:56:13Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Goalkeepers often do. I’ve confess I’ve never known any keeper that does, possibly at the higher levels but amateur and semi-pro I’ve not seen it. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/29 "2018-06-19T12:07:30Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > There are so few goals in World Cup games that I can’t possibly imagine wasting a penalty kick on anything. At that level, sure - but for a 12 year old boy, hey, goals happen all the time and it’s just another game, but how often do you get a free shot at your best friend’s nuts? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/30 "2018-06-20T16:37:13Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > I’ve confess I’ve never known any keeper that does, possibly at the higher levels but amateur and semi-pro I’ve not seen it. I’ve always worn one when playing indoor soccer. I want to make sure I can use my whole body to stop any kind of one-on-one/breakaway type encounter. It’s pretty rare an actual shot will hit you there. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/31 "2018-06-20T17:18:06Z")
Is there a penalty for making such a shot, or is it only the guy getting hit that gets penalized? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/32 "2018-06-20T17:27:35Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Is there a penalty for making such a shot, or is it only the guy getting hit that gets penalized? For getting hit in the nuts? no penalty for either person, perfectly legal. It would be penalised however if the whistle had gone and play had stopped and you took a shot at an opposition player but the fact it was at the nuts is irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/33 "2018-06-20T17:39:30Z")
Having played soccer in high school, first of all like others suggested it’s rare to wear a cup. You just don’t need it. Nobody I knew wore one. Most injuries will of course be from the knees down. (I myself broke a toe once.) Actually getting hit in the groin, by a ball, hard enough to be injured… I’m honestly not sure how that would happen. Your genitalia is kind of tucked away between two thighs and below an abdomen, all of which is projecting further from your body than your genitals. Given the diameter of a soccer ball I’m not sure how it could strike someone in the groin without being deflected by a different part of the body. Not unless that person was lying down with their legs spread. Unless you’re running around with an erection, in which case, ouch, and also, huh?! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/34 "2018-06-20T18:58:40Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > For getting hit in the nuts? no penalty for either person, perfectly legal. My style of humor is dead pan. You didn’t catch what I was saying. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/35 "2018-06-20T19:27:53Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > My style of humor is dead pan. You didn’t catch what I was saying. Ah, I think I get it now, but I’ve rather spoilt the moment. Mind you, there’s no real need to gild the lily here. No need to make a joke out of a nut-shot, the nut-shot _is_ the joke. The purest and noblest of them all. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/36 "2018-06-20T19:53:52Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Is there a penalty for making such a shot, or is it only the guy getting hit that gets penalized? > [@Atamasama](#): > > Unless you’re running around with an erection, in which case, ouch, and also, huh?! If you get hit when this happens, you’ll be penilized. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/37 "2018-06-20T20:11:18Z")
And you might get a bit testy. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/38 "2018-06-20T20:23:06Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And you might get a bit testy. Refs might give you the shaft, it’s a stiff penalty. So don’t get cocky. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/39 "2018-06-20T20:39:04Z")
Not so much in women’s soccer. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271/40 "2018-06-20T20:57:26Z")
> [@Fleetwood](#): > > Not so much in women’s soccer. Now I’m going to have to scour YouTube for set pieces from recent Women’s Cups to see if they covered their lady bits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-soccer-is-it-a-thing-to-kick-the-ball-at-your-opponents-dick/816271.md?page=3)