Diving yes, soft no. I don't think any players are soft, but they are told to go down easily and stay down in order to get fellow footballers booked. I played a lot of football and I can't remember anyone faking injury, ever. I'd even go as far as to say that lads shrugged off heavy challenges. You wouldn't want to show the opposition you were hurt and give them the upper hand. Football's got just like anything else where money's involved. The bigger the prize, the more desperate people get to win.