Hockey Prompt

I think embellishment calls across all professional sporting leagues are one of the most pathetic attempts you can take to get an advantage. I think it has no place in sports because referees have a hard enough job as it is trying to call the game fairly. When you get barely touched and act like the world is coming to the end it distracts refs from doing their job and really dirties the sport as a whole. You were awarded a penalty that was mostly undeserved and the opponent is hurt by something that wouldn't be called 90% of the time otherwise. On one hand I think a player who doesn't take every advantage they can get isn't trying hard enough, so I'm not even sure its the fault of the players. if you can get your team an advantage you should absolutely take the chance. Which means I think it should be on the leagues to penalize this behavior. if you take a flop or embellish a call, you pay for it out of your pocketbook. its the only way to stop players from playing the refs and will bring the focus back on the sport rather than terrible acting. That said I don't think hockey is the worst about this and maybe its fitting here, but I've seen too many flags thrown in the NFL because a player decided they got tickled too hard.