I hate the diving and flopping, but we have the same thing the NBA and NFL, just not as bad.
How many times does Kobe/D Wade drive the lane and act like someone raped them. They did get raped, of the ball.
WRs in the NFL act like they get shoved out of bounds on every play and Randy Moss pushes off like it is his job. Every sport has some flaws.
In the end you are right here, it's subjective and depends on the way the referee in an actual game wants to call that game...if he allows the teams to get more physical or not.I mostly agree with that but soccer seems way more prone to bad officiating, subjective calls deciding outcomes. THe whole red card/yellow card thing just seems very subjective to me.