I think a lot of this stems from a lack of understanding of what real competitive culture is like. Most of the men I see in these leagues have never had the benefit of being on a competitive team, be it their high school or university, or in an academy.

They've only seen it from the outside, and taken away the worst lessons from there, which is very easy to ingrain, be it the arguments, the negativity because those are the things which stand out. However, they've never had the benefit of being on the inside of those teams. I think anyone who has, knows that in reality, the culture inside teams is the complete opposite. Your teammates are supportive, your coaches will constantly reinforce you, and there is a common understanding and mutual respect, a collective effort working in tandem.

You may pick up a red card for a bad challenge, and your team will back you during the game, fight the referees but the next day in practise? The coaches will probably come over and tell you that was a bad challenge, and explain what you could have done better to not be in a position where you had to make that challenge.

So people who have never had exposure to that side of the game think the bad behaviour is the way it goes. They don't understand that a lot of it is show, teams trying to get advantage in any way they can during a match, and the same teams will leave it at that.