Point taken, and I wish embellishment to work the refs wasn't baked in the way it is. But, fans of sports where the athletes wear protective equipment from head to toe - who haven't been aggressively kicked by someone their size or bigger, running at full speed, wearing a hard & cleated boot should pause before judging what is or isn't fake (even when it is being hurt as opposed to being injured).
The instant & intense pain, and accompanying dead leg are ofter real & significant.