Daniel Garb is a soccer commentator for SEN1116 and Ninemsn.

There are three certainties in life. Death, taxes and a diving controversy at the World Cup.

It was only a matter of time before a match was decided by a player going down like they'd been snipered from the third tier.

The Kiwis, despite being afforded a fortunate offside decision themselves, were robbed of the impossible dream when Danielle De Rossi did his best Matthew Mitcham impression.

And after Ivory Coast's Kader Keita dropped like he'd been uppercut by Mike Tyson following a tickle on the chest by Kaka - well the inevitable debate was in full swing.

What to do about these bona fide cheats?

The solution is simple - retrospective suspensions.

The culture of football in many European nations, all of South America and plenty in Asia means it'll be a mighty struggle to remove the problem from where it starts - at junior level.

So you have to get them at the top by punishing and publicly embarrassing them to a point where they have no choice but to change their mentality.

FIFA needs to set up a 'Match Integrity Panel' of sorts that not only reviews every World Cup game but has bodies in every single professional league that does the same after every match in their respective countries.

Their task is to oversee every single incident that compromises the spirit of fair play - which FIFA supposedly prides itself on - and award a suspension where it sees fit.

So, if we use the two aforementioned incidents as examples - De Rossi has been grabbed on the shirt but clearly accentuated the level of contact. Any former player would agree he could have stayed on his feet if he wanted to.

It's not as serious as a blatant, no contact, dive but it still warrants a ban. Give him two games.

The Keita incident is far more damaging to the footballing brand. Selling the game to the uneducated in Australia is hard enough and when they see rubbish like that it is understandable when they turn away.

It reminded of me the famous Rivaldo plunge at the 2002 cup which really brought the issue of football playacting to the forefront of sporting controversies.

It is the utimate act of deception and deserves at least a three-game ban. End his World Cup.

The punishment is severe but is warranted - and with it comes worldwide public humiliation - further incentive for offenders to curb their cheating ways.

Eventually the bans and the embarrassment will exceed the advantages gained by their actions.

And that will slowly change a culture that goes against all that FIFA says it stands for.

Lets hope the governing body can act better than the players on the pitch.