NBA Weighs Flopping Penalties

Discussion in 'Basketball Talk' started by Sportsguy, Jun 19, 2012.

  1. Sportsguy

    Sportsguy AKA-Sportsguy9695

    David Stern is determined to stop the floppers, even if it takes until the next morning.The NBA commissioner believes too many players are deceiving referees into calling fouls by falling down, or flopping. So he and the league's newly reformed competition committee met Monday for a discussion about how it can be prevented.One option, Stern said, is a "postgame analysis" in which a player could be penalized if it was determined he flopped. The league retroactively upgrades or downgrades flagrant fouls after review, and along those lines he said that perhaps a player could receive a message from New York saying: "Greetings from the league office. You have been assigned flopper status."

    Source: ESPN
     
  2. Tarkus

    Tarkus The Thread Stalker

    What a crock of crap.

    How about if the refs don't get a good look at the contact, they don't call a foul?

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  3. Mike

    Mike Want some Cheetos?

    something needs to be done, its turned into euro football 2012 out there
     
  4. ragman

    ragman Pro Bowler Fantasy Guru

    Agreed. And the #1 offender is Wade. If he doesn't get a call, he stares at the ref.
     
  5. Sportsguy

    Sportsguy AKA-Sportsguy9695

    I agree something does need to be done. its getting ridiculous out there