I believe what the rules committee is trying to accomplish by making this a POE is to avoid more injuries. Taking a charge is a hard thing to do, and for those of us who have played, it can hurt when done right. So, it seems as though I see a larger number of players trying to take the easy way out - trying to "draw the call" instead of trying to "draw the charge". This leads to more players on the floor, and more chances for turned ankles and other problems. And, as mentioned before, the flop is nothing more than deception, which the committee feels has no part in the game. So, that said, I haven't called one this year, even though I've seen some examples. One that seems obvious to me is where the offensive player is coming straight down the lane, from 12:00 position to 6:00 position, and the defender falls back towards 4:00. (Does that make sense?) If the contact actually caused the defender to go down, they would fall towards 6:00 as well. It seems like a T is a harsh call to make in this instance, but maybe we do need to make it more often to clean up this aspect. I remember a rec league game I did where a defender grabbed the shirt of the offensive player and pulled him down on top of him to make it look like a charge. I happened to be in just the right spot to see it and called the T. This is obviously deception - why should flopping be any different?
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