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Whacked someone for flopping today. Had warned him once earlier. In the middle of the lane, absolutely NO CONTACT, not even slight contact, A1 does a pancake kicking his legs out and landing face first. It didn't even make sense that someone would be "pushed" like that. B2 was coming down the lane as well and had I not blown the play dead may have had to jump over him. To top it all off, he gave me a look asking where the call was.
When I gave him "the call" he and his team went ballastic, letting me know there was no rule against flopping. They assured me that rule was only in hockey (is it? Not a hockey fan here...).
Ironically, the team lost by one point. The flop technical was mid-way through the first half but of course they started cussing me out after the game blaming my made up technical foul on their loss. I simply sat at the table taking numbers down.
This same bunch of goofballs got called for a really easy 5 second call, when they let me know the person has to be right up next to them and not if they are a few feet away. I asked what rule they were referencing, they told me to watch basketball, that its called like that. I smiled and moved down court.
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