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Originally posted by icallfouls
T for flopping? NO
T for language? YES
Blocking foul on flopper? YES Its either a no-call or a block.
If the player is going to take themself out of the play by laying on the ground and not being in a position to defend, let them. Defender is useless when laying on his back. The next time, call the blocking foul again, and again, etc.
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Unfortunately, from a rules perspective, you can't do that.
According to the POE in last year's rule book, a flop is defined as a player
acting as though he or she has been fouled when in actuality there has been
"no contact or incidental contact". That's why a flop is penalized under rule 10-3-7f- "
faking being fouled".
The definition of a personal foul, as per rule 4-19-1, says that it "is a player foul which involves
illegal contact with an opponent while the ball is live". Similarly, the definition of a block in rule 4-7-1 says that "blocking is
illegal personal contact...". If there is "no contact or incidental contact", you cannot have a personal foul, whether that personal foul is also a block or not.
Ergo, the rules will
not allow you to call a personal foul for blocking on a "flop". The only call that can possibly be made on a flop, by rule, is either a "T" or a no-call.
Iow, if you have illegal contact, you do
not have a flop. On a play like this, you also judge whether that contact was illegal or not by using the other rules in the book, or by following the direction of case book plays like the one cited previously.
Never call anything that you can't explain or justify.