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Old Mon Dec 09, 2013, 05:58pm
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Originally Posted by Rich View Post
I'm not saying I expect a player to stay in there and "take a charge like a man," but starting to fall to the floor before contact, while probably not flopping, is really not what's intended by the "absorb contact" or "protect himself" statements, either.

My partner said he told the player that he could call a technical foul for flopping and I encouraged him to not be a pioneer in that area, either.
Isn't calling a block when it's contrary to the definition of a block also being a pioneer?
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