The "Flop" on an Upswing?

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Man In Blue

I think the flop is a place the rules committee should look at the severity of the penalty. Just like they did making it a violation to leave the playing court. They HAD to make the change because officials didn't have the testicular fortitude to enforce the penalty.

Too bad that we as officials decide to enforce our rules rather than the Fed rule book.

Too bad the Fed's basic MO is to take fairly minor infractions, and assign them such disproportionately severe penalties that nobody with any amount of perspective is willing to call it. If we forced the Fed to change the penalty for leaving the floor through our collective unwillingness to enforce their rule...

GOOD FOR US!!!

BTW, how many T's did you call for leaving the floor during those dark days, Man In Blue? I called exactly one. It took only once to understand that a six point swing was an unacceptably severe penalty to apply for a violation no more egregious than a throw-in violation or traveling.