Triping Over Players on Floor...

BktBallRef · #1 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 16, 2009, 09:16am

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Originally Posted by ma_ref

I'd certainly have no call on B laying on the floor. However on A1 the argument could possibly be made that this was a flop, penalized with a T for unsportsmanlike conduct. I'd probably hold off on the T, unless A1 really tried to sell the flop by complaining to me about not calling a foul on B...

How is it a flop if A1 trips and falls over B1?

ma_ref · #2 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 16, 2009, 09:30am

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Originally Posted by BktBallRef

How is it a flop if A1 trips and falls over B1?

OP said A1 intentionally falls over B1. Could be construed as trying to draw a foul, much like a defender falling backwards on purpose during a block/charge scenario.

BktBallRef · #3 (**permalink**) Fri Jan 16, 2009, 11:20am

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Originally Posted by ma_ref

OP said A1 intentionally falls over B1. Could be construed as trying to draw a foul, much like a defender falling backwards on purpose during a block/charge scenario.

Trying to draw a foul is not illegal.

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