Jeff Van Gundy on "Flopping"

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Sure.

No. The fake means they try to make you think they were fouled when the FOUL never occurred. The rule doesn't say it is illegal to fake contact, but a foul.


They're not faking contact, they're faking a foul....not he same.

Is it faking a foul if they think they were really fouled but are embellishing to try to make it more obvious?

These players honestly (I think) think they are fouled when their uniform gets brushed by the breeze.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Is it faking a foul if they think they were really fouled but are embellishing to try to make it more obvious?

Yes, it's all about the deception.

Now, do you whack someone who was actually fouled, and is indeed selling the illegal contact more? I sure wouldn't. At the most, I'd talk with the player about it, unless it gets ridiculously repetitive.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Is it faking a foul if they think they were really fouled but are embellishing to try to make it more obvious?

These players honestly (I think) think they are fouled when their uniform gets brushed by the breeze.

Yes. The actions are faked...the dishonesty and deception in trying to make the official believe you were fouled by either totally fabricating or exaggerating the situation are what is unsporting.

[tref]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Yes. The actions are faked...the dishonesty and deception in trying to make the official believe you were fouled by either totally fabricating or exaggerating the situation are what is unsporting.

Fabricating is making up something that didnt occur.
Exaggerating is stetching something that did occur.

IJS

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by tref

Fabricating is making up something that didnt occur.
Exaggerating is stetching something that did occur.

IJS

They're fabricating the FOUL. If you don't call the foul, then it, by definition, didn't occur.
They're exaggerating the CONTACT (which may or may not be a foul).

The rule involves faking a foul. If they actively do something for the purpose of making you think there was a foul and there was no foul, then they have faked the foul.