Jeff Van Gundy on "Flopping"

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

No...they have to do something that wasn't caused by the contact that is intended to make others believe it was caused by the contact.

I'm amazed at all the cleverness people go through in trying to ambiguate a very simple word to as a way to justify not calling this T. I'm OK with not calling the T but at least be honest with yourself about why we're not calling it. To say you don't know what the word "fake" means is a lazy cop out.

Next thing you know, we'll be debating the meaning of "is".

So A1 is driving to the basket and jumps to shoot his layin. B4 runs past him and takes a big swing but misses. A1 yells and then falls to the floor as the ball goes through the basket. You immediately call the T on A1, right?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

So A1 is driving to the basket and jumps to shoot his layin. B4 runs past him and takes a big swing but misses. A1 yells and then falls to the floor as the ball goes through the basket. You immediately call the T on A1, right?

If you read my posts, you'd see that I said I am NOT calling it.

I'm only arguing that the reason it isn't called is not because the rule is unclear but is because it just isn't enforced...at all....for other reasons.

This is not unlike the infamous multiple foul. Everyone knows what it is and there is no lack of clarity in what is a multiple foul...but we just don't call it. By practice, not by rule, we pick one foul, call one foul, and penalize one foul. If two officials happen to call fouls on two different players, we don't report both, we get together and pick one.