Flopping to Falling and everywhere in between.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Rich

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?

[APG]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Isn't calling a block when it's contrary to the definition of a block also being a pioneer?

This isn't a pioneer call...I'd actually venture more officials than not officiate this play just like Rich has talked about.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by APG

This isn't a pioneer call...I'd actually venture more officials than not officiate this play just like Rich has talked about.

Okay, somebody else pioneered it, but my problem is that it has no rules basis.

Call it that way because everybody else does it? Sounds familiar, I guess.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Okay, somebody else pioneered it, but my problem is that it has no rules basis.

Call it that way because everybody else does it? Sounds familiar, I guess.

For me, it's not pioneering if that's the way your bosses want it called. I don't like it, and I don't call it that way; but that's not a hill worth dying on for me.