FT flopping, then Flagrant Foul.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

How many T's have you called for this in your career?

Answering for me: 1
YMCA ball. Kid fell back like he was shot when the dribbler got to about the closely guarded point: and I had already warned him.

Never in a school game, though. I have warned a kid once, after a blatant no-call (he bailed before contact) failed to solve the problem.

I'm with Camron on the debate. If a kid is not fouled, but embellishes even actual contact to make us think he was, that fits the definition.

I give a little more ground, though, in that I believe most players think they were fouled when they do this, but want to do "more" to get us to notice. I don't consider this as fitting the rule.

Also like Camron (clear from previous discussions), I'm not going to be a pioneer just because I think something fits the rule definition. There's nothing to be gained there for a problem I see occur very seldomly.