Competition Committee To Address Flopping, Expansion Of Instant Replay

[THE HCP]

Thanks God!

David Stern equated flopping with trickery and said the competition committee will discuss ways to eliminate its prevalence.

"Flopping almost doesn't do it justice," Stern said Tuesday just prior to the start of the NBA Finals. "Trickery. Deceit designed to cause the game to be decided other than on its merits. We'll be looking at that.

"We'll be looking at a number of things that make it easier for us to say to our fans what we all know to be true: Our referees want to get everything right."

The committee will also consider expanding instant replay.

Via AP


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[BoBoBREWSKI]

Good!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

A ray of hope. However, it'll cut down on 50% of the Heat free throws.

Then again, they take this up every year and the result is the same- stars can flop and SHALL be rewarded for it.

Were it up to me, all flops will result in a one game suspension. That will end it.

 

[Sedatedfork]

I don't know what you can do... Call a technical for "trickery?" Fine "trickery"?

How about this.... the NBA will run a spot in primetime with the offending play and then photoshopping a tutu on you. No NBA player wants their manhood questioned.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Love the idea of reviewing flops after the game.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8069250/nba-weighs-retroactive-penalties-floppers

 

[Mediocre Man]

Love the idea of reviewing flops after the game.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8069250/nba-weighs-retroactive-penalties-floppers

They need to make the penalty something that will impact the players and teams

 

[Driew]

I feel like a fine much like a technical (which is a $1000 per T right?) and a point system where say each "flop" garners a point and after say 16 points you get suspended for a game. That seems fair.

 

[MickZagger]

Instant replay on charges to decipher whether they were in, or outside of the line, would be nice.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

do it like soccer or hockey

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

A devastating day for the Clipper franchise

 

[handiman]

I feel like a fine much like a technical (which is a $1000 per T right?) and a point system where say each "flop" garners a point and after say 16 points you get suspended for a game. That seems fair.

Or just count flops as a technical. No one cares about the $1k fine, but flying toward those automatic suspensions would get their attention. Imagine getting hit with a dozen technicals after the game!

 

[Driew]

Instant replay on charges to decipher whether they were in, or outside of the line, would be nice.

It'd be nice but would slow the pace of the game too much to ever be considered. Maybe give coaches a red flag much like the NFL and if the coach feels it was a bad call they can challenge it knowing that if they lose they'd lose a timeout etc. Of course there'd have to be a limit on how many times a coach can challenge a charge/play.