I wish I had saved that article a couple of years ago, in which matter of factly, it mentions how referees receive daily instructions about how to call various players from the Chief of Refs, who gets his orders from conferring with others in the League Office.
The flop has been coached for ages in many sports. Jerry Sloan was famous for perfecting it when he was a player as was Phil Jackson and several others..Jordan and Rodman were good at it as anybody but doesn't make it right unless they really can sell it. Takes some acting chops to pull it off.
What if you're a crooked ref betting on the game? Then cheating and winning are wrong period. Actually, they always are wrong.
No, no--the ends always justify the means. Always. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you get what you want.[/TonyaHarding]
They just need to start making a system like coaches challenges in football. Reviewed by a different crew with no direct communication to the on-court officials.
I'd electrify the floor so that whenever anything other than the rubber soles of a player's shoes touches it, they get a shock about equivalent to peeing on an electric fence. That should put an end to flopping.
KMart got a warning for this: [video=youtube;-sFTfNG5c0M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-sFTfNG5c0M[/video] There were like 3 other plays that were worse in just this game. lol I'm surprised this didn't draw a fine-- it was only his first warning of this season.
Would Scott foster call goal tending to give the thunder the game if fans could chuck beer bottles at him?
I hate technical fouls and wish the NBA would eliminate them. Since that isn't going to happen - put them to good use for a change. When a player flops, call a double "T" on the player and his coach! Flopping will stop when coaches see it costing them games.
The NBA needs more severe penalties. I think the public fines by the league are a change in the right direction. They weren't going to overnight drastically change the way basketball is officiated. But this is the first step in a series of moves to help the game. Next will they look at increasing penalties? Eventually players will probably be suspended. I hope these changes happen this summer. If the league wants to call a physical game or ticky tack fouls every possession I'm fine with it, just make it consistent and a transparent process. The officiating is the #1 problem with the NBA and what really holds the game back from being more enjoyable to watch.
I propose a technical foul and 3. Then instead of a fine the player serves community duty for a full day at a veterans rehabilitation center where they can push handicapped people around as their porters. This way they can understand there are people less fortunate than themselves, especially the vets who do not have abilities to walk or use their torso. Only Adam Silver could initiate that concept.
dviss has been and always will be right on this subject: fine the refs $10,000 per flop called, and watch the flops disappear.
I do think it is a start but I also think you would never see a charge in the NBA anymore in that scenario. Ref's aren't going to call something that could be even close to a flop. They are going to error WAY on the side of caution (for the sake of their pocketbook) That really hampers legitimate plays where there should be a charge call.
