Here's an article to read more about flopping:
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8457259/nba-establishes-new-anti-flopping-penalties-fine-players
I don’t know if many of you watch NBA, but in these past few
years we have seen many players begin to “flop”. If you aren't familiar with "flopping", it is a way to draw a
foul from an opponent by intentionally falling with little to no contact. This
trend has been going on for years and in the past we have seen fines for acts
like this. But, recently David Stern (commissioner of the NBA) has put his foot
down once again and has reiterated the no flopping rule by enacting harsher monetary
penalties for players. As shown in the article a warning is given the first
time and then a fine for each flopping offense increases thereafter, with
suspension being the ultimate punishment. I personally don’t see any need for
flopping in the NBA, this is a sport and not a TV drama series. I wish that
players could focus more on their own game than they do about drawing fouls
against opponents. A lot of NBA athletes believe that flopping is an art-form
and it takes only a good player to get away with it, but I think with Stern’s harsher
punishments for flopping, athletes will slowly stop these nonsense acts.
Kyle P
Kin 332i
Tu/Th 12:30
5 comments:
Couldn't agree with you more here. I feel this issue needs to be severely addressed in soccer as well. It takes away from the skill and athleticism required to complete an actual maneuver, and simply is damaging to the sports reputation all together. Flopping is easily viewable as cheating, for you are intentionally causing a gain for your team by acting. Floppers no flopping!
Joe P
332i
flopping indeed is a sad thing to see in such professional area and I agree it doesn't seem fair to increase the chances of bad calls in a game. But, it is just that chance and opportunity that could change the favor for the entire game and as much as I dislike seeing it, it plays as a wildcard and I think that makes that game that much more interesting. Flopping is like how players hold on to other players jersies when the officials aren't looking or Michael Jordan's "last shot" was a slight push off, why can't they be equivalent to a flop?
Ezriel Labio
332i
T/Th 930-1045AM
I agree with you that flopping shouldn’t be in the NBA. To me the good athletes that feel like they can get away with it aren’t good athletes at all or they would be using their skills to prevent the opposing team from shooting fairly not flopping. I agree with David Stern (commissioner of the NBA) that the athletes should get one warning and then be fined for every flopping afterwards. I also like that every time you flop the fine increase because we all know athletes make money and small fines don’t really have an impact like it would on an average income person and that if it continues to a fifth or sixth display of flopping that a suspension could take place it really means that its not going to be accepted. Also the fact that NBPA executive director Billy Hunter supports the no flopping policy either its backed by higher power and that means the rules will be implemented.
Jennifer Porter
Kin 332i
Tuesday & Thursday 9:30
The act of flopping indeed should be frowned upon, not only in professional level, but in the lower level of sports games as well. Intentional falling is actually common in every sports. like in the World Cup 2002, Brazilian player Ronaldo got hit on the leg but grabbed his face and fell down, which resulted a red card on himself. Its true that it is entertaining like Ezriel said, but it just hurts their career and is just a bad example for the younger athletes.
Eric Kim
Kin 332i
T/Th 2:00PM
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