The NBA announced yesterday that it was finalizing a new policy to deal with floppers—players who exaggerate the effects of incidental contact to draw fouls on their opponents.
Following a recent meeting of the league’s competition committee, the NBA decided on a plan to identify flops via post-game review and to issue fines accordingly. Officials would not have the responsibility of calling flops during games. (For this reason, the flopping policy doesn’t count as a rule change and doesn’t need approval of the league’s Board of Governors.)
So players will still be able to gain a competitive advantage by taking a dive, but they’ll have to weigh the rewards of gaining possession, sticking their opponent with a personal and team foul, and possibly taking a couple foul shots with the cost of involuntarily donating several thousand dollars to the NBA’s charitable endeavors.
Chris Bosh will have to consider the return on his investment before doing this during the 2012-13 NBA season. (GIF from SBNation)
“New policy in the works to combat NBA flopping” by Ken Berger—CBSSports.com NBA Insider
About Josh Tinley
