Flopping Thread (Lee calls out Griffin pg. 3)

Howard Beck ‏@HowardBeckNYT

NBA just announced new anti-flopping policy: Warning for 1st violation, $5k fine on 2nd, then $10k, $15k and $30k on subsequent violations

therealdeal wrote:Well...

We'll see how this happens, but I just don't see it happening. It'll be fun to see when/how this is first instituted. The league can make a huge statement by giving Paul a warning during the preseason. If they hold true to this Chris Paul will be broke by Christmas and Griffin will have to do 400 new commercials by January.

Doc Brown wrote:That's weak, 30k for serious repeat offenders, weak sauce. They should get suspended after 5 or so violations and it doesn't reset heading into the playoffs.

NBA announces new anti-flopping rule

Official Release
Posted Oct 3, 2012 1:25 PM

New York -- The NBA will adopt an anti-flopping rule beginning with the 2012-13 season, Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Stu Jackson announced Wednesday.

"Flops have no place in our game -- they either fool referees into calling undeserved fouls or fool fans into thinking the referees missed a foul call," Jackson said. "Accordingly, both the Board of Governors and the Competition Committee felt strongly that any player who the league determines, following video review, to have committed a flop should -- after a warning -- be given an automatic penalty."

"Flopping" will be defined as any physical act that appears to have been intended to cause the referees to call a foul on another player. The primary factor in determining whether a player committed a flop is whether his physical reaction to contact with another player is inconsistent with what would reasonably be expected given the force or direction of the contact.

Physical acts that constitute legitimate basketball plays (such as moving to a spot in order to draw an offensive foul) and minor physical reactions to contact will not be treated as flops.

Any player who is determined to have committed a flop during the regular season will be subject to the following:

Violation 1: Warning

Violation 2: $5,000 fine

Violation 3: $10,000 fine

Violation 4: $15,000 fine

Violation 5: $30,000 fine

If a player violates the anti-flopping rule six times or more, he will be subject to discipline that is reasonable under the circumstances, including an increased fine and/or suspension.

The league will announce at a later date a separate set of penalties for flopping that will apply during the playoffs.

lakerswiz wrote:

therealdeal wrote:Well now... let's think here. Is it per game? Or per OCCURANCE?

If Chris Paul flops 15 times in a game and he's already been warned does he get charged 5,000, 10,000, 15,000 etc etc until he's at about 200,000 for the game?

If that's how it works then I think that'd work wonders.

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