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Message: [QUOTE="MD#12Fan, post: 4112556, member: 8636"] I know that I'm overly idealistic. I would prefer that this conversation kept to the rules of the game. We could end up in some dark alleyways! I might argue that the reason a distortion of the rules occurs is because the actual rules are not enforced properly. Charges are charges, blocks are blocks, and flops are flops. Does college hoops have a penalty for what is deemed a flop? In my long career around hoops, I only know about teaching how to take charges. However, we were taught to "feel out" the refs in the beginning of a game to see how they were calling it. Another variable is the learned behavior of the player. (remember conditioning in your Psych 101 class, Pavlov's dog) Players learn to flop because it works more times than not. I had a buddy in high school who would fall down when setting a screen. I guess he would get calls. But the point of setting the screen is to block the defender, not flop all over the court. Slight analogy to a defender getting position and falling before the player runs into them. The defender's job is to cut the offensive player off and if they continue on that path with your position established, taking the charge is the right play, not before the player hits you. That's a flop. Very tight! Why it's hard to call. I'm skinny, PB is skinny, doesn't take much for her to go flying. AE on the other hand. Come on! My earlier post: basketball does not want to lose the charge because it's being abused. Maybe PB? It's a close call! Wait another second for them to actually run into you, then fall back. (sorry, it may hurt sometimes) [/QUOTE]

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