NCAA is drawing an imaginary line under the rim
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If this doesn’t sum up the problem with the NCAA, nothing will. All you need to know is that the rule’s committee Chair is named Dick Hack.
Problem is, that led to increased flopping — those overly dramatic instances when defenders appear to draw contact, fall to the floor, and hope for an offensive foul. That forces officials to make an instant choice: charge or block?
“A lot of times under the basket, we’re seeing actors rather than athletes,” said Dick Hack, athletic director at SUNY Maritime and chair of the NCAA Basketball Playing Rules Committee, which made the recommendation for the new rule.
Hack said that because of NCAA rules, it would have taken four years for the arc to go through all the proper channels and committees, before it could be permanently painted on all the floors.
via NCAA tries to take ‘charge’ under the rim – Sports – News & Observer.
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The pros are also pretty good actors in the “flopping” category. Maybe we should give Oscars to the great actors in basketball.