Thursday, November 15, 2012

The great money grab!!

Basketball is my favorite sport. I will not bore you with the reasons for it because you have heard them before many times from people who love the sport. One aspect of the game that i am growing weary of is the officials rewarding players for flopping and drawing charges. Ive always disliked the "charge call" more often than not the defensive player moves into the path of the advancing dribbler and because he fails to move his feet on defense is out of position. Many times you hear announcers and coaches say this particular call is the toughest one for any official to make. Granted the call is tough but it is definately the officials call to make. The NBA is deciding the issue a different way. Which is probably worse than any officials call could ever be. They are considering a fine for players who try  to draw a charge call  by flopping.Why is it the players fault for attempting to influence the officials? The players are always trying to gain a competive advantage. . The officials need to make the rules in this situation clearer to the players and be more consistant when making the calls. This is an attempted "money grab"by the the NBA and the players and their union should stop this nonsense before it gets started.

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