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Is flopping the worst thing that happens in sports? By BUDDY LUKENS Staff Writer Flopping is known worldwide as a “pansy” move. Flopping is most common in soccer and can be commonly seen in basketball, as well. Flopping is the act of emphasizing a foul to make it look much worse than the collision was in–order–to draw a card or a foul in each respective game. One man who has seemingly mastered the art of flopping is Mr. Neymar Jr. In last year’s World Cup, he committed the crime of the flop and was on the ground of the pitch for over ten minutes (not even kidding, look it up). Every player on the pitch during those games – I assure you – was kind of frustrated. No one likes to wait for minutes at a time, especially during a soccer game. On to the National Bas-
ketball Association – a much smaller organization than La Liga, Premier and Champions league in soccer. Manu Ginobli is a terrific player and a crafty one at that, but some of that can be looked over though because of his commitment to the religion of the flop. Yes, one of the oldest players in the game. Now, while Neymar and Manu may have very little in common besides their residence in flop city, they do get their calls. Both players got over 50 percent of their flops turned into cards or fouls on the opposing team. The NBA is trying to stop the floppage by fining players who blatantly flop to try and get calls. Players are fined $5,000 for their first flopping offense, $10,000 for a second, $15,000 for a third and $30,000 for a fourth. Any player who flops five or more times could
be suspended. This, in my opinion, is a good way to stop the flopping all around. It’s not worth the technical foul and the free throws to look absolutely goofy trying to get a call then getting fined for it. But, take it as you will; maybe you like flopping? And maybe people don’t like you (kidding, we love everyone here at this College)? But, in soccer, the players can be rewarded! Dumb. I know right? If you’re fouled in the box (maybe the foul is emphasized by the flop) you could be rewarded with a Penalty Kick, and if your goalie isn’t a mind reader and still very skilled, then a goal for your team. So think of the flop as you will, but dang it, I think it needs to stop. If you feel the same way as me, I’m sure we would get along just great.
The Georgetonian
Baseball season is too long By COOPER JACOBELLI Staff Writer So here we are, late September, and the media has shifted its focus to the beginning of the NFL season, the beginning of the college football season and the preseason of the NBA. One thing is being overlooked as it usually is this time of year: the baseball playoff race. Why is that? The simple fact that there are 162 games within a baseball season, with every team playing a three–hour game every night, it is hard for people to get excited and riled up about one single baseball game. As someone who has been a lifelong Cincinnati Reds fan, I can confidently tell you that I have never watched a quarter of the games within a single season. For even the most diehard fans to watch every single game is just impractical. In a 162–game season, the average team will spend 500 hours on the field in
gameplay. The average team will play 6.07 games a week, which breaks down to 18 and half hours a week. That’s a part time job just to watch games. I don’t have that kind of time, nor does the average American. The other problem with having so many games that is they’re more insignificant than any other sport. In the NFL, a sixteen–game season means that every single game is played will have postseason implications. In college football, every single week is as important as the next simply because, for a team to make the playoffs, they can’t lose. Even for teams outside of the playoff picture, all games will have bowl implications. Every single game is important. The insignificance between two sub–500 teams playing on a Wednesday afternoon in the middle of July will fail to make anyone, including the players, excited. From a financial stand point, it looks as if the MLB will never shorten the season.
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