Say No More To Flopping, NCAA Changed Rules For Women’s Basketball

From now on there will be no false falling and no player can accuse an opponent of fake staggering in Women’s college basketball.

And rules are changed from now there will be no flopping declared by the NCAA.

What is Flopping?

It is an intentional fall or staggers by a player after little or no physical contact with an opposing player in order to draw a personal foul call by an official against the opponent – according to Google.

As new rules come out it will be fair game to watch Basketball. Players should behave and try to lessen and avoid putting their personal grudges in the game. 

Under the rule, the player who is claimed to have flopped will be issued a warning on their first attempt. On their second attempt to defame the opponent, the foul will be assessed and counted as a technical foul. Any more than that foul will be counted as a team foul and a players a player’s five fouls would result in an ejection.  

“NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee members think the new rule is needed for the sport after receiving feedback from all three divisions about their concerns regarding flopping,” the NCAA said.

There are a few more changes NCAA made like the restricted-area arc being limited from four feet in the lane to the area directly underneath the basket, meaning players “cannot establish a legal guarding position directly underneath the basket.”

A few more rules listed are –

• Players will be allowed to wear numbers 0-99.
• Schools will no longer have to submit a waiver for players to wear religious headwear, provided it is safe for competition.
• When the shot clock is off at the end of a quarter or overtime, officials will use the game clock to determine when a 10-second backcourt violation has occurred.
• Officials will be allowed to use replay throughout the entire game for off-ball foul scoring plays; the review would be conducted during the next media timeout or intermission.

In the last few seasons, there was an increase in fouls and technical and disqualifying fouls and NCAA is concerned about the transparency of the game for the 2023-2024 season. 

Reasons behind all these alteration in NCAA Women’s College Basketball rules so we the audience can enjoy the fair game.