Why suspend for flopping?

San Beda rookie Ajanti Miller picked up two technical fouls for flopping in Game 1 of the NCAA men’s basketball finals against Letran at the Smart Araneta Coliseum last Wednesday and as a result, was ejected.

- By JOAQUIN M. HENSON

The dire consequence, whether fair or unfair, is he'll be suspended for tomorrow’s Game 2 because of the throw out.At first, it was rationalized as a FIBA rule. Then, it was justified as a house NCAA rule. In FIBA, a suspension on the basis of an ejection isn’t automatic as it depends on the gravity of the fouls that led to the throw-out. A suspension may be imposed for a disqualifying foul which is similar to a flagrant foul penalty 2 in the pros. It's different from an unsportsmanlike foul which doesn’t warrant an ejection. An unsportsmanlike foul is called when a player commits contact without a play on the ball to prevent a transition attack. In pro terms, it would be a transition take foul. There are other types of contact which merit an insportsmanlike foul.