re: Unpopular opinion about the cramp Flops

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I've never had a cramp that made me 'fall' to the ground...

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Nor I

I am plagued with cramps now in my old age = my response to every one of them is to get up and walk it off.

I have never in my life felt the need to lie down when attacked by a leg cramp. They are painful as hell - yes. But my response is to work them out - not to call for a stretcher.

I call BS on these flops.

If it is really a cramp the player should be attempting to get off the field ASAP under his own power and a TO should be used if he cannot make it.

Stoppages of the game with no TO should be reserved for plausible contact injuries and should be done immediately after the contact.

If no bones are protruding or blood flowing, any "injury" that pertains to physical conditioning should be dealt with as a timeout - and if no timeouts left, a penalty.