Jerome Simpson’s ridiculous flop against the Cleveland Browns has made me aware of one fatal flaw that has crept into American sports: the flop.

Manu Ginobli of the San Antonio Spurs could be rightfully named “the king of the flop.” His flops make it hard to watch the Spurs play. He continually drives to the basket and flops to the floor whenever he gets even the smallest amount of contact. Ginobli, who came from overseas, seems to have brought this tactic to our leagues.

Try and watch an NBA basketball game, once the league resumes, without seeing a single flop. I bet you that you could go the whole season without seeing that game. In fact it would be hard to see a half, let alone a quarter, of play go by without a player flopping to the ground.

Still, however, ESPN analysts and many fans condemn soccer players for flopping on the field only to praise NBA players for taking a charge. I’m sorry, but a guy slightly kicking your leg and you going down is just as bad as a guy barely making contact with you in the paint and you falling to the floor.

It seems though that flopping has become common place in the NBA, some fans even argue that players who are good floppers just know how to play the game. My feelings are a little bit different. When a player flops he is ultimately cheating. He is showing the refs something that didn’t truly happen by exaggerating the truth.

Jerome Simpson’s flop against the Browns has shown that the act of flopping has crossed into the NFL. So as a fan I declare that a solution needs to be found as soon as possible.

The only thing to do is figure out how to stop floppers from flopping. That will prove to be harder said than done. You can’t leave it to the refs to judge whether a player fell because he was hit or because he went down on his own. That call would be a judgement call for the ref and create problems in these sports.

The best solution would be for every coach in America to sit down with his players and simply say: MAN UP!