It’s a legitimate concern,” Stern told ESPN’s Lisa Salters during the broadcast of Pacers-Heat Game 1 on Sunday. “Some years ago, I told the competition committee that we were going to start fining people for flopping and then suspend them—and I think they almost threw me out of the room (and told me), ‘No, let it be. But I think it’s time to look at it a more serious way, because it’s only designed to fool the referee—it’s not a legitimate play in my judgment,” Stern added. “... Some of this is acting. We should give out Oscars rather than MVP trophies.”