User blog comment:Mineko Charat Lucky/I propose that Flash should really be reworked/@comment-4804165-20130810150355

Thoughst:

1. Punishment is something Riot will probably never add to the game, especially direct punishment. This pair of boots essentially forces you to not use your gap closers as much because you'd want you flash up in your next teamfight

2. does not change the fact that 1 good flash still can change the tide of a game (a good flash Lee R, a good Xin flash E > R or Diana flash R E) and continues to punish those that are forced to buy it to keep up with those who already have built in gap closers.

in order to solve this problem, you will have to rebalance just about everything in the game. This is pretty much a must, because as you have said "the game is balanced around flash" hence removing it from its current state will require a large balance shift in the whole game.