NCAA rule change to combat faking injuries

[upnorthkid]

NCAA changes TO rules to combat fake injuries

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel has approved changes to the injury timeout rules in an effort to curtail players faking injuries.

www.espn.com

actually think this could work reasonably well. Sure there will be kinks but going to get tougher to flop yourself down. We'll see how the enforcement works (do they use the overhead spotter/replay official) as there i'm sure will be some bang bang type ones where the ball is being spotted as a guy goes down

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

I hate the idea that you could have a legitimate injury ... and get a 5 yard penalty.

This is punishing everyone, because some assholes cheat.

 

[Dave H]

This rule is beyond stupid...

Protect the players at all cost...but if they are hurt screw their team!

I'm sorry but where is this supposed massive amount of fake injuries? Until the rumors of this rule came around it never seemed to be discussed.

 

[upnorthkid]

Would assume players who are hurt will stay down and be down well before the ball is spotted which usually takes 10 seconds after the play is done

 

[MaxyJR1]

It's a good start. My thoughts

• If injured and you stay down after the play, no issues
• Officials typically spot the ball about 8 seconds after the conclusion of a play. That seems ample time to decide if you should stay down and come out of the game. Coaches should coach players to not try to play through injuries.
• Issues will occur in the hurry up situations at the end of the halves when officials are spotting the ball more quickly.
• Coaches will now predetermine players that should stay down after a play to slow the game when needed.
• Officials will likely be trained to make sure to not spot the ball before 32 seconds on the play clock and make sure no injured players exist. If a team wants to play hurry up outside of 2 minutes for match-ups, too bad, the officials shouldn't ever speed up for that.

 

[MNVCGUY]

This rule is beyond stupid...

Protect the players,at all codt...but if they are hurt screw their team!

I'm sorry but where is this supposed massive amount of fake injuries? Until the rumors of this rule came around it never seemed to be discussed.

In my opinion they are addressing a problem that isn't really a problem and only comes up a few times a year during those games where teams are trying to run their offense at warp speed.

The clear downside to this is that it has the definite potential to cost a team a valuable second half timeout when they have done nothing shady.

If the rule only comes into play after the ball is spotted the teams that want to do this to slow the game will just teach their players to stay down and have the medical staff run out there as soon as the previous play ends to avoid having to use a timeout. Someone will always find a way to game the system.

On a side note, I do kind of like this new rule:

• After the two-minute timeout in either half, if the defense commits a foul with 12 or more players on the field and all the players participate in the play, the officials will administer a 5-yard penalty. The offensive team would have the option to reset the game clock back to the time at the start of the play. If the 12th player is attempting to leave the field and has no influence on the play, the defensive team will be penalized 5 yards with no adjustment to the game clock.

 

[GophersInIowa]

I preferred the rule where the player had to sit out the remainder of the series over this. You're penalizing teams for things you can't really avoid.

If they just punish teams for obvious faking injuries then it would largely go away.

 

[Unregistered User]

They'll use this rule to screw us out of a victory over tOSU or Oregon this year.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

They'll use this rule to screw us out of a victory over tOSU or Oregon this year.

Gophers...

-immediately spots ball-

tOSU

-waits to spot ball to see if anyone needs an injury timeout-



If that actually happens I don't know but it does demonstrate the strangeness of this rule.