NCAA fake injury penalty

[RocketDawg]

Looks like if a player is "injured", or possibly even injured, if medical personnel go to the field to administer aid, the team gets charged with a timeout. It should stop OM from having an unlimited number of timeouts (or times out, as Howard Kosell said).

NCAA approves rule changes to combat players faking 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

 

[anon1758050382]

It seems like this incentivizes legitimately injured players to play through injuries or get off the field unassisted to save their team a timeout/5 yards.

 

[patdog]

It seems like this incentivizes legitimately injured players to play through injuries or get off the field unassisted to save their team a timeout/5 yards.

injured players don’t stay up until after the ball is set for play.

 

[mstateglfr]

injured players don’t stay up until after the ball is set for play.

I thought the same thing- players that are injured but mobile may, at times, try to hobble off the field in an injured leg rather than cost their team a timeout.
1min left and down 2, team is driving to get within FG range, and the last timeout is used because a guards leg was landed on awkwardly. Team can't stop the clock and loses.

So instead, a legitimately injured player tries to drag his 330# body off the field rather than lose the timeout.

 

[hatfieldms]

I thought the same thing- players that are injured but mobile may, at times, try to hobble off the field in an injured leg rather than cost their team a timeout.
1min left and down 2, team is driving to get within FG range, and the last timeout is used because a guards leg was landed on awkwardly. Team can't stop the clock and loses.

So instead, a legitimately injured player tries to drag his 330# body off the field rather than lose the timeout.

It says the player has to fall back down after the play. You know, fainting goats

 

[anon1758050382]

injured players don’t stay up until after the ball is set for play.

That's the other thing: The rule only applies if medical personnel enter the field to evaluate an injured player after the ball is spotted by the officiating crew for the next play. So... defenders just go down with fake injuries before the ball is spotted? How is this a solution to the problem?

 

[jethreauxdawg]

That's the other thing: The rule only applies if medical personnel enter the field to evaluate an injured player after the ball is spotted by the officiating crew for the next play. So... defenders just go down with fake injuries before the ball is spotted? How is this a solution to the problem?

Maybe not a solution, but it is an improvement.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

 

[peewee.sixpack]

It should be named the Kiffen Rule.

 

[QuadrupleOption]

That's the other thing: The rule only applies if medical personnel enter the field to evaluate an injured player after the ball is spotted by the officiating crew for the next play. So... defenders just go down with fake injuries before the ball is spotted? How is this a solution to the problem?

Because opposing coaches were waiting until the offense showed their formation (after the ball is spotted) before directing their players to take a fall.

This rule removes the advantage that defenses were getting by doing this. Fine, you saw our formation and can adjust your coverage. It just cost you a timeout.

 

[patdog]

It should be named the Kiffen Rule.

You’ve got it all wrong. Lane is the victim in the fake injury gas the last few years. **

https://247sports.com/college/ole-miss/article/lane-kiffin-responds-to-new-sec-punishments-for-faking-injuries-239090290/

 

[anon1758050382]

Maybe not a solution, but it is an improvement.

Better solution: adjust the existing rule from sitting out one play to sitting out one series.

Previous rule: If the game is stopped due to an injury, the injured player has to sit out one play. The player doesn't have to sit out the next play if a timeout is called or a period ends.

My proposed adjustment: Change one play to one series.

Example: The offense gets a first down. A defensive player goes down with an injury and has to sit out until the next first down. Depending on what happens in the following series, this could be one to four plays.

The problem is that sitting out one play isn't enough of a deterrent. Some propose sitting out the rest of the possession. I think that is too punitive and would negatively affect gameplay/safety. Sitting out until the next first down is a good middle ground that deters fake injuries more than one play and doesn't excessively affect gameplay/safety.

 

[RocketDawg]

Better solution: adjust the existing rule from sitting out one play to sitting out one series.

Previous rule: If the game is stopped due to an injury, the injured player has to sit out one play. The player doesn't have to sit out the next play if a timeout is called or a period ends.

My proposed adjustment: Change one play to one series.

Example: The offense gets a first down. A defensive player goes down with an injury and has to sit out until the next first down. Depending on what happens in the following series, this could be one to four plays.

The problem is that sitting out one play isn't enough of a deterrent. Some propose sitting out the rest of the possession. I think that is too punitive and would negatively affect gameplay/safety. Sitting out until the next first down is a good middle ground that deters fake injuries more than one play and doesn't excessively affect gameplay/safety.

I doubt the players do it on their own; they do it because the coach tells them to. An even better solution is to fine the head coach about $50K every time it happens, with the amount going up for every subsequent foul in the season.