NCAA Rules Committee: 3 Rule Recommendations

[Bucs2016]

What point do we have to get to before we accept that injuries happen in football and you can't legislate that out of it. I don't see this crusade against hockey or rugby. Hell I remember in hockey when I was a kid we had to watch videos on how to have your head positioned if you slide into the boards to help prevent broken necks. I know there isn't a pandemic of broken necks in hockey, it just more to the point of recognizing the risks and educating the players as opposed to trying to legislate safety until the game isn't the game anymore.

People are going to tear up knees, break things, dislocate limbs, and get concussions in a sport where you have large people smashing into each other at full speed, yet people act shocked an appalled that it happens. I understand trying to protect the athletes from themselves but at some point this basic concept just has to be recognized as a fact of the game.


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[JayJ79]

Hurdling is actually a penalty too, although it is never called.

if it were illegal in the NFL, I'm sure the flag would have come out on this play:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-cant-m...-absurd-hurdle

[youcanbankit]

I like all three. All three can cause a senseless injury.

[TheKingpin28]

As usual South Park nails it:

http://southpark.cc.com/clips/k9a8o3...t-sarcastaball

[wapiti]

Is there a restriction on how large the nameplate may be on a jersey?

If not,then all a team needs to do is make the name plate most of the jersey. (or at least larger.)

[Go Green]

Not sure if there were a lot of injuries, but there definitely were some, usually in the NFL. Roy Williams was pretty well-known for it.

If memory serves, Conrad Dobler was the guy most well-known for the "leg whip" block (made illegal sometime in the 1970s).

[citdog]

If memory serves, Conrad Dobler was the guy most well-known for the "leg whip" block (made illegal sometime in the 1970s).

Cap'n Cat was the "Conrad Dobler of the FCS".

[clenz]

The knee pad thing is an easy fix at this point.

They used to be and never stayed over the knee. Cause the pant leg to not stay tight. Over the last decade equipment has evolved and schools will just get these for their players




Rather than




Insert ADIDAS or UA for those schools with those contracts.

[PAllen]

Is there a restriction on how large the nameplate may be on a jersey?

If not,then all a team needs to do is make the name plate most of the jersey. (or at least larger.)

You mean like when the NFL made it a 15 yd penalty to grasp someone's hair in the process of making a tackle? Within a season, ridiculously long hair was everywhere.

[cx500d]

http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/ar...enhance-player



Each of the 3 proposals must still be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to meet April 19th.

#1 is stupid.
#2 I'm for. It seems like the macho attitude has resulted in less and less pads over the years...
#3 I think I'm against; we got plenty of rules, another just makes the officiating worse.