American Football Coaches Association asks NCAA Rules Committee to address Players Faking Injuries

[Enki_Amenra]

And how are you going to do that??

Make them sit at least a series and charge them a timeout to buy the player back in. Personally, I think they should sit multiple series.

 

[EtowahVol]

15 yard penalty and Offensive team get auto first down.

 

[ButchPlz]

An injury should sit the player down until change of possession. That would end this stuff totally.

 

[kcvols1]

all you do at that point is get the 3rd string player to go in and take the fall for x time or x plays. Still gives the team the time out as they needed

Then the offensive team can exploit the mismatch.

I think that’ll work for our new scheme.

 

[kcvols1]

An injury should sit the player down until change of possession. That would end this stuff totally.

I like this and it easily dovetails with thorough examinations to prevent players playing with concussions.

 

[sccshortstop]

I can live with that. I just thought that if they we’re caught, that they sit out the rest of that series, and the next one.

Make them go in the tent for a change in possession!

 

[Rylee_Vol18]

Make them skin a buck, and run a trot line.

 

[Border Vol]

Make them skin a buck, and run a trot line.

Make them run the gauntlet.

 

[chrismc1000]

If it is an easily proven flip then that player can't play the rest of the season and the coach who signaled it can't appear in games for the rest of the season

 

[Orange defense]

Make them sit at least a series and charge them a timeout to buy the player back in. Personally, I think they should sit multiple series.

I agree. I just think that there has to be this some kind of punishment here.

 

[VolsSince78]

Will this apply for all players or just the defense? Say the QB drops back and gets rocked and comes out for a play. Is he forced to sit for more than the current one play?

What if the officials force a player to the sideline after a hard hit for a concussion check (that happened to Jennings at Mizzou 2 years ago), is he out multiple plays?

I’d like to see it (sitting out at least 3 plays) applied to offense too. But, this isn’t so much a competitive advantage thing. I think some receivers cause a time drag by laying or sitting on the field, sometimes a few feet from their own sideline, after missing a pass to receive “treatment”. Hey, if you’re really hurt, and cause the game to be stopped, you should sit more than one play before reentering.

 

[Orange defense]

Make them go in the tent for a change in possession!

And if it is fake, they should be made to report it during the game. A fake injury, make them stay off of the field for some punishment, and make the athletic dept. pay a fine every time that it is faked.

 

[Rickyvol77]

There’s already a delay of game penalty. Anything more is stupid and liable to cause a slippery slope of refs “deciding” if an injury is real or not

 

[OL SMOKEY]

 

[R481967]

Make them sit out the rest of the game and maybe the following game. That would stop that bullshyte.

Refinement option... let them sit out the remainder of the present quarter.

 

[mudhen]

Get these players to stop watching soccer. Bad influence.

Speaking as a soccer referee, you may be right. I believe that if you have to leave the field of play, you miss the next TWO series of downs. That'll put the kibosh on flopping. In big time pro soccer, the powers that be will have a "discussion " with you and quietly fine the mortal sh#$ out of you.

 

[Gandalf]

Call a fake penalty?

They have already been doing that to UT for years

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

What's this consensus on 3 plays about? That's not really a punishment for the ones manipulating the game. The player should have to sit out the rest of the quarter or that series. They should better address real injuries like concussions before they begin thinking about penalties for perceived fake injuries.

 

[joevol33]

and miss moments like this? No!

 

[a vol n tears]

How about charging a time out, or a 10 yd penalty. Opposing team’s option.

 

[FLVOL_79]

I see soccer is finally going mainstream in the USA.

 

[Orange defense]

View attachment 353333and miss moments like this? No!

Well, our players been falling down for 20 years like this anyways, what’s the difference here?

 

[TnAngler]

all you do at that point is get the 3rd string player to go in and take the fall for x time or x plays. Still gives the team the time out as they needed

Yes but they would still be missing their starter during the plays from scrimmage.

 

[Border Vol]

They have already been doing that to UT for decades

FYP

 

[orange parmejohn]

For a team that is about to start running a hurry up offense, this is a cause we strongly want to get behind.