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I heard the announcers talk about how to remedy that. They mentioned maybe not allowing the “injured” player back into the game until the series is over.

That’s a tricky situation. Not sure if that would do much to fix it.
 
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He_Made_It said:
I heard the announcers talk about how to remedy that. They mentioned maybe not allowing the “injured” player back into the game until the series is over.

That’s a tricky situation. Not sure if that would do much to fix it.
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That will never happen. Not going to write a rule that incentivizes a player stay on the field trying to tough it out, then get hurt worse.

This is a theme we will see over and over against teams playing us.
 
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allvol123 said:
That will never happen. Not going to write a rule that incentivizes a player stay on the field trying to tough it out, then get hurt worse.

This is a theme we will see over and over against teams playing us.
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Blah. Yeah lawyers would be foaming at the mouth.
 
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The fake injury concern is tricky; I've stated that on this board before. But when a player is walking normally and suddenly drops to a knee....I have a hard time believing he can't make it to the sideline. If he can't he needs a rest.

As far as the lawyers go, shouldn't it also work that if they keep allowing an injured player back on the field to play, they are risking his health and well-being? The Purdue receiver with bad knees that couldn't walk, how much were his coaches concerned about him? And the player with the groin injury was injured three times, I think. If you made a rule like 1st injury - out for the series, second - out for the half, third - out for game, you could argue that you are taking those decisions out of the coaches' hands and doing it to protect the athletes and stop the fake injuries.

But if there is a rule- there's always a way around it. Subbing in a second stringer to take the dive for example.

Thoughts?
 
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allvol123 said:
That will never happen. Not going to write a rule that incentivizes a player stay on the field trying to tough it out, then get hurt worse.

This is a theme we will see over and over against teams playing us.
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I mean it’s the same thing as a helmet coming off, if you go down to an injury whether it be minor, major, fake or whatever you have to come out for a play. Players stay in injured now bc they’re afraid the coaches will pull them. I see no difference.
 
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VolnGermany said:
The fake injury concern is tricky; I've stated that on this board before. But when a player is walking normally and suddenly drops to a knee....I have a hard time believing he can't make it to the sideline. If he can't he needs a rest.

As far as the lawyers go, shouldn't it also work that if they keep allowing an injured player back on the field to play, they are risking his health and well-being? The Purdue receiver with bad knees that couldn't walk, how much were his coaches concerned about him? And the player with the groin injury was injured three times, I think. If you made a rule like 1st injury - out for the series, second - out for the half, third - out for game, you could argue that you are taking those decisions out of the coaches' hands and doing it to protect the athletes and stop the fake injuries.

But if there is a rule- there's always a way around it. Subbing in a second stringer to take the dive for example.

Thoughts?
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If a scrub is sent in....his position becomes the point of attack next play.

And if a player cant walk off the field, it is in his best inerest to see the training staff in the locker room. IMO that should be the rule....if an injury requires a stoppage of play the player must see medical professionals. Do away with the tent and force them to visit the locker room. Couple that with a real time mandatory rest period of a set number of minites, 15 would be my choice, and the flopping would stop.
There is no way that could be argued against with regard to the health of the player.
 
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I don't think there is a way to fix the flopping. All our games next year will run 4 hours or better. Every team we play will be flopping all over the field like a fish..
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allvol123 said:
That will never happen. Not going to write a rule that incentivizes a player stay on the field trying to tough it out, then get hurt worse.

This is a theme we will see over and over against teams playing us.
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And this offense is unfortunately unsustainable because of it.
 
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This is the issue that bothers me even more than the terrible officiating that has already been addressed elsewhere. I don’t believe anything will be done to remedy it. Therefore, Heupel and co. will need to figure out how to overcome it. This tactic ain’t going away any time soon.
 
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DaddyChad said:
I mean it’s the same thing as a helmet coming off, if you go down to an injury whether it be minor, major, fake or whatever you have to come out for a play. Players stay in injured now bc they’re afraid the coaches will pull them. I see no difference.
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You’re not going to see that rule written.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
And this offense is unfortunately unsustainable because of it.
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That's been my concern. Is this a fundamentally sound offense that can succeed because it's a good offense, or does it's success rely on snapping the ball every 15 seconds and not allowing the defense time to react or sub in players? If it really is the latter and teams can disrupt it just by faking injuries to slow down the game, then I'm not too confident.

I wouldn't expect any rule changes on flop injuries.
 
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