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Report: Coaches discussing rule to curb faking injuries during game

I'm clearly no expert here, but the root of it seems to me to something in the nature of an unsportsmanlike-type, likely coached (looking at you, Indiana pre-Cignetti). I'm with some of you that sitting out a quarter is extreme, however, these coaches need to be accountable.

What if it were to come with a sit-out of a series for the player and an automatic 15 yds/first down on the coach if the player tried to come in immediately after leaving the field with a so-called injury?

Oh, and Kiffin is a tool.
 

I too remember the Indiana game in Memorial Stadium. They had someone go down on every play. I think it needs to be a full series or a charged timeout. If you don't have a timeout perhaps a ten yard penalty. something needs to be done but it was worse a few years back.
 
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If we're talking about someone faking an injury, fine.

But it's the third play of the game, Raiola gets hit and is slow to get up. Do we really want him to sit until the second quarter.
It would show the need to have a really good 2nd string QB (used to be the most popular player on the team).
 
I think I agree with this rule change if it is implemented.
"A massive rule change regarding player injuries could come to college football, according to Yahoo Sports‘ Ross Dellenger.
During the AFCA Convention in Charlotte, Dellenger reported if a player is injured during a game, he’ll have to be sidelined for the remainder of the drive. It’s in effort to eliminate faking or “feigning” injuries to slow play."

Long overdue
 
If we're talking about someone faking an injury, fine.

But it's the third play of the game, Raiola gets hit and is slow to get up. Do we really want him to sit until the second quarter.
Entire quarter is too much. Remainder of a drive is fine. Think about guys who go down with cramps or take a shot to the groin- there are legitimate injury stoppages that should require losing a player for a large portion of the game.

Another amendment to potentially consider with this rule would be any injury timeout that occurred from something that was penalized as a Personal Foul (Roughing the Passer, Horse collar, Face Mask, Targeting, etc.) could allow for someone to remain eligible to return after one play. The goal is to avoid people faking injuries, not further penalize people with potentially legitimate ones.
 
Torn on this one as it's definitely a problem. But, at the same time, players do get dinged to where they need to come out for a play or two but can shake it off reasonably. I don't think forcing them out for a series or a qtr would be the right way to go. I already think tossing a kid for 4 qtrs for targeting is ridiculous, especially when some are so weak (or wrong).

Not sure what the solution would be. Maybe a time element for the last 5 mins of a half? If you're on defense and there's a stoppage for injury, you add 20 secs to the game clock and if you're on offense and there's an injury, you run 20 secs off? That way there's a penalty in line with what you might stand to gain from taking a dive? Shrug.
With it being for the remainder of the drive, worst case scenario someone is sitting out probably 15 plays maximum, but likely far less than that. I'd be fine with it being the remainder of the drive OR a 10 play maximum, whichever comes first, but I think that would be a lot on the officials to enforce.

Don't think a time penalty is significant enough. Most of the time this is done in an effort to prevent high tempo teams from doing what they do, not try to save time on the clock. There are already run offs for injury timeouts happening within the final few minutes of a game.
 


Now how about addressing review and not stopping for everything. That kills momentum as much as this.
Need to look into handling it like the NFL does. If something is clearly wrong, don't waste time going to the monitor- just tell the official what it needs to change to and keep things going.

I think there is also an argument that if the replay official needs to take more than 30 seconds reviewing a play in super slow motion, the call probably shouldn't change anyway. We spend a lot of time reviewing calls with extreme precision, when that shouldn't be the goal of replay. Fix the clear and obvious mistakes. If you want to review something in extreme detail, that is when a coach should have to challenge the call.
 
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Definitely not a fan of a full quarter or the rest of the game. I get trying to stamp out fake injuries but this would be too punitive on legit injuries. I think there needs to be a more equitable way of doing it, punishing those you think are taking advantage. I don't know what that is but I don't like this proposal either.
 
Definitely not a fan of a full quarter or the rest of the game. I get trying to stamp out fake injuries but this would be too punitive on legit injuries. I think there needs to be a more equitable way of doing it, punishing those you think are taking advantage. I don't know what that is but I don't like this proposal either.
Why? In the spirit of player safety and in the spirit of better safe than sorry - why not?

Should an injured player sit:

* For remainder of the game? No.
* For the remainder of the half or quarter? No.
* For the remainder of the series? Absolutely.

If you are injured enough to have to stop game play then sitting out the remainder of the series seems logical. If you tweaked an ankle, shoulder, elbow or hip ... and need some time to recover ... sitting out 4 to 8 plays seems reasonable. If you potentially have a concussion then your sit time should be longer in order to test and verify anyway.

That jack-wagon Tom Allen and his son were abusing the rule to stop an up tempo Nebraska in 2019. It was blatant and embarrassing that he'd fake injury, sit out one play, return next play and immediately fake another injury.

I am not a fan of "legislating" behavior but you cannot possibly recall that Indiana game and not have the "fake" injury as a major storyline of that contest. It seems reasonable that an injured person should sit out if for no reason to allow him to recover if ever so briefly.
 
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I'm clearly no expert here, but the root of it seems to me to something in the nature of an unsportsmanlike-type, likely coached (looking at you, Indiana pre-Cignetti). I'm with some of you that sitting out a quarter is extreme, however, these coaches need to be accountable.

What if it were to come with a sit-out of a series for the player and an automatic 15 yds/first down on the coach if the player tried to come in immediately after leaving the field with a so-called injury?

Oh, and Kiffin is a tool.
I'm sure there will be some sort of penalty if a player tries or manages to come back in for a play, when they are ineligible for the series. Not sure what that penalty will look like, but there will have to be one.
 

Why? In the spirit of player safety and in the spirit of better safe than sorry - why not?

Should an injured player sit:

* For remainder of the game? No.
* For the remainder of the half or quarter? No.
* For the remainder of the series? Absolutely.

If you are injured enough to have to stop game play then sitting out the remainder of the series seems logical. If you tweaked an ankle, shoulder, elbow or hip ... and need some time to recover ... sitting out 4 to 8 plays seems reasonable. If you potentially have a concussion then your sit time should be longer in order to test and verify anyway.

That jack-wagon Tom Allen and his son were abusing the rule to stop an up tempo Nebraska in 2019. It was blatant and embarrassing that he'd fake injury, sit out one play, return next play and immediately fake another injury.

I am not a fan of "legislating" behavior but you cannot possibly recall that Indiana game and not have the "fake" injury as a major storyline of that contest. It seems reasonable that an injured person should sit out if for no reason to allow him to recover if ever so briefly.
A series I could live with, still don't like it though. Just one man's opinion. Faking, flopping, etc has always been an issue, moreso in football now with high tempo, I get that. I just don't want it to be too punitive if the injury is legit is all.
 

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