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SouthernCalHokie SouthernCalHokie OP
Apr 22, 2022 at 01:43 PM ET
SIR: Rule changes 2022
Targeting…
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15 Replies

Chris Coleman Chris Coleman
So how does one actually prove that a player is faking an injury?
whatIpostlike whatIpostlike
Shoot him in the leg and see if he notices
jjbeat jjbeat
I suspect this will eliminate the obvious….
Such as cases where a winded defensive lineman falls down, leaves the field with the trainer and miraculously returns after missing only 1 play.

Bigger result of this rule will be the high volume of plays submitted for review/challenge by coaches after the game is over.
[Post edited by jjbeat at 04/25/2022 09:12AM]
Baltimore Hokie Baltimore Hokie
Doesn't matter, it's a big nothing-burger
They will inform the conference they think it was a faked injury after the fact, then let the conference decide if there should be some undefined disciplinary action. There will never be.
Julez90VT Julez90VT
Throw a snake on the ground non venomous and see what happens.
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KCHokie2
Al Czervik got away with it. Although a CPA got caught faking in "Memento"
But he was grabbing electrified metal objects. We'll have to take players at their word, I guess.
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marcbvtgm
NCAA + appeal. Should be smooth and seamless...
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RJHokie
LOL 😏.
Yeah, like Pennsylvania roads……
Maroon Baboon Maroon Baboon
The faking injury rule should simply be: if the clock needs to be stopped
for an injured player, then the player is out for the rest of the series; OR the injured player's team can use a timeout to re-enter him. Then you don't have to question if he's faking it or not. It should just be automatic.
[Post edited by Maroon Baboon at 04/22/2022 4:48PM]
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Jbohokie63
Agreed
Seikoh_04 Seikoh_04
Player ejection should be a rarety
Very rarely have I seen examples where a player maliciously acted in a targeting situation. In those cases, let the committee review and potentially punish that player the next week. Again, it should be rare. And if it is terribly blatantly awful, the official can eject a player in game the same way as if they throw a punch or something.
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crazylane
Agree 100%
98% of "targeters" don't deserve the walk of shame. Most of them are just playing football. The head is 6 inches from the body part used in perfect form tackling (shoulder) and with the speed of the game its going to make contact. One other problem i have, ia when the whistle blows AFTER a player stays down. If said player had popped up and went straight to huddle it would be a play on.
[Post edited by crazylane at 04/22/2022 9:13PM]
VTHokie2000 VTHokie2000
I don't see the rule change for targeting will make that much of a
difference. If NCAA overrules that the player penalized for targeting shouldn't have been ejected from the game, then why did the replay official rule the player was guilty of targeting in the first place. If the NCAA really wants to fix the targeting rule, then there are better ways to achieve that goal.
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LocalHokie18
Just depends on who pays the $$ to get the NCAA to overrule.
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RJHokie
Truth here!