Faculty soccer has had a rising downside lately with gamers faking accidents in an try and sluggish the tempo of a recreation, and the NCAA has carried out a brand new rule to handle that.
The NCAA introduced on Wednesday that its Enjoying Guidelines Oversight Panel has permitted adjustments to the damage timeout guidelines that may go into impact starting subsequent season. Beneath the brand new guidelines, a crew will likely be charged a timeout if medical personnel enter the sector of play to judge a participant for an damage after the official has noticed the ball for the following offensive play.
If the crew with the injured participant doesn’t have any timeouts remaining, a 5-yard penalty for delay of recreation will likely be assessed.
Nick Saban steered final yr that the NCAA ought to discover a strategy to crack down on defensive gamers faking accidents to sluggish an offense. Saban acknowledged that the state of affairs can be tough to officiate.
With the rule stating {that a} timeout will likely be charged if medical personnel enter the sector, officers won’t need to make judgment calls relating to whether or not they consider a participant is definitely harm.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey despatched a memo to coaches and athletic administrators final season ordering groups to cease having gamers faux accidents. Sankey threatened to droop coaches for a recreation if their crew was discovered to have instructed gamers to faux accidents on three separate events, although that penalty was by no means utilized.
One particular SEC college has been considered as a serious offender in having gamers faux accidents, however the brand new rule ought to put a cease to that.
