NCAA declines to add penalties for faking injuries in football.
- Thread starter DesotoCountyDawg
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I agree. Over-the-top fake injuries really take something out of the game to me. It's just not what football is about.
If there's not going to be any consequences, then join them. Kiffin runs an offense built on timing and speed of play. They can look for teams to start flopping after every play they run to slow down the pace of play, get correct subs in, and not let them run a play before the defense gets set and is ready. Kiffin will end up regretting starting that crap.
In a recent interview, Leach said he doesn’t like it at all and wishes there was a rule against it. He also added since there is not, it is smart for teams to take advantage of it.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you see us do this a lot more next year.
Sooner or later more 4 hour games will result lower viewership. 4 hour games mean more commercials rammed down our throats? Even in soccer, FIFA will allow post game penalties, because of video reviews, including suspensions for upcoming games. The flopping of players in the 6 yard box is a red card isn't it in soccer also? The NCAA will find a way to screw things up in this regard?
How about this?
Whenever an "injury" (real or fake) occurs, the team with the injured player is charged a timeout. (One of the 3 timeouts per half.)
This should prevent all fake injuries, because most teams want to save their timeouts.
If an "injury" happens when a team has no timeouts remaining, then that player has to sit out the remainder of the game.
Problem solved.
First off, Kiffin didn't start it. Second, all teams do it... just some are better at it than others.
Kiffin just had zero shame when doing it. I hope the first SEC game they play next year, the opposing team does it every single play..... to prove a point.
I don't like this approach, it penalizes the entire team when real injuries happen. My solution is the best, if you are injured, you cannot go back into the game until the next possession, Period. An agruement could be made for the rest of the quarter, but I like possession.
When we are getting worked over by an offense, we should flop every single play until they get out of sync. It is obviously the best tactic and gives you literally unlimited timeouts.
This is the best answer, but it's still not perfect. It would encourage players to play through potentially serious injuries, and the NCAA has shown it isn't doing anything in this climate that could potentially impact player safety.
Teams could still play the same kind of game with your solution.
For example, when a team gets hot, put in a walk-on as a substitute. And, before the snap, the substitute walk-on collapses. Injury time out. Substitute walk-on has to sit out the possession (or, the quarter).
Who cares? Teams will have plenty of walk-ons that can fake injuries.
Thus, your solution doesn't really solve the problem.