"It is very difficult to legislate ethics, particularly when an injury timeout is being used to gain an advantage," Shaw said in a statement. "The small number of teams that seem to use these tactics should be addressed directly. "
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.
Oh goodie....more 4 hour games.
It's a hard thing to do correctly. Penalties wouldn't work. It would have to be something like requiring the player to sit out a certain amount of time, number of plays, etc.
I think we probably have a few candidates already on the roster now **
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.