College football players who are punished for targeting can have part of their punishment appealed, players faking injuries to stop the clock may not get away with it, and blocking below the waist has been restricted.
There are changes that will be in effect this season.
Targeting continues to carry with it a 15-yard penalty and the ejection of the flagged player. If a player is ejected in the second half, they must sit out the first half of the next game.
The new rule allows the conference office to request a review for a second half targeting foul. The player would be allowed to play in the first half of the next game if it was clear that they were wrongly punished.
Schools and conferences will be able to report questionable scenarios to the national coordinators of officials in an attempt to crack down on teams awarded injury timeouts after a player fakes an injury. feedback will be provided by the coordinators The conference office or school could decide on the penalties.
The NCAA hopes to decrease knee injuries by allowing blocking below the waist only by linemen and stationary backs in the tackle box.
There are rule changes.
The runner will be declared down if the ball carrier mimics a feet-first slide. The move was made after a fake slide that Kenny Pickett used to clear his path for a long touchdown run.
There will always be an automatic first down with defensive holding.
When a ruling is overturned with less than two minutes left in the second or fourth quarters, the replay official will only address clock adjustments.
Penalties for illegal touching by an ineligible player include a loss of down.
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