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Official Rules Changes: 2022 Edition

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Easiest way to stop it is if you go down you are out the next three snaps. If it's a legit injury you will be out at least that anyway
 
Empirical Cane said:
They took a step forward addressing it. I should have been more clear.
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And it does make sense a player with a legit injury, albeit minor, might not want to come out if it means the remainder of the drive. I understand the safety concern.

What seems missing is how to identify a fake injury as opposed to a legit short-term issue like a cramp.

And what the punishment should be if indeed a team/players were judged to be faking. Like FIU.
 
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TemplarCane said:
And it does make sense a player with a legit injury, albeit minor, might not want to come out if it means the remainder of the drive. I understand the safety concern.

What seems missing is how to identify a fake injury as opposed to a legit short-term issue like a cramp.

And what the punishment should be if indeed a team/players were judged to be faking. Like FIU.
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Heck with it. Just start calling a penalty if a player cramps up / fakes at any point where it benefits his team. Cramps happen, but when they happen FIU style, it's pretty **** obvious. Maybe have it cost the team a timeout as well. If timeouts are gone, it becomes a 15 yard penalty. Otherwise they will run a player out there, have him cramp up, then simply put their starter back in.
 
Don't call an official timeout unless bone is showing, or a tourniquet is required . . . or the helmet rolling across the field still has the head inside it.
 
I don't think you can do it per player because they'll just start sending scrubs out to take "injuries". I think you have to punish the team. I would say any team with three injury stoppages on a drive must take a timeout. If there's no timeouts left then the opposing team receives one.

In all honesty, you probably should be forced to take a timeout if that many players are actually going down. And if a team is getting the benefit of that much time off the other side should be given additional time as well.

You could also make that rule up the refs. If they believe the injuries are fake they can apply the rule on the 3rd injury. You can claim the refs have the discretion to manage both cheating and a dangerous situation where injuries are happening quickly.
 
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TemplarCane said:
And it does make sense a player with a legit injury, albeit minor, might not want to come out if it means the remainder of the drive. I understand the safety concern.

What seems missing is how to identify a fake injury as opposed to a legit short-term issue like a cramp.

And what the punishment should be if indeed a team/players were judged to be faking. Like FIU.
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Yeah I can see the concern with dinged up players continuing to play so they can stay in the drive.

Kinda like a player in the nba staying in the game to game to take free throws just in case he can return.

I say your review the film and conduct an investigation and if proven suspend the head coach for the next game and fine the school. That would should deter folks.
 
ThomasM said:
Heck with it. Just start calling a penalty if a player cramps up / fakes at any point where it benefits his team. Cramps happen, but when they happen FIU style, it's pretty **** obvious. Maybe have it cost the team a timeout as well. If timeouts are gone, it becomes a 15 yard penalty. Otherwise they will run a player out there, have him cramp up, then simply put their starter back in.
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Yes, FIU was quite ridiculous, done repetitively in an obvious flaunting of there being no enforceable rule against it. Has there been another game where this occurred?
 
hurricaneman said:
I don't think you can do it per player because they'll just start sending scrubs out to take "injuries". I think you have to punish the team. I would say any team with three injury stoppages on a drive must take a timeout. If there's no timeouts left then the opposing team receives one.

In all honesty, you probably should be forced to take a timeout if that many players are actually going down. And if a team is getting the benefit of that much time off the other side should be given additional time as well.

You could also make that rule up the refs. If they believe the injuries are fake they can apply the rule on the 3rd injury. You can claim the refs have the discretion to manage both cheating and a dangerous situation where injuries are happening quickly.
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On the second injury, on the defense, call a 10-yard or half-the-distance penalty and automatic first down. If the injury is on the offense, call a 10-yard penalty and loss of down.

And yes, refs will need to make judgement calls. And some incorrectly.
 
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hurricaneman said:
I don't think you can do it per player because they'll just start sending scrubs out to take "injuries". I think you have to punish the team. I would say any team with three injury stoppages on a drive must take a timeout. If there's no timeouts left then the opposing team receives one.

In all honesty, you probably should be forced to take a timeout if that many players are actually going down. And if a team is getting the benefit of that much time off the other side should be given additional time as well.

You could also make that rule up the refs. If they believe the injuries are fake they can apply the rule on the 3rd injury. You can claim the refs have the discretion to manage both cheating and a dangerous situation where injuries are happening quickly.
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The whole reason defenses fake injuries is to slow down no huddle offenses. If the offense doesn’t substitute any players between plays, they’re under no obligation to wait for the defense to sub. The defense can still risk subbing a guy but it’s really hard to get one guy off and a new guy into position fast enough. The offense can snap the ball whenever they want. The defense is either going to have 12 men on the field or at best, a guy who can’t get lined up in time. It would be incredibly risky to send out a benchwarmer just to fake an injury.
 
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That's the biggest crock of ***** this deceptive injury BS. It's clear and evident what a team is doing. A player does it, and such player should sit out the active series, plus the team should be penalized a timeout. Guarantee you this will fix the cheating on the field.
 
TemplarCane said:
Yes, FIU was quite ridiculous, done repetitively in an obvious flaunting of there being no enforceable rule against it. Has there been another game where this occurred?
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There have been many games where it was obvious, but I’ve never seen a game where the team didn’t bother to hide it like FIU. It was so bad the athletic trainers were running onto the field laughing and high fiving the injured player while he was still lying on the ground.
 
TemplarCane said:
Yes, FIU was quite ridiculous, done repetitively in an obvious flaunting of there being no enforceable rule against it. Has there been another game where this occurred?
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I have seen it in other games, but not to THAT level. I've seen it enough to know it needs a serious fix.
 
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