Potential Solution for Faking Injuries

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The rules committee has proposed a timeout to be charged if medical personnel enter the field to evaluate players after the ball has been spotted for the ensuing play. Teams without any timeouts remaining would be charged a 5-yard delay-of-game penalty.

I think there should also be some kind of drive consequence like 'injured player cannot return during this drive' to discourage a 'designated flopper' to drop before the ball is snapped if a possession is getting out of the defense's control.

I'm a fan of the proposal. Maybe we might see the Vols firing up the 75-second scoring drives again (I so miss the tempo of '21 and '22 seasons).

Source: ESPN
 
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casual-observer said:
The rules committee has proposed a timeout to be charged if medical personnel enter the field to evaluate players after the ball has been spotted for the ensuing play. Teams without any timeouts remaining would be charged a 5-yard delay-of-game penalty.

I think there should also be some kind of drive consequence like 'injured player cannot return during this drive' to discourage a 'designated flopper' to drop before the ball is snapped if a possession is getting out of the defense's control.

I'm a fan of the proposal. Maybe we might see the Vols firing up the 75-second scoring drives again (I so miss the tempo of '21 and '22 seasons).

Source: ESPN
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Tempo will get faster as Nico gets faster with reads and doesn't hold the ball.

The easiest solution is the injured guy sits out for "X" number of plays. Should not be the series, some dude could get hit in the nuts and need a couple plays off, which would suck if it happened on play 2 and the drive was one of those 16 play drives....
 
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Golfprovol said:
Tempo will get faster as Nico gets faster with reads and doesn't hold the ball.

The easiest solution is the injured guy sits out for "X" number of plays. Should not be the series, some dude could get hit in the nuts and need a couple plays off, which would suck if it happened on play 2 and the drive was one of those 16 play drives....
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Make it for the series or until a timeout is taken. I mean it sucks in some scenarios but it’s complete and utter BS how much this is abused.
 
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DaddyChad said:
Make it for the series or until a timeout is taken. I mean it sucks in some scenarios but it’s complete and utter BS how much this is abused.
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I think about the unintended consequences of a punitive rule like that. Imagine Nico gets the wind knocked out of him or Mike Matthews gets a calf cramp on a 2:00 drive with no timeouts needing a TD to win. Those are 1-2 play, good faith injuries for game changing players. Should they really have to watch the game end from the sideline?

I like the ball spotting rule. The ball is usually spotted before the injury call can come in from the sideline.
 
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To me its all about determining if the injury is faked to impose the penalties. A cramp, etc is not a fake injury and can easily be determined by a trainer. Its pretty clear on replay when these players look to the sideline and then fall down. Consequences for the player and or team should be imposed.
 
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OrangeBeachVol said:
To me its all about determining if the injury is faked to impose the penalties. A cramp, etc is not a fake injury and can easily be determined by a trainer. Its pretty clear on replay when these players look to the sideline and then fall down. Consequences for the player and or team should be imposed.
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I'm not 100% sure but I think the NFL league office can review film and impose fines on teams for fake injuries and such.

The SEC should have a system like that and let the proceeds go toward hiring full-time officials.
 
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