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NCAA - slowly ruining football (rules changes - merged)

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NCAA waiver will help football teams replace transfers

Looking to address the growing number of transfers, the NCAA Division I Council approved a one-year waiver Tuesday that will allow college football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those that leave.

Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25 players to a scholarship in any year. That includes incoming high school prospects and college transfers. The waiver will allow teams to sign 25 players, plus as many as seven transfers – not high school players – to replace those who transfer out in the first term.

Football players still cannot transfer during the season and become eligible to compete at their new schools.

Entire article: https://collegefootball.nbcsports.c...r-will-help-football-teams-replace-transfers/
 
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ScriptOhio said:
NCAA waiver will help football teams replace transfers

Looking to address the growing number of transfers, the NCAA Division I Council approved a one-year waiver Tuesday that will allow college football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those that leave.

Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25 players to a scholarship in any year. That includes incoming high school prospects and college transfers. The waiver will allow teams to sign 25 players, plus as many as seven transfers – not high school players – to replace those who transfer out in the first term.

Football players still cannot transfer during the season and become eligible to compete at their new schools.

Entire article: https://collegefootball.nbcsports.c...r-will-help-football-teams-replace-transfers/
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In before Bama took down the internet by turning half of it into a neural net in order to do "creative math" with the "up to seven" portion of that waiver.
 
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The Early Signing Period has led to unintended consequences across college football, including coaching changes creeping earlier in the fall calendar, and now concerns about more drama in the middle of fall competition could lead to the elimination of the early period.

Discussions are underway with the NCAA’s Football Oversight Committee on whether to eliminate the mid-December event. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said said those discussions have not reached an official level, but concerns about the viability of the early signing period, which was instituted in 2017 to help players and families to end their recruitment before the first Wednesday in February have grown in recent months.

“We did not do it to accommodate coaches,” said Bowlsby, who was the chairman of the Oversight Committee when the early signing period was first I instituted. “We did it to accommodate the students and their families. That’s going to be another process the Football Oversight (Committee) will have to go back and talk to the kids and the families and see if see if they want it to stay.”

Just sayin': Has any students/families complained about it, probably NO. So why change it?
 
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https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/12/09/fake-slide-banned-by-ncaa-kenny-pickett/

Kenny Pickett Rule: Fake Slide Banned By NCAA Rules Committee
The play sparked controversy over player safety.December 9, 2021 at 6:51 pm
Filed Under:College Football, Kenny Pickett, Local TV, Pitt Panthers Athletics, Pitt Panthers Football, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh News



By: KDKA-TV News Staff

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The controversy surrounding Pitt quarterback Kenny Pickett’s fake slide now has a resolution.

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CHARLOTTE, NC – DECEMBER 04: Kenny Pickett (8) quarterback of Pitt. fakes a slide on his way to score a touchdown during the ACC Football Championship game between the Pitt Panthers and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on December 4, 2021, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. (Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The NCAA Rules Committee has outlawed the fake slide made famous by Pickett during a must-see touchdown run against Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship game.



Terry McAuley, a former NFL referee, said on Thursday that a fake slide will now lead to an immediate dead ball. The play is not reviewable.



On Dec. 4 against Wake Forest, Pickett pulled off a fake slide on his way to a 58-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.



The play sparked controversy over player safety.

“You just train your players, as soon as your quarterback starts sliding, you stop because if you touch him it’s going to be a penalty,” Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson told ESPN after the game. “He started his slide, and our kids stopped playing. I don’t think he did it intentionally, but if he did, he’s brilliant. I just think he reacted as an athlete. But what do you tell your players? The quarterback is protected, and there are two guys there who could have made a play but stopped playing because he started to slide.”

Pickett, according to ESPN, admitted after the game that he did the move on purpose.

“It was intentional,” Pickett said. “I just kind of started slowing down and pulling up and getting ready to slide and I just kind of saw their body language and they just pulled up as well. … I have never done that before. I just kind of kept going after I initially started to slide.”
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Why doesn’t college football use helmet communication like the NFL? Inside a new system that could change that

So why hasn’t it happened? The SEC had conversations about it last spring, but there was disagreement among coaches, a source familiar with the conversations said. There’s also a concern about helmet liability and warranty. Sources in each Power 5 conference confirmed there have been brief discussions at some point in recent years in their leagues.
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Another concern among some SEC coaches wasn’t expressed publicly but has been suspected privately: Headsets would eliminate the ability to steal signals. The concept of stealing signals is an open secret in coaching, and some programs have elaborate operations. In a sport in which most rule changes benefit the offense, this could put the sides on the same level of an issue.

Told of that suspicion, David Shaw said it was comforting to hear someone admit that stealing signals exists. Bielema brought it up as well.

“There are certain places that put a premium on stealing signals, and that gets some people known as great play callers, but you can be a great play caller if you know what the other team is doing,” Shaw said. “For me, this is one of those balancing things. You might not be able to get all the information you want, now you have to call the game with some doubt and trust in your preparation and your players.”

Entire article: https://theathletic.com/3194428/202...l-inside-a-new-system-that-could-change-that/
 
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Why doesn’t college football use helmet communication like the NFL? Inside a new system that could change that

So why hasn’t it happened? The SEC had conversations about it last spring, but there was disagreement among coaches, a source familiar with the conversations said. There’s also a concern about helmet liability and warranty. Sources in each Power 5 conference confirmed there have been brief discussions at some point in recent years in their leagues.
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Another concern among some SEC coaches wasn’t expressed publicly but has been suspected privately: Headsets would eliminate the ability to steal signals. The concept of stealing signals is an open secret in coaching, and some programs have elaborate operations. In a sport in which most rule changes benefit the offense, this could put the sides on the same level of an issue.

Told of that suspicion, David Shaw said it was comforting to hear someone admit that stealing signals exists. Bielema brought it up as well.

“There are certain places that put a premium on stealing signals, and that gets some people known as great play callers, but you can be a great play caller if you know what the other team is doing,” Shaw said. “For me, this is one of those balancing things. You might not be able to get all the information you want, now you have to call the game with some doubt and trust in your preparation and your players.”

Entire article: https://theathletic.com/3194428/202...l-inside-a-new-system-that-could-change-that/
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Because college wants to fight being like the NFL for as long as it can, and hide behind tradition... :confused:
 
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