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Brian Kelly Comments On Opponents Faking Injuries Ahead Of Ole Miss Matchup

by Staff Reporter

October 8, 202419 Comments

Ken Ruinard / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

There has been some chatter this week amongst coaches about opposing teams faking injuries on defense to slow down offenses.

On Sunday, South Carolina coach Shane Beamer discussed Ole Miss having eleven in-game injuries against the Gamecocks last week.

Then, on Monday, LSU head coach Brian Kelly was asked about the subject as the Tigers will host the Rebels on Saturday. Per On3:

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“The SEC has a policy regarding it,” Kelly said. “So, there is a policy in place that was implemented by the commissioner relative to sportsmanship and if there was any faking of injuries in a deliberate action, the SEC would take action on that. I can leave that up to the SEC and let them evaluate that.”

Kelly even doubled down, saying the officials shouldn’t be the ones to enforce if someone is faking or not. Sometimes, it can be tough to tell.

“The officials shouldn’t be involved in it,” Kelly said. “That’s not their purview, they got to officiate a game. They can’t decide who is injured or who is not injured… As a coach, you just coach your guys and you try to play through any of those instances. We let our policy from the SEC handle any of those instances.”

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TigerStick•13 months

Its pretty simple. if your injury stops the natural flow of play, you should have to sit out the rest of that drive. Not only for your safety and to get evaluated, but to prevent faking.

tigerfoot•13 months

I agree but the hidden just subs in a scrub, runs out on field and has him flop. Thus needs to be enforced by the league with fines to the program and the coach. If you rush the field you get fined. If you say something crappy about officials you get fined. This is no different

Tiger2tiga•13 months

If that player has an Injury, he needs to sit out the remainder of the quarter or the team can use one of their timeouts to prevent it. If the officials have to use an injury timeout, player has to sit the remainder of the quarter or half.

jafari rastaman•13 months

What if it is just something small, like a Charlie horse? Or getting the wind knocked out of you?

Genestealer55•13 months

Err on the side of safety, while also making it tougher to fake injuries. But something has to be done

Jabontik•13 months

this is the best option, sit out the quarter

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The Governor•13 months

If a player is hurt bad enough to stop play, he should not for the player's safety, be allowed to come back in on the next play. He should have to, in my opinion, sit out the next 5 plays. This gives his injury time to heal, wink wink.

62Tigerfan•13 months

LSU has done it. All teams have done it. You can speculate that the player is faking but you can never prove it unless they confess their sin afterwords.

penman•13 months

When one player clearly motions to another and then he clearly responds by falling in sudden Hollywood worthy acting, and the same team does this repeatedly in similar situations, you can’t recognize the tactical and performative behavior as a violation of existing rules?

BRgetthenet•13 months

How do you prevent it, or stop it in the game?

You can't.

Putty•13 months

If game play is stopped due to an injury, the injured player should be sidelined for the series. Not just one play. That still may not eliminate it, but would definitely reduce fake injuries.

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cypresstiger•13 months

LSU has done it.
--not 11 times in 1 game. How to prevent it---have an SEC official at each game to watch for fakes (like one player signaling to another or someone out of the blue falling to the ground & take away a down.

Locoguan0•13 months

If an injury stops play, the player should have to stay out until a timeout or a change of possession. Exception should be in place for QB to prevent those players from being targeted.