New fines for "feigned injuries"

Bout time.

I think there will still be scenarios where it’s unclear, but this should at least cut down on the most egregious fake injuries.

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It is really easier than that. If a player causes stoppage in play due to an injury, they must sit out the remainder of the series. If it is a second stoppage by the same team in the series, that player sits the rest of the 1/2.

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I agree with the idea of players having to sit for some amount of time after an injury timeout, but I imagine a fine for coaches is much easier to implement mid-season than actually changing the rules. Particularly when we are talking about a rule change that will probably be somewhat controversial.

This soccer style crap has got to stop .

Coaches will gladly pay $50k for extra timeouts

I think a series or at minimum 4 plays straight for stoppage of play make sense. Fining coaches will never work and will cause lawsuits. Just make it if stoppage happens and injury timeout is required then the player has to come out and make it for his own safety.

who is the national coordinator?

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There have been plenty of instances where a QB has been shaken up and is able to come back after a play or two (or a time out is used for them to come back immediately).

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I don’t know if I’ve ever seen an offensive player do it, but some number of plays (not just 1), is something that would help curtail it.

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The New National Coordinator will be Lane Kiffin.

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I think a series or at minimum 4 plays straight for stoppage of play make sense.

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Playing devil’s advocate here, but I think the problem is figuring out how long to make a player sit. If it’s too long, you run into the player safety issue where players are incentivized to play through injury rather than get checked out by a trainer. If it’s too short, you don’t solve the actual problem.

As an example - for most teams (not LSU), a DT sitting out 4 plays is probably not an issue at all. Those guys rotate a ton. So it’s still absolutely worthwhile for a DT to go down if it means the defense gets to sub and gets a breather after a 1st down. Hell, it might actually help their DT rotation since there’s no other way they can substitute while the offense runs tempo.

Meanwhile a quarterback being held out for 4 plays could be the difference between a touchdown and a punt/FG. And the disparity is worse because the QB is the last player you would expect to fake an injury. So it’s a bit of a balancing act.

Fining the coaches won’t do a ton but suspending them after a third offense will. And it allows officials to make the determination based on video review after the fact, when it’s a lot easier to see that a player got the “dive” signal.

I still think a mandatory amount of time on the sideline after injury could work, but I think it’s something that will have to get done during the offseason rather than mid-year. This is a good stop gap in the meantime, if they actually enforce it.

I think that is a little excessive. I would rather see some immediate penalty on the field