re: NCAA recommends ejection for targeting defenseless players

Was Smith (Michigan) 'defenseless'? Was Clowney 'targeting' him?

There is already enough leeway in the rules for a ref to toss someone for excessive deliberate viciousness. This rule would just screw up the first 2 or 3 games of the season, then be ignored, then get pulled out at the worst possible time in a late game.

Better to just put a word in the refs' and coaches' ears in the preseason, and make it clear to both groups that assholery will merit an ejection if somebody might get hurt, and the NCAA will back up the refs in any argument.