Replay officials could have more say in targeting penalties

Feb 12, 2016, 12:49

Redding said any such centralized replay system would be merely on an experimental basis, and would be subject to review following the 2016 season.

The NCAA will soon vote on several new rule proposals for the 2016 college football season.

Rules passed by the committee must still be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP) on March 8. Each conference would decide whether to put replay officials in a central hub to assist with calls made on the field at the stadiums. But it didn't have much impact on Saturdays with the exceptions of decisions not involving rules, like weather or uniforms.

Redding also said the committee will allow conferences to experiment with centralized video replay systems, where officials will monitor games from a command center away from the stadiums and have the ability to review plays.

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The NCAA's committee for football rule changes voted in favor of expanding instant replay to get targeting penalty calls correct. All targeting fouls are reviewed and can be overturned, but replay officials have been limited to reviewing only if there was forcible contact to the head.

"In a small number of cases, the committee believed players were incorrectly disqualified from games", the NCAA said in a statement. Now, Redding said, officials will be allowed to look at other indicators of targeting, such as whether a player launched himself and the location of contact.

One of the major changes is the expansion of the instant replay official's role when it comes to calling targeting fouls.

Coaches would also be able to use electronic devices in the press box and the locker room during the game.

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It's not known yet the other conferences that will follow the SEC's lead.

There were 158 targeting penalties called in all FBS games last season. The committee reviewed this subject for a year before voting on the proposal this week.

"Everyone is running around with tablets now anyhow", Colonial Athletic Conference commissioner Tom Yeager said.

Rules dealing with low blocks were adjusted to prohibit a player who leaves the tackle box from blocking below the waist toward the initial position of the ball.

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- Deliberate tripping of the ball carrier (with the leg) was approved as a foul. The ineligible receiver downfield rule will remain the same as in the past, the NCAA has reaffirmed, although "the committee [has] chose to instruct officials to stringently enforce the 3-yard limit and adjust officiating mechanics to better officiate those plays". Defensive coaches have complained about the lack of enforcement of the ineligible receiver rule.