NCAA football panel proposes changes to targeting ejections

"This continues the evolution of our targeting rule and balances the important safety impact with an appropriate penalty structure. We will closely monitor this one-year adjustment, and the committee believes it is important to enhance the progressive penalty to ensure proper coaching and player education."

"Targeting is forcible contact with an opponent's head or neck area where the offending player often uses the crown of his helmet to make contact or launches his body into the opposing player above the shoulders."

"Currently, players disqualified for targeting must miss the rest of the game and, if the penalty occurs in the second half, sit out the first half of the next game. Under the Division I Football Rules Subcommittee's proposal, a player disqualified for targeting a second time during the season would miss the first half of the next game."

The NCAA Division I Football Rules Subcommittee proposed modifications to targeting penalties and uniform requirements. Under the trial rule, players disqualified for targeting a first time would sit out only the first half of the next game. Second targeting ejections result in missing the first half of the following game, while third ejections require missing an entire game. Additionally, the subcommittee proposed mandatory leg coverings from shoe tops to pant bottoms, with uniform colors matching per game. Non-compliance requires leaving the game for at least one down. Teams receive warnings for first uniform violations and 5-yard penalties for subsequent offenses. Oversight committees must approve these proposals before implementation.

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