New "Injury Time Out" Rule Approved

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel announced on Thursday changes to the injury timeout rule.

The new injury timeout rule resulted from teams faking injuries to stop their opponents' momentum or avoid using an allotted timeout, thus gaining a competitive advantage.

The rule change will provide an in-game way to curtail the faking of injuries because "Football Rules Committee members think these actions negatively affect the overall perception of the game," according to the NCAA's release.

Under the rule change, if medical personnel enter the field to evaluate an injured player after the ball is spotted by the officiating crew for the next play, that player's team will be charged a timeout. If the team doesn't have any timeouts remaining, a 5-yard delay-of-game penalty will be assessed.

The rule change takes affect this coming season.

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