The NCAA Does Not Rule Well

For the upcoming college football season, there are several rule changes.  The most publicized one is the targeting rule where if a player leads with his helmet into a defensive player's head there is a 15 yard penalty and you are thrown out of the game.  That is not a bad rule though it seems a bit harsh, I would prefer a review after the game and suspend them the next game or games.

An actual good rule that I can't believe wasn't a rule until now is that two players on the same team cannot wear the same number.  How was that legal until this year!?!?  How did not one exploit the hell out of that?  If I am Saban I am coming out of the tunnel with everyone in number 21 jerseys.  Good luck matching up without knowing who is who.

This is the new rule that I have an issue with.  Here is the official rule:

"to establish three seconds as the minimum amount of time required to be on the game clock in order to spike the ball to stop the clock. If one or two seconds remain on the clock, there is only time for the offense to run one more play."

Just to make sure I have it right, the NCAA is saying that there has to be at least 3 seconds on the clock to spike the ball.  You can say hut and spike a ball in under 3 seconds?  This is totally absurd.  I cannot wait for a big game to come down to a last second drive, hit a big pass into field goal range and spike it with 2 seconds left to kick the FG only to have it overruled because that is not possible.  I suppose I could see one second just so the home town clock operators don't influence anything but three seconds is way too long.  Duke threw a full court pass to Laettner who took one dribble, faked right, then went left for the shot to win the game in only one second.  Three seconds is an eternity.  I find it hard to understand the need for this rule.  If there is a question of when the ball was spiked just go to the replay - that's why it's there.  Way to screw it up again NCAA.  These rules are so terrible they should pay players to deal with them!

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