fury900
08-21-2002, 09:11 AM
football rule changes for 2002
August 15, 2002
Each year the NCAA Football Rules Committee modifies the rules to improve the game as players get bigger, faster, and stronger.
Apparently, the NCAA Football Rules Committee believes the game is in pretty good shape, because the committee approved only six rule changes for the upcoming season. Of these, only three will even be noticeable to fans.
1. All players of a team are required to wear facemasks of the same color.
2. With the approval of the participating institutions, the umpire may wear a television camera (with no audio component) attached to his cap.
3. Team personnel may not be interviewed by the media during the game.
4. In extra period (overtime) situations, penalties for flagrant fouls committed after a change of possession will be enforced. Previously, distance penalties for fouls after a change of possession (during overtime) were declined by rule.
For example, during the first series in overtime the team A ballcarrier fumbles. The team B linebacker picks up the loose football. Before he is tackled, an Alabama teammate punches an opponent.
Last year, the penalty for the personal foul would be declined by rule (the player would be ejected) and team B would have the football at the 25-yard line.
This year, the 15-yard penalty will be enforced and team B will begin its overtime series at the 40-yard line.
An editorial change in the NCAA Football Rule Book defines a flagrant personal foul as "a rule infraction so extreme or deliberate that it places an opponent in danger of catastrophic injury."
5. During kicking plays, the penalty for a non-contact "halo" violation (kick-catch interference) has been increased from 5 yards to 10 yards. The 15-yard penalty remains for contacting the receiver before he has the opportunity to catch the kick.
6. This year teams will have a choice concerning when to enforce certain penalties that occur during a scoring play. Personal foul penalties by the non-scoring team that happen during a play that ends in a touchdown may be enforced on the extra-point attempt or on the kickoff.
For example,team A ballcarrier is running for a touchdown. As he is about to fall into the end zone, the team B defender grabs and pulls his facemask. The play ends in a team A touchdown.
team A can have the penalty enforced on the extra-point attempt, moving the football from the 3-yard line to the 1 1/2-yard line, or as a 15-yard penalty from the 35-yard line to the 50-yard line on the kickoff.
This option only occurs on live-ball personal fouls. In the above example, if the team B defender grabs the ballcarrier's facemask after he falls into the end zone, it is a dead-ball foul. Then the penalty is marked off on the extra-point attempt.
Also, if the foul is not a personal foul, such as the defense is offside at the snap, the scoring team must decline the penalty to accept the score.
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August 15, 2002
Each year the NCAA Football Rules Committee modifies the rules to improve the game as players get bigger, faster, and stronger.
Apparently, the NCAA Football Rules Committee believes the game is in pretty good shape, because the committee approved only six rule changes for the upcoming season. Of these, only three will even be noticeable to fans.
1. All players of a team are required to wear facemasks of the same color.
2. With the approval of the participating institutions, the umpire may wear a television camera (with no audio component) attached to his cap.
3. Team personnel may not be interviewed by the media during the game.
4. In extra period (overtime) situations, penalties for flagrant fouls committed after a change of possession will be enforced. Previously, distance penalties for fouls after a change of possession (during overtime) were declined by rule.
For example, during the first series in overtime the team A ballcarrier fumbles. The team B linebacker picks up the loose football. Before he is tackled, an Alabama teammate punches an opponent.
Last year, the penalty for the personal foul would be declined by rule (the player would be ejected) and team B would have the football at the 25-yard line.
This year, the 15-yard penalty will be enforced and team B will begin its overtime series at the 40-yard line.
An editorial change in the NCAA Football Rule Book defines a flagrant personal foul as "a rule infraction so extreme or deliberate that it places an opponent in danger of catastrophic injury."
5. During kicking plays, the penalty for a non-contact "halo" violation (kick-catch interference) has been increased from 5 yards to 10 yards. The 15-yard penalty remains for contacting the receiver before he has the opportunity to catch the kick.
6. This year teams will have a choice concerning when to enforce certain penalties that occur during a scoring play. Personal foul penalties by the non-scoring team that happen during a play that ends in a touchdown may be enforced on the extra-point attempt or on the kickoff.
For example,team A ballcarrier is running for a touchdown. As he is about to fall into the end zone, the team B defender grabs and pulls his facemask. The play ends in a team A touchdown.
team A can have the penalty enforced on the extra-point attempt, moving the football from the 3-yard line to the 1 1/2-yard line, or as a 15-yard penalty from the 35-yard line to the 50-yard line on the kickoff.
This option only occurs on live-ball personal fouls. In the above example, if the team B defender grabs the ballcarrier's facemask after he falls into the end zone, it is a dead-ball foul. Then the penalty is marked off on the extra-point attempt.
Also, if the foul is not a personal foul, such as the defense is offside at the snap, the scoring team must decline the penalty to accept the score.
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