The targeting rule will be a focal point as the NCAA Football Rules Committee gets set to meet next week.

While it’s just one of several rules that will be discussed when the meetings take place from Feb. 9-11 in Orlando, Fla., targeting will be talked about from multiple angles.

In 2014, it was made so that an on-field official that threw a flag for targeting could have the penalty confirmed or overturned by an instant replay official.

Now, the NCAA is thinking of giving even more power to that replay official by granting them the power to stop play and enforce a targeting penalty that wasn’t even seen and called by an on-field official to begin with.

Another item to be discussed will revolve around the rule that the SEC and Big Ten experimented with last season, which was allowing a medical observer to sit in the press box near the instant replay official.

That observer had permission to communicate to the referee that the game should be paused to check a player for injury. The committee will talk about putting that practice into place permanently.

Here are a few other rules on the agenda, as described by the NCAA’s official website:

-Reviewing rules regarding ineligible receivers downfield, focusing on the balance between offense and defense. Part of this effort will be to find ways to help officials call this rule more consistently. Currently, linemen are allowed to be 3 yards past the line of scrimmage.
-Discussing whether a player who is running the football and gives himself up (e.g., slide) should be granted defenseless player protections.
-Discussing whether computers/tablets may be used on the sidelines for coaching purposes. Currently, electronic equipment is banned from the sidelines with the exception of devices that are allowed for health and safety purposes.