While the President of the United States convenes a council of minds to work on solutions to college football’s NIL- and transfer-related problems, the NCAA is focusing on more important issues.
Exposed calves.
Tucked into an announcement about modifications to the penalty structure for targeting, the Division I Football Rules Subcommittee announced a proposal that would require players to wear leg coverings from the top of their shoes to the bottom of their pants. Players would all have to wear the same style and color for games.
Any players found not in compliance with the new rule — ahem, Oklahoma kicker Tate Sandell — would have to leave the game for at least one down, and their team would receive a warning. Any offenses thereafter would result in a 5-yard penalty and then 15-yard penalties.
“The current look of the uniform is clearly not meeting the expectations of the college football community,” Big Ten official and rules subcommittee chair AJ Edds said in a release. “This will take a collective effort by administrators, coaches, and officials to communicate expectations to players and equipment managers. This proposal, we believe, is definitive and gives us a chance for consistent enforcement across Division I football.”
The FBS and FCS oversight committees must approve proposals before they become official. Those committees meet next month.
Derek Peterson does a bit of everything, not unlike Taysom Hill. He has covered Oklahoma, Nebraska, the Pac-12, and now delivers CFB-wide content.
