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Rules Change – College Football Rules Committee Is A Real Buzz Kill

No more eye-black messages? Taunting can now result in a loss of points! What the what?!

Every year major sports, professional and amateur, inflict rules changes on players, coaches, and most importantly, fans. Many are in the sport of football and are changed in the name of safety, which always makes me snigger under my breath. I'm just certain one of these days I'm going to wake up to discover that defensive players can no longer touch the quarterback. Mark my words.

Anyway, college football made three rules changes today, and they must have felt quite strongly about them because this is an off-year for rules changes in the NCAA. Call it an emergency meeting of the rules committee to address the following: wedge blocking on kickoffs, which probably has some merit, taunting, and eye-black with messages.

If you're like me you probably already think there's way too many rules in college football. All these rules have always made me wonder just exactly how competent referees are. After all, we don't expect lawyers to know every law, or writers to know every word, or even kids to know every number, so I don't think it's entirely unreasonable to figure there are a percentage of referees who are only marginally better than you or I at making correct calls on the field.

Anyway, back to these rules changes. No more wedge blocking on kickoffs is probably okay because where there's a wedge there's a wedge buster, and apparently wedge-forming and wedge-busting has resulted in a rather large amount of concussions. In fact, 20% of all injuries sustained on kickoffs result in a head injury. Considering most college football players won't ever play another game of tackle football after college, and will seemingly need something between their ears in order to make a living, I can see why the rules committee is all about protecting the gray matter.

Disallowing taunting, however, is ridiculous, so I'm going to taunt them now. Currently, players who get flagged for taunting on their way to the end zone get a 15-yard penalty on the extra point attempt, 2-point conversion attempt, or the ensuing kickoff – coach's choice. Beginning in 2011, however, live-ball penalties will be assessed from the spot of the foul and will eliminate the score, should the taunting player cross the goal line. Examples include players finishing touchdown runs by high-stepping into the end zone or pointing the ball toward an opponent.

Talk about ridiculous. College sports are all about celebrating, and disrespecting, and telling the other guy repeatedly he's not even good enough to wash your jock strap. Actually taking points off the board is a dangerous consequence. Taunting is in the eye of the beholder, and this could lead to abuses – or perceived abuses – by refs at critical junctures in a game, particularly post-season. I think it's a dreadful rule change and will need to be modified or revoked shortly after implementation.

Eye-black messages have been a fun part of college sports, and I can't believe the NCAA rules committee got together in an off-year to create a new rule disallowing them. Made popular by guys like Reggie Bush and Tim Tebow – and often scriptural – they're no longer allowed. This really falls into the "are you kidding me?" category. Who cares?

If I were a college football player I'd have eye-blacks made with the words "No Message Here" printed on them and ready to roll on opening day. I can see the controversy now. Lots of head-scratching, a delay in the start, some phone calls to the rules committee. Ensuing madness, I tell ya! I mean seriously, how could they ask you to remove your eye-black message when there is no message!

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