The SEC has had sufficient with gamers falling and feigning accidents to get clock stoppages.
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey despatched a letter to league coaches and athletic administrators, telling groups to “cease any and all exercise associated to faking accidents to create timeouts.” Yahoo Sports activities first reported the letter.
“Play soccer and cease the feigned damage nonsense,” Sankey wrote.
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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey talks throughout a press convention earlier than a celebration for OU becoming a member of the Southeastern Convention in Norman, Oklahoma, on Monday, July 1, 2024. (IMAGN)
The SEC adjusted the principles of how they govern feigned accidents, giving them extra energy to punish groups and altering their evaluation course of.
Earlier than the rule adjustment, groups needed to ship video to the nationwide coordinator for evaluation. Now, the SEC workplace can request a video evaluation if warranted.
For a crew’s first discovering of a feigned damage, the pinnacle coach will obtain a public reprimand, and a monetary penalty of $50,000 might be assessed.
For a crew’s second discovering of a feigned damage, the pinnacle coach will obtain a public reprimand, and a monetary penalty of $100,000 might be assessed.
For a crew’s third discovering of a feigned damage and any subsequent findings, the pinnacle coach will obtain a public reprimand and a suspension for the crew’s subsequent contest.
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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey talks with the media throughout SEC Media Days on the Grand Bohemian Resort. (Vasha Hunt-Imagn Photos)
If another employees member is discovered to have been concerned in signaling, encouraging or directing a feigned damage, that particular person might be topic to the identical accountability measures introduced on this memorandum, together with public reprimand, monetary penalties and suspensions.
If a student-athlete is cited for a feigned damage, in addition they could also be topic to a public reprimand.
A feigned damage discovering may be cleared if medical info is introduced that establishes a participant needed to disrupt the sport for an damage.
“When defending in opposition to a ‘hurry up’ offense, you might be to make use of the allotted crew timeouts if that you must cease play, or it’s possible you’ll permit the play to proceed with the personnel and defensive play name in place,” Sankey wrote. “When on offense, if the play clock is working out, you might be to make use of a crew timeout or settle for the delay of recreation penalty.
“Creating damage timeouts in these circumstances is just not acceptable and is disrespectful to the sport of faculty soccer.”
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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin seems to be at a play evaluation through the second half of an NCAA school soccer recreation in opposition to Oklahoma, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Oxford, Mississippi. (AP Picture/Sarah Warnock)
The rule adjustments observe controversy surrounding Ole Miss gamers feigning accidents, the place the crew truly launched a press release in regards to the subject.
“Feigned accidents has turn into a notable subject in school soccer, and we understand our program has been a part of that dialogue. We’ve got been in communication with the Nationwide Coordinator for Soccer Officiating and supplied related medical info for his evaluation to reply questions on current accidents,” the assertion mentioned.
In the course of the Ole Miss recreation in opposition to South Carolina in October, Payton Titus of The State famous that there have been double-digit damage stoppages by the Rebels, together with some gamers taking place greater than as soon as.
The problem was seen throughout Ole Miss’s upset loss to Kentucky on September 28. Cameras caught quarterback Jaxson Dart showing to movement his working again Matt Jones to fall to the bottom and pretend an damage to get a stoppage in play.
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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin indicators to gamers through the second half of an NCAA school soccer recreation in opposition to the Mississippi, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Oxford, Mississippi. (AP Picture/Sarah Warnock)
Gamers feigning accidents have been a supply of frustration for opposing coaches.
“To start with, I hope all these guys are OK. . . . I bought my very own issues. We simply bought our butts kicked 27-3. But it surely’s fascinating to me what number of accidents happen for them after the opposing offense makes a primary down or has a giant play,” South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer mentioned in a postgame press convention.
The letter from Sankey comes because the race to make the School Soccer Playoff heats up with 4 SEC groups at present within the high 12.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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