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A number of college football coaches got a taste of in-helmet communications during the 2023 bowl season. Soon, the rule could be implemented across the country.
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel is set to vote on a number of issues Thursday, the most notable of which is implementing the communication system throughout football. The NCAA allowed non-College Football Playoff teams to be guinea pigs for the system back in December, hoping to get feedback for the potential rule change.
In March, the NCAA Football Rules Committee officially brought the proposal to the table. After spending some time with the setup during the Texas Tech football team’s Independence Bowl win over Cal, offensive coordinator Zach Kittley is in favor it it becoming permanent.
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“I think it’s good for the game,” Kittley said Monday. “I love it. The quarterbacks like it. It’ll help take some of the signaling away and some of that stuff that people steal signals. For us, I think it just speeds up the game at the quarterback position.”
According to the rule proposed by the committee, one player from each team would be able to have the helmet communication system, allowing coaches to speak directly to the players. Communications would be turned off with 15 seconds remaining on the play clock, or when the ball the snapped. Players with the comms would be identified by a green dot on the back of their helmets.
The NCAA allowing bowl participants to use these helmet comms became more noteworthy in October when Michigan was under investigation for illegal in-person scouting of future opponents to aid in sign stealing. The rule had been approved in last summer, before the Wolverines were under the microscope. Members of the rules committee…
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Publish date : 2024-04-15 20:55:47
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