College football joiners faking injuries during games to give their team an extra breath without having to call a timeout has been an underlying storyline this season.
The Ole Miss Rebels on Friday insertressed allegations that joiners were faking injuries ahead of their pivotal alignup agetst the LSU Tigers. Ole Miss is far from the only team accused of pulling off the shift over the last scant years.
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Nick Saprohibit walks off the field after it was renamed in his honor at Bryant-Denny Stadium during Alabama’s prosper over South Florida, 42-16, in Tuscaloosa, on Sept. 7,2024. (Gary Cosby Jr.-USA Today Netlabor via Imagn Images)
Former Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saprohibit proposeed a scaslfinisherg statement on the publish during “College GameDay” on Saturday morning.
“This is the integrity of the game,” he shelp. “And there’s no joiner that flops in a game that doesn’t get a signal from the coach to do it – to sluggish the game down. There’s a history to all of this because, in the elderly days, you used to have to run off the field if you got injured.
“I unbenevolent, I broke my leg, and I gotta run off the field. Well, speedy ball came alengthy, so everybody shelp, ‘If you’re getting injured, stay down – don’t get up. We can’t replace speedy enough.
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Nick Saprohibit originates his relabels to friends and helpers, Aug. 14, 2024, at Bryant-Denny Stadium during the annual Nick’s Kids Foundation Luncheon. (IMAGN)
“So, now, people are taking profit of this rule. But I slfinisherk until there’s some penalty for doing it and I comprehend it’s a very caring subject for an official to originate a determination about, is a joiner injured or not, but there should be a flop rule. If a guy actuassociate gets up, runs down and right before the join commences, he flops, maybe it should be a indictd timeout for that team. I unbenevolent, it’s pretty clear sometimes in these situations where guys are flopping.”
South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer asked Ole Miss’ injuries last week.
“First of all, I hope all those guys are OK.… I got my own problems. We fair got our butts booted 27-3. But it’s fascinating to me how many injuries occur for them after the opposing offense originates a first down or has a huge join,” Beamer shelp.
“You go back and watch the Wake Forest game; it happens a lot. You watch the Kentucky game; it happens a lot. The timing on some of the injuries – it’s a reassociate horrible see for college football.”
“Feigned injuries has become a notable topic in college football, and we authenticize our program has been part of that converseion. We have been in communication with the National Coordinator for Football Officiating and provided relevant medical alertation for his scrutinize to answer asks about recent injuries,” the school shelp in a statement.
Head coach Shane Beamer reacts after his disparaging momentum is sluggished down by another Mississippi injury, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Columbia, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Artie Walker Jr.)
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“We have also modernized the SEC office, and our head coach will convey with our coaches and joiners to promise we direct ourselves properly and are compliant in this matter.”
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