Overview
- Under the trial, a player ejected for targeting for the first time in a season would be eligible for the next game regardless of when the foul occurred.
- The plan adds progressive sanctions: a second targeting ejection triggers a first-half suspension of the next game, and a third results in missing the entire next game.
- Conferences could appeal after a second targeting call, with video review by the NCAA national coordinator of officials, and an overturned ruling would restore full eligibility for the next game.
- A new uniform standard would require leg coverings from shoes to pant cuffs with consistent team styles, enforced by removal for one play, a team warning, then 5-yard and 15-yard penalties for subsequent violations.
- The package also proposes adding a fair-catch kick option to align with NFL and high school rules, and officials reported targeting fouls have declined to about one in seven games as the FBS and FCS committees plan March 19 and March 23 reviews.