NCAA Football: Top 3 Changes Needed To Targeting Rule

NCAA football has a targeting rule in place that’s full of flaws. We take a look at the top three changes needed to improve the rule.

The NCAA football committee instituted a targeting rule in 2013 that was needed due to the amount of players suffering concussions in college football. These guys are not getting paid after all.

However, the interpretation of the rule is so broad it’s incredibly difficult to enforce properly and consistently. Also, the number of targeting calls has increased each year since 2013.

Here’s the targeting rule as we know it:

“Making forcible contact with the crown of the helmet, or making forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless player.”

How many times have you watched a game and targeting was called when you didn’t think it was targeting? What about the number of times a player was hit and targeting should have been called at it wasn’t?

Not to mention the number of times targeting has been called, should have been reversed with instant replay but wasn’t?

Apparently, the NCAA football rules committee is considering tweaking some of the targeting criteria. We’re going to take a look at the three top changes that need to be made.