NCAA Considering College Football Uniform Punishment

by Larry Leo

February 23, 20264 Comments

According to a report from The Athletic, the NCAA is planning on enforcing strict college football uniform punishment in 2026 for players who tweak their unis...

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“It’s embarrassing,” a person briefed on the discussions said, per The Athletic. “It’s been degrading every year. I don’t know how much higher his pants can go.”

“The other big point of focus at the meeting will be seldom-enforced equipment rules for which the rules committee might propose the threat of an actual game penalty. One possibility is a warning for a first offense, followed by a charged timeout or a delay-of-game penalty if the offending team has no timeouts remaining,” The Athletic reported.

“The pants rule hasn’t been enforced because nobody has cared to do it. Game officials have said they have too many other things to worry about. Coaches, too. Conferences haven’t stepped up to help with enforcement, either. The NFL has a specific official at games to monitor equipment violations before the game, and fines can be issued. College football does not have that.”

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jrctiger84•2 hours

Yes they need to be enforced. I have been saying this for a couple years now

atltiger6487•58 min

agreed. The shorts look absurd and having pads cover the knees and other body parts increases safety.

GruntbyAssociation•3 min

They never are concerned about injury until the bowl game of their last year is coming up.

sms151t•2 hours

NCAA football absolutely has officials that "monitor this. They walk around in pregame and tell you who or who does not have certain pads in. They love to try to get people on the butt pad and thigh pads. When I was working in CFB, we goat away with this by just using the plastic shell from the thigh pads as for the butt pad, we took foam and cut it to stick in the girdles. Knee pads I either ordered the Adams circular ones or a youth set, for everyone. Some of our QB's wore the Adams body suit, we cut it in half, so it was a rib protector, and hip butt pad in one.

The NCAA officials are just too lazy to enforce the rule, but to say they do not check, it is laughable, because they check pads, casts, and allegedly stud length, but if everyone is wearing 5/16 instead of 1/4 they cannot tell.

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