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Playing Rules Oversight Panel Tables Football Video Replay Proposal For More Conference Input; Denies Several Volleyball Proposals

For Immediate Release

Monday, March 13, 2006 		Contact(s)
Ty Halpin
Associate Director for Playing Rules Administration
317/917-6136
INDIANAPOLIS�The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP) tabled a vote on a proposed video replay system in football until May, hoping to garner increased feedback and consensus on the procedure at the Division I-A level. In particular, PROP received feedback that a proposed coach�s challenge system, which was used experimentally during the 2005 season by one conference, had not been thoroughly discussed by the membership.

"The panel is not denying this proposal at this point, but we recognize that more discussion is needed at the Division I-A level," said John Cochrane, chair of the group and commissioner of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. "The rules committee�s hard work on developing a protocol is to be commended and the sense was the panel is comfortable with most of the process. Temporarily delaying action on this item will allow for more discussion on a challenge system without delaying rules changes for the 2006 season."

The delay will allow the Football Rules Committee to receive input from the American Football Coaches Association and the Division I-A Collegiate Commissioners Association, which meets in late April. The Football Rules Committee will have the ability to alter its proposal, if it chooses, and resubmit it to PROP on a May 18 conference call. If PROP accepts the proposal on May 18, the rule would be in effect for the 2006 season.

PROP also asked the Football Rules Committee to collect information regarding its proposal to shorten the halftime period. Initial feedback indicated that many conferences would keep halftime at 20 minutes. All other football proposals were accepted.

The panel also reviewed proposals from three other NCAA sports � volleyball, soccer and water polo. All soccer and water polo proposals were approved as submitted. In volleyball, however, PROP took several actions. A proposal by the Volleyball Rules Committee to allow artificial noisemakers at games was denied. PROP focused on consistency with other sports and NCAA championship policy that bans artificial noisemakers during competition.

A proposal to allow only one coach at a time from each institution to question an official during competition was denied because of the negative impact on the integrity of the game and consistency with other sports.

Two volleyball facility specification proposals were also discussed on the conference call. PROP passed the ceiling minimum requirement, amending the legislation to require a minimum 25-foot height for newly-constructed facilities starting in 2006. Also, PROP tabled a proposal dealing with net stands and requested that the rules committee provide additional data to support its rationale.

PROP consists of 12 members representing each NCAA division who have experience with playing rules administration as a coach, game official or former rules committee member.


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