The NCAA is continuing to crackdown on plays that they deem unsafe for the game of football.
Steve Shaw, the SEC Director of Officials, took the stage Tuesday at SEC Media Days in Hoover, Alabama, and detailed some of the NCAA’s major rules changes to targeting and blindside blocks that will go into effect during the 2019 season and are expected to decrease the number of head and neck injuries as a result.
The NCAA and NFL have both implemented stiffer penalties for players regarding targeting and blindside blocks.
The newest of the bunch in college this season will be “confirming” a targeting penalty to remove any ambiguity concerning the play.