After Oregon football coach Dan Lanning used a loophole in the sport’s penalty for too many men on the field to drain critical seconds from the clock during his Ducks’ defense of an attempted Ohio State comeback in what became an Oregon win, the NCAA this week rushed to update its rule book.
Now, teams on the other side of that penalty can get their 5 free yards in addition to lost time back.
Problem solved.
Unfortunately, fixing the more common trend of rule exploitation once again marring the game won’t be so easy.
Give Lanning at least a little credit for figuring out a crafty way to give his team an edge.