The NCAA’s rules oversight panel has made a few rules adjustments that will be in effect come this fall. The most significant of them is an alteration to the targeting rule that should make that call a bit less frequently enforced. Which is a good thing.
Beginning in the fall in games using video review, instant replay officials will be directed to examine all aspects of the play and confirm the targeting foul when all elements of targeting are present. If any element of targeting cannot be confirmed, the replay official will overturn the targeting foul. There will not be an option for letting the call on the field “stand” during a targeting review — it must either be confirmed or overturned.