Tulane tackles new NCAA football rules

Will Potts l Photo EditorTackling piles, such as this one involving redshirt sophomore running back Sherman Badie, are one area of the game the new NCAA rules hope to clean up. Any player who roughly pushes or pulls another player off of a pile may now face unsportsmanlike conduct calls.

According to NCAA.com, there have been new rules implemented this year, but they're the kind of rules that will be mainly used in rare moments of football games.

Some of those rare moments consist of knocked-off helmets, onside kicks and getting an opponent off a tackle pile. The NCAA had answers for all of these small moments.

In accordance with the new rules, if a player's helmet comes off, the player has to…