Additional penalties for targeting resulting in injury?

[TNBama]

After watching that brutal targeting by Mizzou, I can't help but think a targeting that results in an injury should include an additional 2 halves of ejection. That hit could have paralyzed. It could be a decision made by the league after the game, for extensive review and to make sure the player was truly injured. Thoughts?

 

[AlexanderFan]

Folks fake injuries to get more time to substitute, they certainly would to get an ejection.

 

[TNBama]

Folks fake injuries to get more time to substitute, they certainly would to get an ejection.

Which is why I said it could be evaluated by the league afterward the game. If the "injured" player comes back in, then no.

 

[Elefantman]

The targeting foul is convoluted and inconsistent enough. Don't need to add more complexity to the call

 

[jthomas666]

After watching that brutal targeting by Mizzou, I can't help but think a targeting that results in an injury should include an additional 2 halves of ejection. That hit could have paralyzed. It could be a decision made by the league after the game, for extensive review and to make sure the player was truly injured. Thoughts?

How do you verify injuries without violating HIPAA?

 

[Methylred]

How do you verify injuries without violating HIPAA?

Have the player's consent for release of medical records to the league office. It's done all the time.

With that said, I'm NOT in favor of making a nebulous and inconsistently-applied rule even more prone to abuse.

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

We were talking about this during the game today. The penalty ought to be one game plus the number of games that your targeted opponent has to miss as a result of the hit…

 

[BamaMoon]

How in the world do you do that when they can't get half the initial "targeting" violations called???

"Targeting" or leading with the crown needs to be removed from the game, but up to this point, the officials don't seem to understand it, nor do we.

 

[Windsortide]

The Meadows hit is why the rule was enacted to prevent those collisions. That hit should warrant a suspension. Not the hits that occur when the ball carrier lowers themselves in the proccess of being hit.