IMO it’s not a terrible rule, going to electronic headsets would eliminate the issue except for the schools already losing money on football
What’s so hard to understand about everyone living by the rules and not cheating, make the argument at the rules committee meetings in the meantime live by the same rules 99.9% of everyone else does
It is a terrible rule. As I said before, if you have to outlaw SCOUTING one of the most basic parts of all of sports you’re on the wrong path.
Radio helmets are not significantly more expensive that regular helmets. You’ve got a $600 helmet and a $100 radio (that’s retail through Google, I’m sure nobody in the NCAA is paying retail). If they went with something similar to the NFL where you only need 5 or 6 “green dot” helmets that’s basically the cost of 1 more helmet. That’s not breaking anybody’s bank. Of course they SHOULD open it wide (so should the NFL) and put radios in every helmet, let the whole team hear the call from the sideline. MLB did that, so now the 2nd baseman doesn’t have to signal the other infielders the pitch. And honestly if a team can’t afford it, the NCAA should write them a check. The NCAA makes plenty of money.
Because the rule is DUMB. And it’s not getting 99.9% following it. Again when the story first broke there was a parade of guys formerly with the college game coming out and saying they broke it. Just like with spygate. Just like with deflategate. One of the truisms of stupid rules is that lots of people break them. Rules people don’t respect spawn a scofflaw attitude. Which is why sports should be using these kind of situations in other sports to review and fix their own house. The NCAA knew after spygate that if this rule ever got enforced it would be embarrassing for them. And they didn’t fix it.