Members of the NCAA rules committee are trying to end fake injuries in college football with a rule change proposal.

According to a report Wednesday by The Athletic, a group of coaches at last month’s American Football Coaches Association convention proposed that any player who leaves a game due to injury must sit out the remainder of that possession. In the past, such players only had to leave the field for one play.

Feigning injuries, sometimes at the coach’s instruction, has become a tactic defenses use to slow down tempo offenses or as a way for an offense to avoid a delay of game penalty or get an extra timeout.

The NCAA Football Rules Committee will consider a proposed rule change intended to discourage players from faking injuries that result in

NCAA committee will consider new rule to punish fake injuries. According to a report from The Athletic's Chris Vannini, the NCAA's football rules committee will officially conside

The NCAA Football Rules Committee will consider a proposed rule change intended to discourage players from faking injuries that prompt unwarranted timeouts when the group meets later this month.