NCAA targets exposed calves in latest proposed college football rule change

With college football on the brink of needing reform on several landmark issues, there is one pressing issue that has many upset. Exposed calves.

That's not a typo. According to Saturday Down South reporter Derek Peterson, the Division I Football Rules Subcommittee wants an amendment to "require players to wear leg coverings from the top of their shoes to the bottom of their pants. Players would all have to wear the same style and color for games." 

Any player who wants to wear "knee-high pants" could face a 15-yard penalty after the third time. Seems excessive, but in reality, the NFL has uniform inspectors to avoid this type of stuff. There should be someone designated at the college level who makes this happen in the pregame. 

“The current look of the uniform is clearly not meeting the expectations of the college football community,” Big Ten official and rules subcommittee chair AJ Edds said in a release. “This will take a collective effort by administrators, coaches, and officials to communicate expectations to players and equipment managers. This proposal, we believe, is definitive and gives us a chance for consistent enforcement across Division I football.”

This will have to be approved by the rules committee before it becomes part of the game. 

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The set of amendments comes while Donald Trump is working to get over 40 people on a college sports roundtable to fix the business side of several issues. 

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