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Changes to targeting penalty and video reviews among NCAA rule proposals for 2020

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Allowing players penalized and disqualified to remain on the sideline and placing a time limit on replay reviews are among the changes proposed Friday by the NCAA Football Rules Committee, with the suggestions now sent to the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel for possible approval in time for the 2020 season.

Since the rule was established in 2013, players who were flagged for targeting — defined by the NCAA as forcible contact with the crown of the helmet or forcible contact to the head or neck area of a defenseless opponent — were expelled from the field of play and rsent to the locker room.