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[QUOTE="SUOrange44, post: 2296958, member: 8"]
Let me preface this by saying the injury situation with MTSU had nothing significant to do with the SU loss. The dropped passes, poor decisions, failure to capitalize on turnovers and, perhaps most of all, the muffed punt that changed momentum completely took care of that...

I am more than willing to give the benefit of the doubt regarding injuries. I though it was extremely distasteful whenKansas City fans cheered an Alex Smith injury a few years back because they wanted the backup to play.

That being said, after witnessing what I did tonight and last year versus Louisville, I am completely convinced there needs to be a rule change. Referees have to err on the side of the potential injury when a player goes down. However, in order to stop fake injuries, I want to see a rule implemented keeping a player who is "injured" out for the remainder of the drive or a series. That way, the injured player is "protected" if need be but there are some ramifications to an injury in a live ball hustling to the line of scrimmage situation.

It really is the only thing I can think of to try and cut down on fake injuries while still protecting the player. Perhaps, the other team has the option of using a time out to get the player back on the fields earlier or something like that but this is getting nuts...

That fall down by the MTSU player at the sideline was worthy of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and only served to back up the belief that their players were faking injuries earlier than that. You would think there would be some element of integrity to protect against this but that may not be the case...

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