NCAA Football Trophy for Fans Fans will always expect NCAA football trophy. Fans are going to see several rules changes in football, men’s and women’s volleyball, women’s soccer, field hockey and water polo as NCAA teams start in-season competition this fall.
Each of those sport’s rules committees met last winter to recommend changes to improve the quality of play and enhance student-athlete safety. The recommendations were approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel and are now official rules changes effective for the 2014 season. The NCAA marks just over a year since Division I adopted sweeping changes to the infractions process as members head back to school this fall. The changes were made to hold schools and administrators accountable for issues that directly affect fairness and integrity in college sports. Investigations are currently underway. Cases with the DI Committee on Infractions will begin to use more meaningful penalties that align with the significance of the wrongdoing. As President Mark Emmert noted in his letter to campus and conference leaders this tear, the enforcement staff is as busy as ever conducting approximately 100 investigations and the staff: Anticipates who provides notice of at least 50 additional Level I or Level II allegations across seven cases The NCAA Sport Science Institute studies a variety of topics relating to the physical and mental health and safety of student athletes. Learn more. The NCAA has taken a
leadership role with several important health and safety related initiatives. The NCAA and U.S. Department of Defense announced a landmark $30 million joint initiative in May that will include the most comprehensive study of concussion and head impact exposure ever conducted. At present, the NCAA endorsed a sweeping round of inter-association guidelines designed to support best-practice guidelines regarding independent medical care for student-athletes, football practice contact limits and management of sport-related concussions.