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The two-platoon system is a tactic in American football enabled by rules allowing unlimited substitution adopted during the 1940s. The "two platoons", offense and defense, are an integral part of the game today.
The one-platoon system, also known as "iron man football", is a rule-driven substitution pattern in American football whereby the same players were expected to stay on the field for the entire game, playing both offense and defense as required. Players removed for a substitute were lost to their teams for the duration of the half (until 1932 ...
The substitution of absent players happened as early as the 1850s, for example from Eton College where the term emergencies is used. [5] Numerous references to players acting as a "substitute" occur in matches in the mid-1860s [ 6 ] where it is not indicated whether these were replacements of absent players or of players injured during the match.
The NCAA football rules committee issued guidance Wednesday to close a loophole that allowed second-ranked Oregon to exploit an illegal substitution penalty late in its victory over Ohio State to ...
Following Oregon football's dramatic win over Ohio State, the NCAA announced a rules clarification involving 12 defenders on the field.
In 2021, the year these changes went into effect, 1,770 players entered the transfer portal — a database used by college football’s governing body to manage student transfers. In 2023, that ...
Because of these rules, various leagues of American football have enacted strict rules of uniform numbering so officials may more easily judge which players were eligible and which were not at the start of a play. For example, in college football, ineligible players wear numbers 50–79, while eligible receivers wear 1–49 or 80–99. Even ...
Here's a look at college football's new rules for the 2024 season, including coach-to-player communication, a two-minute timeout and more