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There's a few other rule change threads, but this is the proposed changes for the 2020 season - this will get voted on in mid-April:
The full list of recommended rule changes:
The full list of recommended rule changes:
- Implementing a two-minute time limit for officials to make decisions using instant replay (to speed up the game)
- Allowing players ejected for targeting and disqualified from the game to remain on the sidelines with their teammates (instead of being immediately banished to the locker room, alone)
- Starting game officials’ jurisdiction at 90 minutes before kickoff, instead of the current 60 minutes. That will come with a requirement that a coach has to be on the field during pregame warmups whenever players are present (to avoid pregame kerfuffles)
- Capping the amount of duplicate jersey numbers on a roster at two to lessen confusion for referees and others
- Because of that restriction as well as the popularity of single-digit jersey numbers, adding No. 0 as a legal jersey number