CFL coaches can now make two challenges per game. MORE:
Dave Dickenson , The Canadian PressThe league's board of governors accepted a recommendation Wednesday from the CFL's rules committee that if a coach's first challenge is successful, he gets to issue a second in the same game. Last season, coaches had just one challenge per contest.
The governors also accepted a proposal that the command centre be able to upgrade a 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty to 25 yards for a direct blow to a quarterback’s head or neck with the helmet. The defender must have had a clear view of the quarterback and there must be no mitigating circumstances on the play like the QB ducking.
Plays now will be whistled dead whenever a quarterback carrying the ball gives himself up by sliding with any part of his body. Previously, a quarterback could only give himself up by sliding feet first.— A 10-yard objectionable conduct call will be made for diving. — The command centre can assist on-field officials in calling penalties when the injury spotter has intervened in a player-safety situation.
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