WVU Sports: ; Tactical or unethical, faking isn't dealt with

MORGANTOWN - "Football is an aggressive, rugged contact sport.Only the highest standards of sportsmanship and conduct are expectedof players, coaches and others associated with the game. There is noplace for unfair tactics, unsportsmanlike conduct or maneuversdeliberately designed to inflict injury."

I lifted that paragraph from the college football rulebook, theone that has 197 pages and covers everything from the color of thegloves players wear to pinpointing when the clock stops when aplayer's helmet comes off.

But it doesn't do anything to adjudicate faking injuries.

While there is no rule to address what is an expandingembarrassment to the …