NCAA Baseball has several rule changes approved by the oversight panel

Over the last month, college baseball has seen many changes on and off the field. The most impactful off-field change has been the shift in scholarship allocation among the sports. However, a few days ago, the Playing Rules Oversight Pane l approved a litany of rules changes for the upcoming season.

The rules overall seem to be reasonable, with the more eye-raising differences geared toward the pitchers. One of the rules that will stick out in the minds of many Texas A&M fans will be the following:

• If a pitcher is found to be using a foreign substance on the baseball, the pitcher and the head coach both will be ejected from the game. A starting pitcher also will serve a four-game suspension, and a relief pitcher will receive a two-game suspension.

We bring this up because everyone remembers the infamous video that surfaced on social media of the Georgia pitcher who tucked himself away in the corner of the bullpen and started fiddling with his glove. While it was never proved the pitcher was using a foreign substance, there was never an attempt to check.

Below, Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball , highlights some of the other changes coming down soon.

Overall, these changes should improve the on-the-field product. The NCAA has been under a lot of pressure lately with the explosion of NIL and the loose transfer rules, so I’d expect more news throughout the year surrounding all things college sports-related changes.

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