The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved the media timeout format for televised games.

Water polo officials will have more flexibility to address player conduct starting with the 2015-16 academic year.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved rules changes for next season in bowling, including new oil ratio application guidelines and changes to competitions with pool play matches.

The NCAA Baseball Rules Committee recommended that umpires be allowed to conference to confirm or overturn an original call as to whether a fielder made a catch on a ball hit into the outfield during their July 14-16 meeting. If approved, the rule would take effect next year.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a modification July 16 in field hockey that allows players to play the ball above shoulder height, provided the stick does not put other players in danger.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel during a conference call on Wednesday approved an experimental rule for the use of a new softball during fall 2014 competition. The ball is softer but livelier than the softball now used in NCAA championships.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel during a conference call on Wednesday approved an experimental rule for the 2014 fall non-traditional season that requires the attacking team to keep the ball below or inside the 30-yard restraining line.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel during a conference call on Wednesday approved to add the word “Flagrantly” to the men’s and women’s track and field rules pertaining to when a competitor should be in violation of impeding a runner.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel during a conference call on Wednesday approved several changes to the criteria for allowing video replay in men’s and women’s ice hockey effective in the 2014-15 season.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which met via conference call Wednesday, approved a new football rule to better protect passers from contact at or below the knee.