The NCAA Football Rules Committee on Friday proposed letting schools select if they want to designate one coach to speak with one player using wireless technology between snaps during games.

The wireless communications will automatically be terminated when there are 15 seconds left on the play clock or when the football is snapped.

One player on offense and one player on defense would have the capacity to listen to one coach on the sidelines and relay any instructions to the other players during the specified communication times.

The helmet communications idea comes in the aftermath of the University of Michigan sign-stealing incident, in which the national champions are accused of running a sophisticated operation to scout and film the signs used by potential opponents.

“The use of technology has been on the committee’s agenda for several years, and the time is right to introduce it in NCAA football,” A.J. Edds, rules committee co-chair, said in a statement.

Edds said the football bowl subdivision conferences had worked out the technological needs to establish the helmet communications.

College teams would also benefit from an automatic timeout by instituting a 2-minute warning and could utilize up to 18 tablet devices on the sidelines and in coach boxes to study plays and make adjustments during the game.

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel would have to approve the proposed rule modifications for them to take effect. The panel is due to convene on April 18.