Apparently collegiate wrestlers and mma fighters with a pro record cannot register as white belts. Also all "minor penalties" from the rule book have become serious penalties. They posted this and more info on their Facebook page
Here's the actual post by IBJJF on their Facebook page (Reaping rules look like they are going in the right direction).
Does sound like a step in the right direction, much more along the lines of what US Grappling has been doing all along with regards to the reaping issue.
Ad for your ass hitting the ground, points for your back hitting the ground. So if you got drop seio'ed, but based and jumped back up, it was still a takedown.
Which, in turn, led to an even greater deal of subjectivity than is already inherent in takedown rules. Amiright?
It seems (I could be wrong) that reaping is an auto-DQ during a sub, but if it's a positional reap you get penalized and reset.
So does it mean its harder to get take down points considering the fact you have to keep them down for 3 seconds?
Well yes. But it is at least consistent with the sweep rules. If you can't control on top, you can't score. Makes sense to me.