SEC may expand serious misconduct transfer ban

The SEC may expand the league’s serious misconduct transfer ban for those with a history of sexual assault and domestic history.

The SEC is taking steps to make sure each of the 14 member schools are as safe as possible from potential harm.

Last year, the SEC banned transfers who were previously disciplined for sexual assault, domestic violence and sexual violence from playing for one of the 14 league schools. But now, the SEC is looking to expand that rule, according to the Athens-Banner Herald  transfers with “dating violence or stalking and conduct that raises serious concerns about the safety of others” would also be banned.

And the proposed rule wouldn’t just include players who were dismissed from their previous school for those reasons, but would also include a barring of transfers who have been convicted of, pled guilty or no contest to a serious misconduct felony, according to the report.

Needless to say, this should be a no-brainer and every conference in college football should adopt such a policy. But don’t just stop with transfers, recruits who have those transgressions in their past should also be barred.

If last year’s rule was the first step, this new amendment would represent a big second step.

“The rule that was passed at the last spring meeting was a first step,” William King, the SEC’s associate commissioner for legal affairs and compliance, said Friday, via the Athens-Banner Herald. “I think commissioner (Greg) Sankey made that clear from the beginning that this was a first step and that the conference would revisit the rule.”

After the events that took place at Baylor earlier this week, taking measures to make sure the campus is as safe as possible from potential threats is an important next step for the SEC and college football to take.

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