The SEC instituted some new rules for the 2015 season including putting a ban on transfer students who committed serious misconduct at their previous school. Those rules might even become stricter now after this year's spring meetings for those individuals disciplined for "sexual assault, domestic violence or other forms of sexual violence."
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This week, the SEC could redefine "serious misconduct" to include "dating violence or stalking and conduct that raises serious concerns about the safety of others," according to the Athens Banner-Herald. The definition would reportedly also expand to include barring any transfer who "has been convicted, pled guilty or pled no contest to a felony involving serious misconduct."
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That would certainly hurt potential graduate transfers or guys transferring hoping to get a fresh start at a good power five conference school. However, the rule wouldn't impact incoming freshmen as SEC commissioner Greg Sankey told CBS.
"I think our universities are capable of handling those decisions independent right now of a conference rule," Sankey said of incidents involving incoming freshmen. It was a good topic of conversation, but at the moment the focus is on transfers."
Sankey also said that a waiver process is involved in the updated rule if a school believes it is appropriate to add a player whose circumstance could be considered "serious misconduct."
The rule came into effect last year after Georgia defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor was dismissed (in July 2014) by Mark Richt for a domestic violence arrest. Taylor went to a junior college and ended up at Alabama in January of 2015 only to be dismissed from that team two months later for a similar arrest.
[h/t Yahoo! Sports]
