RELATED: Nine of the Top 15 schools in football arrests are in the SEC
One constant criticism of the SEC over the past 10 years has been discipline. Some opponents feel the SEC does not recruit players of high character, and that the SEC then fails to punish those players to a proper extent when they step out of line. This — combined with real stats that show the SEC has a high arrest rate for its football players — has led to a negative reputation.
However, there is some good news for the SEC in 2016: their arrest rate is drastically down through the first three months of the year, according to NOLA.com.
If the 14 SEC schools can keep their players busy through Thursday, which is the end of the month, the league will have just seven football arrests through January, February and March.
Last year, the first three months total was 12. It was drastically less from 30 in 2014.
Yes, the SEC has got from 30 to 12 to just seven — fingers crossed — in just a couple of years. Considering that some pointed out the league's discipline issues as a tangible and potentially hazardous negative, this is really good news for the conference. No one wants to see players getting arrested and no one wants to see innocent bystanders become victims.
Hopefully this is a trend that can continue, because I am pretty sure that everyone would appreciate.
