Pac-12 prohibits transfers with prior misconduct issues
The Pac-12 Conference is not willing to provide second chances to athletes with a history of student misconduct.
The league’s presidents and chancellors announced Saturday that the Pac-12 has adopted a policy which prohibits transfer student-athletes from “receiving aid or participating in athletics” if the athlete “is unable to re-enroll at a previous institution due to student misconduct.” As such, if a student is ineligible to re-enroll at “any of their previous colleges or universities,” he or she “will be automatically deemed ineligible” from a Pac-12 school.
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“This is an important step to strengthen our student-athlete transfer admission processes and to address the safety of our students,” UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, the Chair of the Pac-12 CEO Group, said in a release.
Specifically, the conference said in a release that the policy does not “apply to academic performance reasons unrelated to misconduct.” Issues it does cover include “assault, harassment, academic fraud” and “other violations of campus behavior conduct policies.”
The SEC enacted a similar policy in May in which it banned transfers with “serious misconduct” issues. The league specified “serious misconduct” as sexual assault, domestic violence or other forms of sexual violence while enrolled at another university.
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The SEC instituted its rule after defensive tackle Jonathan Taylor transferred to Alabama after previously receiving the boot from Georgia after being charged with domestic violence. Taylor was hit with another domestic violence charge after arriving at Alabama and was dismissed by the Crimson Tide.
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