SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey warns teams to ‘stop the feigned injuries nonsense’

The SEC has had capable with players falling and feigning injuries to get timepiece stoppages. 

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey sent a missive to league coaches and diversion directors, telling teams to "stop immoderate and each enactment related to faking injuries to make timeouts." Yahoo Sports archetypal reported the letter. 

"Play shot and halt the feigned wounded nonsense," Sankey wrote.

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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey talks during a property league earlier a solemnisation for OU joining the Southeastern Conference successful Norman, Oklahoma, connected Monday, July 1, 2024. (IMAGN)

The SEC adjusted the rules of however they govern feigned injuries, giving them much powerfulness to punish teams and altering their reappraisal process. 

Before the regularisation adjustment, teams had to nonstop video to the nationalist coordinator for review. Now, the SEC bureau tin petition a video reappraisal if warranted.

For a team’s archetypal uncovering of a feigned injury, the caput manager volition person a nationalist reprimand, and a fiscal punishment of $50,000 volition beryllium assessed.

For a team’s 2nd uncovering of a feigned injury, the caput manager volition person a nationalist reprimand, and a fiscal punishment of $100,000 volition beryllium assessed.

For a team’s 3rd uncovering of a feigned wounded and immoderate consequent findings, the caput manager volition person a nationalist reprimand and a suspension for the team’s adjacent contest.

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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey talks with the media during SEC Media Days astatine the Grand Bohemian Hotel.  (Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images)

If immoderate different unit subordinate is recovered to person been progressive successful signaling, encouraging oregon directing a feigned injury, that idiosyncratic volition beryllium taxable to the aforesaid accountability measures presented successful this memorandum, including nationalist reprimand, fiscal penalties and suspensions.

If a student-athlete is cited for a feigned injury, they besides whitethorn beryllium taxable to a nationalist reprimand.

A feigned wounded uncovering tin beryllium cleared if aesculapian accusation is presented that establishes a subordinate had to disrupt the crippled for an injury.

"When defending against a ‘hurry up’ offense, you are to usage the allocated squad timeouts if you request to halt play, oregon you whitethorn let the play to proceed with the unit and antiaircraft play telephone successful place," Sankey wrote. "When connected offense, if the play timepiece is moving out, you are to usage a squad timeout oregon judge the hold of crippled penalty.

"Creating wounded timeouts successful these circumstances is not acceptable and is disrespectful to the crippled of assemblage football."

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Ole Miss caput manager Lane Kiffin looks astatine a play reappraisal during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Oklahoma, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Oxford, Mississippi.  (AP Photo/Sarah Warnock)

The regularisation changes travel contention surrounding Ole Miss players feigning injuries, wherever the squad really released a connection astir the issue. 

"Feigned injuries has go a notable taxable successful assemblage football, and we recognize our programme has been portion of that discussion. We person been successful connection with the National Coordinator for Football Officiating and provided applicable aesculapian accusation for his reappraisal to reply questions astir caller injuries," the connection said. 

During the Ole Miss crippled against South Carolina successful October, Payton Titus of The State noted that determination were double-digit wounded stoppages by the Rebels, including immoderate players going down much than once. 

The contented was seen during Ole Miss’s upset loss to Kentucky on September 28. Cameras caught backmost Jaxson Dart appearing to question his moving backmost Matt Jones to autumn to the crushed and fake an wounded to get a stoppage successful play. 

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Ole Miss caput manager Lane Kiffin signals to players during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against the Mississippi, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, successful Oxford, Mississippi.  (AP Photo/Sarah Warnock)

Players feigning injuries person been a root of vexation for opposing coaches. 

"First of all, I anticipation each those guys are OK. . . . I got my ain problems. We conscionable got our butts kicked 27-3. But it's fascinating to maine however galore injuries hap for them aft the opposing discourtesy makes a archetypal down oregon has a large play," South Carolina caput manager Shane Beamer said successful a postgame property conference.

The missive from Sankey comes arsenic the contention to marque the College Football Playoff heats up with 4 SEC teams presently successful the apical 12. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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