A retired University of Illinois law professor said he has some concerns with a proposed school policy to ban prospective athletes with a sexual assault or domestic violence conviction or guilty plea.
Athletic Director Josh Whitman told the Chicago Tribune this week that the policy would be similar to the one Indiana University enacted earlier this year.
Steve Beckett is the former director of trial advocacy at the UI and is a practicing attorney in Urbana. He said the way universities recruit student athletes right now includes background checks. That includes the UI. Beckett says some of his concerns with the proposed policy relate to the economic status of the athletes.