The Southeastern Conference announced changes to its serious misconduct policy Friday to strengthen the regulations concerning the acceptance of incoming transfers.
Seth Emerson of SEC Country reported the updated rule, which originally prohibited transfer students who were convicted, pleaded guilty or pleaded no contest to sexual assault, domestic violence or "other forms" of sexual violence, still won't cover high school recruits.
Bleacher Report's Barrett Sallee noted the changes include adding transfers who pleaded guilty or no contest to any "felony involving serious misconduct" to the prohibited list. Sallee pointed out other additions to the rule are stalking and "dating violence behavior that concerns safety to others.