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Univ. Of Illinois Drafting Proposal To Ban Athletes With Domestic/Sexual Violence Past

Illinois AD Josh Whitman said that the athletic department is "drafting a proposed ban on players with a history of sexual assault or domestic violence," according to Shannon Ryan of the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Illinois is "finalizing the language and nuances." Whitman said that the policy would be "similar to Indiana's ban." Indiana AD Fred Glass in April said the school would not accept "any prospective student-athlete -- whether a transfer student, incoming freshman or other status -- who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to a felony involving sexual violence." Whitman said that Illinois could "implement its proposed policy as early as the start" of the '17-18 academic year. With this move, Illinois "would set a tone for the culture of its athletic program that winning is not above all else." The department "showed it takes these acts seriously" when Whitman and former basketball coach John Groce dismissed Kendrick Nunn after he "pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge following an arrest on an original charge of domestic battery." The SEC in '15 "passed a rule that prohibits accepting a transfer who was dismissed from a previous school for sexual or domestic violence" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 7/25). Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said the conference's current policy of allowing each school to make its own rules will "likely continue." Delany: "Prior to Indiana's announced policy, we have had several discussions over the years. We recognize that some conferences have adopted policies, adjusted policies, and I think our presidents as well as our athletic directors and faculty just feel like facts and circumstances are different in different cases and that our institutions are really best positioned to both make those determinations and make those decisions about whether or not somebody's prior conduct qualifies for disqualification or some other penalty associated with admissions" (MLIVE.com, 7/24).

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