As colleges struggle to control the public-relations damage caused by athletes’ criminal behavior, prominent conferences have begun measures to keep players with troubling pasts out of their teams’ nationally televised colors. The Big 12 this week became the second major conference to move to bar incoming transfers who had been disciplined for “serious misconduct” at their previous universities. The rule, unanimously recommended by Big 12 athletic directors, is modeled on one adopted in May by the Southeastern Conference, and it reflects a rising awareness of the issue of sexual violence by athletes on campus.

August 26, 2015 ・ From The New York Times