Greg Sankey issues warning to SEC coaches about faking injuries, including penalty, suspensions

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey sent a memo to the league’s coaches and athletics directors issuing a warning about faking injuries, Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger reported. It also included penalties as well as possible coach suspensions.

The penalties increase for each occurrence of fake injuries, as determined by the National Coordinator for Football Officiating, Sankey wrote. The head coach would receive a public reprimand and the school would be assessed a $50,000 penalty, and that number increases to $100,000 on the second instance. If it happens a third time, the head coach will face a suspension for the next game, as well any other staffers involved.

“When defending against a ‘hurry up’ offense, you are to use the allocated team time-outs if you need to stop play, or you may allow the play to continue with the personnel and defensive play call in place,” the memo states. “When on offense, if the play clock is running out, you are to use a team time-out or accept the delay of game penalty. Creating injury time-outs in these circumstances is not acceptable and is disrespectful to the game of college football.”

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