Kirby Smart reveals why Georgia fans won't need to worry about SEC's new fake injury punishment
The SEC is cracking down on fake injuries. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey sent a memo out to all teams last Friday afternoon. "As plainly as it can be stated: Stop any and all activity related to faking injuries to create time-outs," Sankey wrote, via ESPN. And ended his memo with, "Play football and stop the feigned […]
The SEC is cracking down on fake injuries.
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey sent a memo out to all teams last Friday afternoon.
"As plainly as it can be stated: Stop any and all activity related to faking injuries to create time-outs," Sankey wrote, via ESPN. And ended his memo with, "Play football and stop the feigned injury nonsense."
Several teams have blatantly faked injuries in order to create timeouts. But with the fines put in place by Sankey, hopefully, we'll see less of them.
Per Sankey's memo, for the first offense, a head coach will receive a public reprimand and be fined $50,000; for the second offense, another public reprimand along with a $100,000 fine; for a third offense, a reprimand and a next-games suspension.
The memo and new punishment put in place couldn't be more perfect timing as the Georgia Bulldogs get ready to take on Ole Miss, who blatantly faked an injury against Kentucky earlier this season.
As for the Bulldogs, they are at least one SEC team that has not fallen into the fake injury nonsense. And head coach Kirby Smart made it very clear this week that they won't be having to address that issue further down the road.
"I respect Commissioner Sankey and what he sends out," Smart said. "We don't condone that on our team or within our program. So we don't have to address it. We just keep telling them that if you're injured, you stay down. And if you're not, you get up and go play. That's our philosophy."
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