SEC rule Targeted specific People instead of specific situations

this is why the rule was convoluted and unclear.
this is why the SEC has had to release yet another clarification, again.

The SEC looked at the situation in LSU and tried to Clarify a rule, using those specific players as the target.
If the SEC had instead released the rule as it is today, the confusion of Sankey in court would have been avoided.

the latest clarification is intended make anyone in this particular situation ineligible.

The previous clarification was hastily written to make the specific players ineligible.

The nuance here is that writing rules to target a specific person will create a rule that is confusing and contain inconsistencies that are hard to defend.

Writing rules to target specific circumstances or situations give clear defendable boundaries.