SEC Announces $50,000 Fine For Players Faking Injuries

by Larry Leo

October 22, 20255 Comments

On Tuesday, the SEC issued a $50,000 fine to Texas A&M after determining that a player faked an injury. The conference also reprimanded Aggies head coach Mike Elko, alleging that a coach directed cornerback Tyreek Chappell to go down as Arkansas drove into the red zone during the fourth quarter of Saturday’s conference showdown...

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“After the ball is spotted by officials, No. 7 for Texas A&M goes to the ground, creating the appearance of an injury,” the SEC statement said. “Just prior to the player going down, a Texas A&M staff member can be seen in the video standing in the team area near the 25-yard line signaling demonstratively to the player, pointing to the ground. It was noted that the Texas A&M player had no contact during the play and returned to the game on the second play of the ensuing defensive possession.”

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GobyGator•2 months

Just make it so the player can not come back in until the ball changes sides.

IOU•2 months

So extra time outs now cost $50k? That just encourages this behavior. Suspend the coach if you really want to stop this.

1947LSUFreshman•2 months

I agree it's egregious, but I'd wait to elect to eject the coach, hurting the players and the game outcome but I've said for years as GobyGator somewhat said that the player is out until the defense is on the field NEXT time around. Then let's see how many "impact" players play hurt.

TouchdownTony•2 months

Good. A&M under Jimbo was blatant about this. In 2021 against Bama they literally had a player down after every other play and these appeared to be career threatening injuries only to have them run back out a play later. There were plays in that game where it looked like players would talk to each other to decide who was gonna tear an ACL.

LemmyLives•2 months

It's that aggy honor code being ignored again. But they'll talk about that shite endlessly, just never practice it.

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