Yesterday on College Football Live, Rod Gilmore was praising Strong on taking the action he has while pointing to domestic violence as something that needs addressing in collegiate athletics. What he was saying is very true; there needs to be something done. Do we need a rule change where a player that's involved in situations like this suspended for a year? Perhaps. But that's another thread.
The one thing I want to point out here, and it's something they didn't touch on in that segment, is player evaluations.
Both Gilmore and McMurphy were talking about how coaching staffs need to weed these types of players out of college ball. BUT, as far as I've seen, no one has mentioned how ridiculous the rule is that's keeping head coaches off the recruiting trail during spring evaluation periods.
Reports have described Mixon as "being flaky" and having a hard time adjusting to college life. Would that be something they could have discovered if they were allowed to evaluate him to a greater degree in the spring?
