Ole Miss to resolve suspicions of fabricating injuries

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

  Senior Citizen WriterOct 11, 2024, 07:18 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.Ole Miss prepares to

attend to complaints about fake injuries with players and has actually been in contact with the SEC and national organizer for football officiating Steve Shaw about the issue.In a statement launched Friday, Ole Miss acknowledged that its group has actually received attention in the nationwide conversation around” feigned injuries”during games this season. The group said that it has actually “provided appropriate medical info” for Shaw to review and will answer concerns about recent incidents in games.” We have also updated the SEC office, and our head coach will interact with our coaches and players to guarantee we conduct ourselves correctly and are compliant in this matter,”the declaration reads.Editor’s Picks

1 Associated A number of Ole Miss players stayed briefly down on the field after plays during recently’s game at South Carolina, raising suspicion that the Rebels were trying to stifle momentum for the Gamecocks’ offense in a 27-3 Ole Miss win. South Carolina coach Shane Beamer, asked about the incidents, said he hoped Ole Miss players who went down were okay, while adding, “I got my own issues. We just got our butts kicked 27-3. But it’s remarkable to me to see the number of injuries occur for them after the opposing offense makes an initially down or makes a big play.”

Beamer included: “The timing on some of the injuries– it’s a truly bad look for college football.”

LSU coach Brian Kelly, whose team hosts No. 9 Ole Miss on Saturday night, described the SEC sportsmanship policy about phony injuries.

“If there was any faking of injuries in a deliberate action, the SEC would take action on that,” Kelly said today. “I can leave that as much as the SEC and let them examine that. … The authorities shouldn’t be associated with it. That’s not their province, they got to officiate a game. They can’t choose who is injured or who is not hurt.”

In 2022, the NCAA announced that groups would be able to report “questionable scenarios” to the national coordinator of officiating for evaluation, who then would communicate with conference offices for prospective action.