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The two United States Senators from Oregon and six colleagues on Tuesday envi\u00f3 una carta<\/a> to an NCAA commission that recommended “a strong, uniform policy” for prospective student-athletes who have “serious misconduct violations” in their past.<\/p>\n

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., co-signed the letter to the NCAA Commission to Combat Sexual Violence, along with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.<\/p>\n

“As many of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA’s) member colleges and conferences continue to change their policies to address prospective student-athletes with serious misconduct violations, we urge the commission to make recommendations that enable the NCAA to create a strong, uniform policy that addresses all prospective student-athletes,” the senators wrote.<\/p>\n

While Indiana University adopted a policy in April banning student-athletes convicted of a felony involving “sexual violence” and requiring mandatory criminal background reviews for every prospective student-athlete, the NCAA does not have a uniform policy on the issue.<\/p>\n

The letter specifically cited the Indiana policy as an example for the NCAA.<\/p>\n

En junio, The Seattle Times reported<\/a> that the leaders of three student groups at Washington State University sent a letter to school president Kirk Schulz and athletic director Bill Moos asking the school to implement a policy similar to Indiana.<\/p>\n

Recently, multiple cases involving student-athletes who had been convicted of sexual crimes as minors garnered national attention.<\/p>\n

Last week, Youngstown State bowed to public pressure and said Ma’lik Richmond would not play with the team in 2017. As a high school student in Ohio, Richmond was one of two teens convicted of sexually assaulting a minor in the Steubenville High School rape case. He transferred to the university last year and walked onto the football team with the blessing of coach Bo Pelini.<\/p>\n

en un declaraci\u00f3n<\/a>, the university said school rules do not restrict students from participating in extracurricular activities if they are in good academic standing. Richmond will lose a year of athletic eligibility<\/p>\n

In June, Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich removed himself from competition in the College World Series after a report by The Oregonian\/OregonLive detailed his felony child molestation conviction from 2012.<\/p>\n

Although the Pac-12 has banned the transfer of student-athletes who are not allowed back to their previous institution because of past misconduct, the conference defers to its member schools for bringing in student-athletes from high school with past misconduct.<\/p>\n

Oregon State does not currently restrict participation by student-athletes who have prior felony convictions. OSU President Ed Ray said the school would review its policies in the wake of the Heimlich situation. <\/p>\n

Heimlich plans to return to the Oregon State baseball team in 2018.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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