Sun Belt announces policy on reporting injuries for 2025 season

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SUN BELT TO INSTITUTE AVAILABILITY REPORTING FOR 2025 FOOTBALL SEASON
NEW ORLEANS — Beginning with the 2025 season, the Sun Belt Conference will publish availability reports for all conference football games and will adopt a review process for feigning injuries.

These policies are intended to promote and preserve the integrity of competition, with availability reports also protecting student-athletes and institutional staff from outside entities seeking to obtain inside information about availability.

AVAILABILITY REPORTS
Prior to each conference game, Sun Belt football programs will disclose to the public—via a standardized availability report—when a student-athlete’s ability to participate in an upcoming game is uncertain for any reason.

An initial availability report will be published three days prior to each conference game (e.g. Wednesday before a Saturday game), with a gameday update to be provided by 10:30 a.m. ET/9:30 a.m. CT on gameday.

Student-athletes must be designated as available, probable, questionable, doubtful or out on the initial availability report. Student-athletes must be designated as available, game time decision or out on the gameday update.

All availability reports will be publicly available on SunBeltSports.org.

FEIGNING INJURIES
An injured player must be given full protection under the rules, but feigning an injury is dishonest, unsportsmanlike and contrary to the spirit of the rules.

For questionable game action, a participating institution, the Sun Belt Conference or the Sun Belt Coordinator of Football Officials, has the option to consult the national coordinator of football officials, who will facilitate a video review.

Failure to follow the availability reporting policy and feigning injuries will each be subject to review and potential penalties.

[2016Yosefgrad]

Another step into professional sports.. what a shame