DESTIN, Fla. — In a day and age in which player discipline, domestic violence and violence toward women is at the forefront of the national conversation due to the situation at Baylor, Mississippi State could have made a statement.
It could have made a statement that violence toward women is wrong in all instances.
It could have prevented 5-star defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons from enrolling in the school after he was charged in March for simple assault and disturbing the peace after video surfaced on WCBI (via the Clarion-Ledger) of Simmons hitting a woman who was on the ground.