Following a rash of domestic violence-related incidents involving several football players at Florida State, university president John Thrasher plans to make it mandatory that athletes take social responsibility classes to ensure violence against women is not tolerated and can be prevented.

In an hour-long Q&A with the Tallahassee Democrat, Thrasher said recent incidences involving now-dismissed quarterback De’Andre Johnson and indefinitely suspended running back Dalvin Cook were “things that drew national attention and must not be taken lightly.”

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According to the newspaper, Thrasher wants to implement the following measures in the university’s program:

  • A required course in social responsibilities.
  • Creating an additional position in the compliance department to focus on student-athlete development.
  • Scheduling additional speakers and former players to meet with the team.

Asked about FSU coach Jimbo Fisher and his program at SEC Media Days last week, Kentucky coach Mark Stoops backed his former employer and said the reports were “unfortunate” for the university.

Stoops worked on Fisher’s staff from 2010-12.

Several SEC coaches have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to domestic violence-related issues, including Steve Spurrier.

“I’ve always had a rule as a coach that if you ever hit a girl, you’re finished,” Spurrier said in Hoover. “We’ve lost two at South Carolina. Fortunately, they were not star players. If they were star players, it would have gone all over the country. So we quietly got them to transfer or leave or what have you.

“Our players know, if they ever hit a girl, they’re not going to play at South Carolina. We enforce that rule.”

For more on this story and the rest of the Tallahassee Democrat’s Q&A with Thrasher, go here.