Approximately half of the University of San Diego football team will face “varying degrees of disciplinary action” over a preseason hazing incident, according to a letter sent to staff from President James T. Harris III.
Some players have received indefinite game suspensions.
Harris’ letter provides a link to the university’s hazing policy and the California Hazing Law, known as “Matt’s Law” after the death of our client Matthew Carrington in a hazing incident at a Chico State fraternity in 2005. It carries up to a $5,000 fine and one year in jail for a misdemeanor offense and more severe penalties if it involves bodily injury and rises to a felony.
