MONTREAL - McGill University will conduct an in-depth review of guidelines on who can participate in varsity sports following the arrest of one of its players.
The institution says he shouldn't have been allowed to take the field at all given a criminal conviction stemming from a previous incident, in 2010.
In a brief statement to the McGill community today, deputy provost Ollivier Dyens said inviting the player, who was not named, was not in accordance with the university's values.
On Thursday, Luis-Andres Guimont-Mota, 22, was formally arraigned in Montreal on charges of assault and uttering threats against his estranged wife.
Last year, Guimont-Mota was sentenced to 90 days in jail last year for a 2010 assault outside a bar in Quebec City.
Dyens says there have been a few incidents in recent years where relevant information concerning football players was not dealt with appropriately at McGill.
Guimont-Mota's lawyer suggested after the court appearance that his client was the one who was actually assaulted.
He criticized the university's decision to suspend the running back without having all the facts.
