Baylor football has some new signs up at practice with controversy over sexual assault surrounding the program. The sign in question has been up since the beginning spring football camp in February.

Interesting addition to the signage on the practice field. pic.twitter.com/JvJASNKy0r — Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) April 5, 2016

Baylor has posted signs at the entrance to the practice facility for years with core messages. Players hit the signs before running onto the field every day. With Baylor's struggles off the field dealing with women, it's not a surprise that the staff has decided to make light of the issue.

"It's been about in our lives forever," Baylor coach Art Briles said. "I think it's just an awareness situation that every person needs to be involved in, at every university and high school and at every home that you see."

The football program has been under fire the past year after former player Samuel Ukwuachu was convicted of sexually assaulting a former Baylor student. Several outlets have questioned Baylor's handling of the case. Ukwuachu's was the second conviction of a Baylor football player, after Tevin Elliot in 2014.

Briles has been largely silent on the issue, despite being named in a lawsuit against the school by one of Elliot's victims about mishandling of the case. He was reluctant in general to get into any of the specifics of putting up the sign.

"Real men respect women, but they respect men also," Briles said. "Children are usually the first to catch the wrath of any that's not in a great mood. That's something that's always been a really bad concern for me is that displaced aggression at a child. They're the most precious and most innocent. That's just something we're trying to make sure our guys are aware of, what's the right thing to do at the right time."

It's obviously unclear whether the sign will do any good, but it can't hurt. Forcing players to actively remember the message is at least a step in the right direction.