The athletic director of the University of Alabama, Greg Byrne, raised a possible idea about how to prevent students and fans from assaulting the court after large victories.
Students and fans celebrate great victories, usually in football or basketball, when you go to the court or the field to celebrate. In their most extreme form, fans demolish goal posts and remove them from the field. There is also an ugly side in which fans and players also enter a fight.
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A fan run to the field after Tennessee defeated Alabama at the Neyland stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday, October 19, 2024. (Caitie McMekin / News Sentinel / USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
Byrne said there is a way to stop him completely.
“I think that from the point of view of security, keeping people out of the fields and courts is a good thing for everyone involved,” he told ESPN. “If we said that the local team, if they assault the field or the court, will lose the game at that time, that will stop.”
Byrne said he is fine with the criticisms that he is opening and is willing to listen to better ideas.
At this time, some fine conferences on the celebrations. The SEC has a good structure for the assault of the court and the field. A school receives a fine of $ 100,000 for the first incident, $ 250,000 for the second and $ 500,000 for the third.
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Oregon Ducks fans run in the field to celebrate their 32-31 victory over the Ohio state buckers during the NCAA football match at the Autzen stadium in Eugene, Oregon, on October 12, 2024. (Network of Adam Cairns / Columbus Dispatch / USA Today through IMAGN images)
“I think it’s a difficult proposal,” said the SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, to Espn from Byrne’s proposal. “However, I think there is more than Greg in this league that feels that way.”
In recent years, the assault has led incidents with fans.
The former Alabama closed wing, Jermaine Burton, hit a woman who was a Tennessee fan after the volunteers bother the crimson tide two years ago. Duke’s former male basketball star, Kyle Filipowski, also got involved in a fight with fans after the Blue Devils lost a game for Wake Forest.
Alabama Atlético, Greg Byrne, makes its way between the crowd after a game of the SEC Conference between Tennessee and Alabama at the Neyland Stadium on Saturday, October 19, 2024. (Brianna Paciorka / News Sentinel / USA Today Network through IMAGN images)
University sports seem to be dealing with how to handle the situation.
