- Assessed a financial penalty of $250,000;
- Be required to use all available resources, including security, stadium and television video, to identify individuals who threw objects onto the playing field or at the opposing team. All individuals identified as having been involved in disrupting the game shall be prohibited from attending Texas Athletics events for the remainder of the 2024-25 academic and athletic year;
- Review and update its Athletics Department game management procedures and alcohol availability policies to prevent a recurrence of Saturday night’s disruption, which shall include an evaluation of agreed upon SEC Sportsmanship, Game Management and Alcohol policies to verify full compliance with existing standards, and
- Following completion of this review, the University shall provide a report to the Conference Office to summarize its efforts to identify and penalize offenders and its plan to enact policies to prevent future similar incidents while ensuring compliance with Conference standards.
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I wonder if South Carolina fans stormed the field yesterday would Oklahoma have to pay the fine? That would add insult to injury.
And *NONE OF THIS* will address the root cause:
Atrocious officiating.
Other than that, great job Texas.
I have never really understood this. There is nothing any school can do to possibly keep tens of thousands of fans in check. What available resources could they possibly have used to prevent what happened? You can’t.
I suppose you could try to kick out the people who threw stuff, but even then you won’t be able to successfully identify every single person.
I suppose you could try to kick out the people who threw stuff, but even then you won’t be able to successfully identify every single person.
I differentiate between "root cause", which in this case resides within a person's character, and "catalyst", an event that prompts a reaction based on whatever the person's character type.And *NONE OF THIS* will address the root cause:
Atrocious officiating.
Other than that, great job Texas.
This is a fair read I think. I might say there are two root causes here: systemic poor officiating and systemic poor fan behavior. Then a catalytic event from one prompting the release of evil angels from the other.
Regardless, defiling the field of play undoubtedly reflects poor character by all who did so. It's vandalism at its base level, disrespectful to the workplace of hundreds (thousands?) of people, and puts the health and safety of all in the vicinity at risk. Ridiculous.
I think Kirby nailed the bigger issue after the game. He said the precedent has been set that if the fans don't agree with a call they can throw objects on the field and disrupt the game and the officials will reverse the call to appease the fans.
The officials should have never changed the call, penalized Texas 15 yds for unsportsmanlike conduct and another 5 yds for delay of game and given UGA the ball deep in Texas territory. The punishment for the fans throwing things on the field would have been swift and sure and an actual deterrent. As it is, $250K is chump change to Texas and the other requirements are a total joke.
The officials should have never changed the call, penalized Texas 15 yds for unsportsmanlike conduct and another 5 yds for delay of game and given UGA the ball deep in Texas territory. The punishment for the fans throwing things on the field would have been swift and sure and an actual deterrent. As it is, $250K is chump change to Texas and the other requirements are a total joke.
The SEC obviously has put low emphasis on premium officiating.
I'm putting the SEC and Spectrum in the same boat of not giving a rip about fans/customers. In case you didn't know, it's been about a month now and customers in the upstate still do not have internet service. Yesterday Spectrum sent out an ''apology'' admitting ''we have dropped the ball'' and we are doing the best we can. Sounds just like the SEC saying the officials screwed up but ''oh well, it is what it is, live with it''.
I'm putting the SEC and Spectrum in the same boat of not giving a rip about fans/customers. In case you didn't know, it's been about a month now and customers in the upstate still do not have internet service. Yesterday Spectrum sent out an ''apology'' admitting ''we have dropped the ball'' and we are doing the best we can. Sounds just like the SEC saying the officials screwed up but ''oh well, it is what it is, live with it''.
It's a good thing our fans never do anything like that.
And how much time and resources will the athletic department really spend on trying to identify the probably thousand or so people who threw things onto the field? They don't have the capabilities of the FBI for pete's sake. That punishment is ridiculous.
SEC also stated, “The actions taken by the Conference are consistent with SEC Bylaws and Commissioner’s Regulations related to the availability of alcoholic beverages at athletics events which states, “If cans or plastic bottles are used as projectiles or otherwise cause game management issues, the institution is subject to an immediate fine and suspension of the alcohol sales privilege.”
The Conference is not suspending alcohol sales privileges for the University of Texas at this time but reserves the right to do so if other requirements outlined are not met.”
The Conference is not suspending alcohol sales privileges for the University of Texas at this time but reserves the right to do so if other requirements outlined are not met.”
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