MN won’t get fined for storming the field.

[NoelarBear]

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

I think the SEC's policy is weird.

Gophers move out the band so there's no bottle neck for students, and open the stairs to let fans on the field.

That seems obviously much safer than creating this whole weird SEC dance where fans are supposed to not go on the field until the opposing team leaves .... that seems to set up a potentially dangerous situation where you incentivize the school to stop folks...

 

[Taji34]

Storming the field after an upset is something I view as unique to college football (maybe it happens in the NFL, but I don't think so?).

It's stupid that the SEC fines schools for this.Glad the B1G has shown they won't do this.

As far as the safety angle, Slab is right, it's generally easy to know when there is potential for a field storm so just prepare for it. Open up stairs to the field, do things like moving the band (if applicable based on where they sit during games) to prevent dangerous bottlenecks and to protect the band and their instruments.

Basically, let it happen. Fans aren't going to be discouraged by their school getting fined, and there's not really much schools can do to prevent a field storm anyway that also adheres to safety requirements for the stadium anyway so finding them more and more isn't going to magically make them find a way to stop the fans.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Fining a school for the fans storming the field is stupid as the fans are not going to give a crap if the school has to pay a fine so it is not a deterrent of any kind.

The one key is making sure the opposing team/staff have a way to get off the field/court without being accosted/harassed/taunted by the home teams fans. As long as they can get clear or are protected in some way the rest is a non-issue. Setup a bubble of some kind for the opposing team and let the fans have their fun after the big win.

 

[upnorthkid]

Fining a school for the fans storming the field is stupid as the fans are not going to give a crap if the school has to pay a fine so it is not a deterrent of any kind.

The one key is making sure the opposing team/staff have a way to get off the field/court without being accosted/harassed/taunted by the home teams fans. As long as they can get clear or are protected in some way the rest is a non-issue. Setup a bubble of some kind for the opposing team and let the fans have their fun after the big win.

That’s pretty hard given there’s no way to predict where the last play occurs and fans storm the field immediately when the game ends. Don’t really love the whole storming the field, how common it’s become, etc but do ate it is something unique to college sports that add to the mystique of it all. Didn’t go down into the field this time as it really didn’t feel as impactful as say the PSU win (getting to .500 over a team with no historic rivalry just felt a little ).

That said it does seem like something they need to address nationally and the answer isn’t just going to be to fine schools

 

[MNVCGUY]

That’s pretty hard given there’s no way to predict where the last play occurs and fans storm the field immediately when the game ends. Don’t really love the whole storming the field, how common it’s become, etc but do ate it is something unique to college sports that add to the mystique of it all. Didn’t go down into the field this time as it really didn’t feel as impactful as say the PSU win (getting to .500 over a team with no historic rivalry just felt a little ).

That said it does seem like something they need to address nationally and the answer isn’t just going to be to fine schools

You can pretty easily predict where the fans are going to come from and you also know what games have the potential for a field/court storming. For those games you have your security setup to form some sort of perimeter around the opposing teams bench area to give the players from the other team a way to get out of there. It isn't easy but with some planning it isn't impossible either.

 

[Word]

I think the SEC's policy is weird.

Gophers move out the band so there's no bottle neck for students, and open the stairs to let fans on the field.

That seems obviously much safer than creating this whole weird SEC dance where fans are supposed to not go on the field until the opposing team leaves .... that seems to set up a potentially dangerous situation where you incentivize the school to stop folks...

Just glad we behaved ourselves. I think that's the key.