[chseagle]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

The point you're not getting is that it doesn't matter, unless you're willing to use force and bring sufficient numbers of personnel, you can't stop it. All you can do is threaten punishment later. It doesn't matter how well trained the security guards are; at some point all they can do is step back and take names (or take pictures).

The main difference is you're dealing with college students, who are notoriously eager to buck authority. Telling them not to rush the field/court is like telling my then-three-year-old son not to lock the basement door when his mom and sister are down there.

You're also dealing with a university/college with thousands of students (and allumni) rather than a high school with, at most, one thousand (most of whom will not be at the game). College students don't have their parents with them anymore, either at the game or at home ready to render punishment. Virtually every inhibiting factor present at a high school game is missing at a college game.

Snaq,

I've worked NCAA Athletics before as crowd control, so it can be done. You just have to know how to approach the situation to get a positive response.