The end of court storming?
NCAAM Gamecast - New Mexico State vs Utah Valley
Wondering if the NCAA will now come out with some regulations preventing fans from rushing the court after games. |
I hope so.
I saw this and was wondering the same thing. Someone is going to get seriously hurt and then there will be a law suit, blah, blah, blah..... A one-time, instantaneous celebration and show of exuberance and support has now turned into a pre-calculated opportunity at hooliganism and chance to get on Sports Center. (Ya know, kinda like the Gatorade shower). Off soap box. :( |
If the officials were still on the floor, IMHO they should have given #12 a flagrant foul for throwing the ball at an opposing player. If they had left the floor already, the conference should suspend #12 for one game. #25 should be suspended for at least 3 games for punching a fan, and then running like a coward.
And I am in total agreement about the rushing the floor issue. I'm surprised this does not happen more often. While the conferences and/or NCAA must work on this issue, if you as a fan rush the court, I have no pity for you if you get clocked. Stay off the floor. |
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The game was over. You expect them to stand in that middle scene so they can issue T's? |
Look at the video... the officials were still on the floor when the kerfuffle started.
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I'm betting the WAC office gets involved and hands some sort of suspension out here.I hope that more conferences take the SEC's approach to storming fields/courts-fine the member institution in the aftermath of this incident.Maybe the Coaches get involved in their off-season meetings and make a rule change?
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However, they WERE still on the court. |
Update on last night's brawl-
NMSU suspends player for throwing ball at Utah Valley player - CBSSports.com |
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That said, we all know the rules state that the jurisdiction has not yet ended as the officials were still on the court, would anyone call a flagrant (or anything else) during this scenario?? |
Knee jerk reaction is to get rid of storming the court. The proper reaction is to punish the idiots that started and escalated this.
Pegging the opponent. STUPID Charging 100+ fans of the opposing team. STUPID Going after a home player who said something to idiot #1 who chucked the ball. STUPID The problem isn't the act of storming the court, which has happened hundreds of times without incident, it's the act of a small handfull of guys that can't control themselves and do STUPID things. |
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I did a pre-season scrimmage between these two schools and it went well. Makes me wonder what on earth happened in this game. I am so happy Utah will be known as the first school to have a student go down and hit an opposing player...
*hides* |
I happened to see one of the three officials this morning in the SLC Airport. We talked for a few minutes about the game and what happened. What a mess.
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HS Regional Boys Semi-Final Game last night, winning team's fans prematurely stormed the court in the remaining few secs - WHACK!
Winning coach in today's paper, "Luckily it didn't decide the game for us." :rolleyes: |
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