Will be interesting how the Big 12 handles this
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In the scenario you described, I would agree. However, I am not about to reward a fan for bad behavior by instigating any type of confrontation with a player, and expect the player to be suspended if he decides to punch him. Otherwise, it will be open-season on players...fans can have contests to see if they can get a player suspended for a game or two.
That said, I can't condone punching a fan when that fan was simply guilty of stupidity for rushing onto the court. However, I would make the fines against the school so large that they will take it upon themselves to make sure storming the court does not happen.
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Takes the fun out of it. I understand why you say this, but telling people to wait to storm kind of defeats the purpose
The opposing teams just need to high tail it out of there right at the buzzer
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Using Trae Young as an example of poor judgment and bad behavior is so flawed it’s not worth considering it from my point of view.
Even if it was, most fans here would not defend him because what he did would be wrong. An incident several years ago will support my claim. When David Godbold, a popular player back in the day, intentionally stepped on the nads of an opponent during a game, most fans here, myself included, were critical of what he did. Sure, a few were ok with it, but most were strongly opposed to what David did.
The students will never allow them enough time to hightail out of there. Are you saying to ditch the line of handshakes? Besides that there have been media-related people, fans, and school personnel injured in the past.
Winning is fun enough. Go down to the lower edge and take place in the player congratulations. That is still fun.
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yes. As soon as it is apparant that the fans are going to rush the court, you run off the court.
Make it a rule that the visiting team gets closest to the tunnel.
I would just really hate to see something as exciting as rushing the court taken away from the college game
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AdaSooner;590473 An incident several years ago will support my claim. When David Godbold said:
Interesting. I don’t think of it as taking something away. I think of it as punishing a team for doing something they should have never been doing. How are you going to get the away team off the court fast if they just missed a game tying shot on the opposite end of the tunnel?
I agree with you that it is fun for students but I remember doing a lot of stupid things as a student that were fun at the time.
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I agree with you that it is fun for students but I remember doing a lot of stupid things as a student that were fun at the time.
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Interesting. I don’t think of it as taking something away. I think of it as punishing a team for doing something they should have never been doing. How are you going to get the away team off the court fast if they just missed a game tying shot on the opposite end of the tunnel?
I agree with you that it is fun for students but I remember doing a lot of stupid things as a student that were fun at the time.
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I concur. Fine the schools in the $100,000 range and they will control it. It all else fails the schools can video the crowd, identify the students and ban them from attending future games. Students are adults and should act adults or suffer the consequences.
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You’re right, Denver, what David did was totally out of character. He was a fine young man who was well deserving of the scholarship he earned after signing with OU as a walk on. I couldn’t believe it myself until I watched the replay.
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Great rule to have.
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Sit some, stand alot but I have been in GFOMS for virtually all of the home games for 57 years. Most of the basketball games for 25 years.
When were you in the stands last?
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Well you confirmed my suspicions...you are too far removed from being a student. What you suggested would royally suck. Ban students that rush the court?
Its been several years since I've gone but I've had 4 kids in 7 years.
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Obviously the university was fined because of the safety to individuals is threatened when fans rush the court. Fans rushing the court is a form of a mob wherein individuals do things within the autonomous auspices of said mob that they as individuals would never do. They are young men and women not kids and must be held to discipline standards required of the university.
Should the student fail to adhere to the ban on rushing the court and endangering others then a ban on them attending the game is more than appropriate. Do as you are told or face the consequences. Taking a please don't approach is foolery.
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Kindly get off my lawn!
SoonerBounce, I'm guessing you aren't a lawyer 
. In today's litigious society, allowing students to rush the court is a lawsuit waiting to happen. I remember the University of South Carolina was fined $25K for their fans rushing the court after beating #1 Kentucky 7 years ago. The SEC now imposes $100,000 fines for those same actions. That's a pretty strong indication that we're moving very far away from allowing fans to rush the court.
I thought it was great when OU fans did the same thing back in '95 after beating Kansas. I think we've only done it once since (2013 vs KU?). I remember back in 2003 when THREE schools did that after beating us (OSU, Texas and Missouri), so those weren't much fun. Regardless, I just think this is slowly becoming a thing of the past.
. In today's litigious society, allowing students to rush the court is a lawsuit waiting to happen. I remember the University of South Carolina was fined $25K for their fans rushing the court after beating #1 Kentucky 7 years ago. The SEC now imposes $100,000 fines for those same actions. That's a pretty strong indication that we're moving very far away from allowing fans to rush the court. I thought it was great when OU fans did the same thing back in '95 after beating Kansas. I think we've only done it once since (2013 vs KU?). I remember back in 2003 when THREE schools did that after beating us (OSU, Texas and Missouri), so those weren't much fun. Regardless, I just think this is slowly becoming a thing of the past.
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SoonerBounce, I'm guessing you aren't a lawyer
I thought it was great when OU fans did the same thing back in '95 after beating Kansas. I think we've only done it once since (2013 vs KU?). I remember back in 2003 when THREE schools did that after beating us (OSU, Texas and Missouri), so those weren't much fun. Regardless, I just think this is slowly becoming a thing of the past.
All true.
Its sad really.
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