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Should the home team forfeit if their fans storm the field/court?

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No.

I'd like to see how Vanderbilt's model works out before making the penalties any more painful.

FWIW, among the biggest and worst issues facing the revenue college sports, fans storming the field/court isn't very high on my list. It's been going on for danged near 100 years, but all of the sudden it's a crisis?
 
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No.

One thing about these folks - they're sole job is to create a crisis where there isn't any.
 
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Viennacock said:
Of course not. I don't have the answer but make the fine painful or take away a couple of scholarships.
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Why should the school be punished for a situation it really can’t stop. Unless you have the guard there in full riot you’re not stopping 1000’s of people from doing something they want to do. The fans don’t care in the moment the school is being fined. They could care less.
 
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Yard_Pimps said:
Why should the school be punished for a situation it really can’t stop. Unless you have the guard there in full riot you’re not stopping 1000’s of people from doing something they want to do. The fans don’t care in the moment the school is being fined. They could care less.
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The school has some responsibility. When idiots throw garbage on the field and the refs threaten a penalty if it happens again, it stops.

Personally, I'm not against storming but I do think it's dangerous for the opposing team. I know you likely don't think it will work, but give the opposing team x number of minutes to clear the field before storming. I think this is a fair compromise.
 
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Yard_Pimps said:
Why should the school be punished for a situation it really can’t stop. Unless you have the guard there in full riot you’re not stopping 1000’s of people from doing something they want to do. The fans don’t care in the moment the school is being fined. They could care less.
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"They could care less."???

They couldn't care less.
 
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No. If fans are such a problem, don't allow any fans at any games, play in an empty stadium or arena.
 
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Should the home team forfeit if their fans storm the field/court?​

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I'd be good with it. I'd be even better with a visiting team forfeiting if they "planted" a flag or their fans came onto a visiting team's field after a win.
 
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KingWard said:
I'd be good with it. I'd be even better with a visiting team forfeiting if they "planted" a flag or their fans came onto a visiting team's field after a win.
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Nah, if you don't want the visitors to storm your court or plant their flag, don't lose to them at home.
 
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BigJC said:
Nah, if you don't want the visitors to storm your court or plant their flag, don't lose to them at home.
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That's the most satisfactory remedy, but flag-planting is trashy. Awareness of that ought to be some deterrent. If not, there ought to be consequences.
 
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I have an idea. When our fans go to an away game and we get beat, we storm the field.
That way, even though we lost the game, we get the 250k from the fine.
No one storms the field when they beat us so this is the only way we will ever see any of that cash.
 
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