SEC will increase fines for storming the field
It’s about to get more expensive to SEC athletics programs if their fans storm the field or the court to celebrate big victories.
SEC commissioner Mike Slive said the league is in the process of “substantially increasing the fines” for such incidents.
“It’s an attempt to change behavior,” Slive said. “I think we have changed it considerably, but there are still times when it happens. I think our folks felt the current fine structure is not sufficiently large enough to be a quality deterrent.”
He said the new fines are “in flux” but will be set during the SEC’s spring meetings this week.
In the past, the SEC has fined schools $5,000 for a first violation, $25,000 for a second offense and $50,000 each for subsequent violations within a three-year period.
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