Should Storming The Court Be Illegal In College Basketball?

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Why Storming The Court Should Be Illegal in College Basketball? Since the beginning of college basketball, fans have stormed the court. Whether it's a rival victory or NCAA champions, it has always been a way to show school spirit. Official statistics show that there have been about 3 court storms a week over the past three months. This resulted in millions of dollars in fines, many of college basketball's favorite players becoming injured, and security being accused of weakness. Storming the court should be illegal in College Basketball because many times players on both sides of the team get injured, it's a breach of security, and it increases the risk of lawsuit/fine for a school. The most important reason why storming the court should …show more content…

During every storm court in the back corner, the sight of bright yellow shirts running after fans comes into view, this is just a basic example of a court storm. On ESPN it states the following rule by the BIG 12 series (Southern College Basketball); When rules are not followed such as when safety of a player is compromised fines are implemented. When fans storm the court in victory they don't realize the risk they are putting on other people such as a security guard caught in the top right of the screen doing nothing to stop fans. This not only looks bad on the security, but the school as well. Another ESPN analyst suggested that it's not the safety of the home team they are necessarily worried about; it's the visiting team that is the concern. Put fans in your own shoes, a person would not want to injure there own star player, you'd rather push a visiting fan out of the way to catch up to your star player. The analyst is completely right it's not the safety of the home team necessarily but the visiting team that is the concern - this in result makes the security look bad because they could not prevent one home fan from completely bull rushing a visiting player. In conclusion, storming the court looks terrible on the security

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