Arkansas will permit field rushing following a three-minute delay

[J4Bama]

Arkansas OK's field rushing -- after 3-minute delay

Arkansas will allow football fans to rush the field following big wins, but only after a delay so the Razorbacks can avoid hefty fines.

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I'm not a fan of storming the field, but if any program has earned that moment after the tough stretch they've endured, it's the Arkansas Razorbacks.

 

[PA Tide Fan]

If they'd somehow upset ND I just can't see the fans having the discipline to wait 3 minutes. If any mediocre team upsets a highly ranked team anywhere they're going to storm the field immediately, not wait.

 

[4Q Basket Case]

40,000 excited fans, many of whom are drunk, running around like they just won a war, tearing down goal posts....what could go wrong? Somebody's going to get hurt. Could be a player, a coach, a fan or a LEO. But somebody will get hurt or worse.

 

[Power Eye]

I know I'm in the minority on this, but I've never been opposed to rushing the field. I know there is some level of danger to it for both the fans and the players, and I'm sure there have been some incidents that can be pointed to as to why it's bad, but for the most part, it's always been the fans run onto the field and celebrate with the winning team and leave the other team alone, at least physically. I do think it's gotten out of hand at the frequency at which fans started rushing the field, but to me it's part of the tradition of the game. With that said, I'm glad we have not done it, at least not to my recollection.

 

[CB4]

40,000 excited fans, many of whom are drunk, running around like they just won a war, tearing down goal posts....what could go wrong? Somebody's going to get hurt. Could be a player, a coach, a fan or a LEO. But somebody will get hurt or worse.

I’m just wondering (I’m not lawyer, didn’t play one on TV nor slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night) if the University is actually putting itself in a situation of even greater liability by condoning it?

 

[4Q Basket Case]

I’m just wondering (I’m not lawyer, didn’t play one on TV nor slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night) if the University is actually putting itself in a situation of even greater liability by condoning it?

I'm no lawyer either. But I think your suspicions are correct. I can't believe the UArk general counsel blessed this.

 

[JayBama_in_PCOLA]

Might as well just say go home.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I’m just wondering (I’m not lawyer, didn’t play one on TV nor slept at a Holiday Inn Express last night) if the University is actually putting itself in a situation of even greater liability by condoning it?

No doubt they are and don't think for one second this won't be brought up by a parent of a child who got severely injured during a field rush. They'll be writing a big fat check to those parents.

 

[stlimprov]

Why I don't care for spectators rushing the field:

The price of your ticket does not include admission to the field. The players, the cheerleaders, the band, et al. work their tails off long before that day every comes. That is the price of admission to the field.

 

[Tidewater]

There have been a few games in which the students thopught the game was over, only to discover that there was still a bit of time on the clock. (Arizone State vs BYU last year, BYU vs Utah a couple of years ago come to mind). Then the students need to be cleared off field so the game can finish.

Others have pointed out that the real issue is angry football players and drunk students interacting on the pitch. That is a recipe for unpleasantness.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

So arkie upsets texas, and fans rush the field, texas QB gets trampled and out for the season or career ending. Are they cool with the following lawsuits?

 

[lowend]

There have been a few games in which the students thopught the game was over, only to discover that there was still a bit of time on the clock. (Arizone State vs BYU last year, BYU vs Utah a couple of years ago come to mind). Then the students need to be cleared off field so the game can finish.

That should be an automatic forfeit for the home team.

 

[Bamabuzzard]

So arkie upsets texas, and fans rush the field, texas QB gets trampled and out for the season or career ending. Are they cool with the following lawsuits?

Could you imagine the lawsuits if something like this actually happened?! And the scary thing is, this could realistically happen. When students rush the field, the opposing teams are nowhere near being off the field. You also know a lot of the students are lit up on alcohol and think they're ten-foot-tall and bullet proof.

 

[Tidewater]

That should be an automatic forfeit for the home team.

In a just universe, that would be nice, but at the Bama-Vandy game last year, there were more Bama fans than Vandy fans so if the visiting fans rushed the field, Vandy, having won the game on the field, would have to forfeit post-facto.

 

[Tide&True]

I was wondering…does anyone remember the last time Alabama fans stormed the field in football? I know that to NOT storm the field is a source of pride for Bama fans (ie. “act like you’ve been there”)

 

[4Q Basket Case]

I was wondering…does anyone remember the last time Alabama fans stormed the field in football? I know that to NOT storm the field is a source of pride for Bama fans (ie. “act like you’ve been there”)

I didn't think it had ever happened. Then a while back someone posted some photos on TF of Alabama students hanging off a goal post. From the 70s, I think. Regardless, it's been a looooonnnnnggggg time, and we've had a bunch of huge wins since then with no storming.

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

40,000 excited fans, many of whom are drunk, running around like they just won a war, tearing down goal posts....what could go wrong? Somebody's going to get hurt. Could be a player, a coach, a fan or a LEO. But somebody will get hurt or worse.

This is an injury lawyer’s dream come true. Alexander Shunnarah’s billboards for this practically write themselves…

 

[Isaiah 63:1]

In a just universe, that would be nice, but at the Bama-Vandy game last year, there were more Bama fans than Vandy fans so if the visiting fans rushed the field, Vandy, having won the game on the field, would have to forfeit post-facto.

So are you arguing for or against this?

 

[Bazza]

Having to wait 3 minutes? Seems like it would be anti-climatic - no?

 

[mrusso]

This is a great idea. I don't see anything that could possibly go wrong. </blue font>