Promoting Sportsmanship: End College Basketball Court Storming

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:03 - I've seen all the talking heads give all their ideas

00:06 over the last couple of days.

00:08 It's a very tough thing to do,

00:10 but there's gotta be something done

00:11 'cause Filipowski gets hurt

00:13 in the process of it happening on Saturday.

00:15 - Yeah, I'm really happy that Kyle's not hurt badly.

00:18 And obviously, look what we would have missed

00:20 over the last month if Kaitlyn had been injured.

00:22 We would have missed her breaking

00:25 the career women's NCAA scoring record.

00:28 We would have missed her chasing Lynette Woodard

00:30 for the all-time major conference women's scoring record.

00:34 We would have missed her taking a shot

00:36 at another NCAA tournament in Final Four, et cetera.

00:39 And so, when I see,

00:43 I always remember Kenyon Martin

00:45 and how innocuous the collision he had

00:48 in the 2000 Conference USA tournament was

00:51 with an opponent from St. Louis,

00:53 and it turned out he broke his leg in two places.

00:56 And so, either one of these instances

00:58 could have produced something like that.

01:01 And we're fortunate, blessed, honestly,

01:03 that it didn't turn out that way.

01:06 So, I think the thing to do is you don't allow it to happen.

01:10 And it's not that hard to solve it.

01:13 In reality, they haven't been trying.

01:16 Even the fines are now, in the places where it is fined,

01:19 especially the SEC has a very high standard

01:24 for fines relative to court or field storming.

01:28 Even that is looked at as basically a marketing expense.

01:31 Hey, look how cool this place is when we win a big game.

01:35 So, I think the way to stop it is that if you storm the court,

01:40 there are serious consequences,

01:43 whether to the stormers or to the team,

01:45 and then it'll stop.

01:47 And my point always has been,

01:50 I'm huge on having fun at sporting events.

01:53 I do it myself.

01:54 I don't just cover them.

01:55 I am a fan of particular teams,

01:58 and I go to their games and I enjoy them.

02:00 But I don't need to be on the floor to enjoy them.

02:03 The fans at Allen Fieldhouse never storm,

02:06 and they have the best time.

02:08 Mackey Arena, same thing.

02:09 So, you can get away without storming the floor

02:13 and still have a fabulous night

02:15 when Wake Forest beats Duke,

02:16 or Ohio State women beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa women,

02:20 and on down the line.

02:22 (upbeat music)

02:24 [MUSIC]

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