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SEC announces fine for South Carolina following Kentucky court-storming incident
By Keith Farner
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The SEC is out with a fine for South Carolina after Tuesday night’s upset win over Kentucky in Columbia.
South Carolina will have to pay a fine of $100,000 for a first offense under the league’s revised access to competition area policy that was adopted at the SEC Spring Meetings in 2023.
The policy states that “institutions shall limit access to competition areas to participating student-athletes, coaches, officials, support personnel and properly credentialed or authorized individuals at all times. For the safety of participants and spectators alike, at no time before, during or after a contest may spectators enter the competition area.”
The Gamecocks have had a special run against the Wildcats in recent years. This time, it was against the No. 6 in the land. It was South Carolina’s second straight win over the Wildcats. It’s the first time the Gamecocks have won back-to-back meetings vs. UK since they won 3 in a row in 2009-10.
Fines range from $100,000 for a first offense, $250,000 for a second offense and $500,000 for a third and subsequent offenses.
For SEC games, fines are paid to the opposing institution. For non-conference contests, fines levied against schools for violation of the access to competition area policy are deposited into the SEC Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
