UVA Bans Signs at All Sporting Events

[FishFanInPA]

The University of Virginia is enacting a new policy that bans all signs at its athletic events. The Charlottesville school notified students of the policy on Tuesday. Athletics department officials say the change is intended to support and promote sportsmanship in a positive game-day environment. It applies to football and basketball games, as well as all other athletics events. The new policy comes roughly a year after student David Becker was threatened with ejection from Scott Stadium during a football game for a sign that read "Fire Groh." Becker's homemade sign reflected a view of head football coach Al Groh. Becker was then informed that the sign violated a policy banning signs that contained derogatory comments or profanity, or impeded another guest's view of the field or cover any stadium signage.

Does your school have the same policy?

[bobbob1313]

I don't really have a problem with this. College basketball games can get pretty nasty, no reason to encourage it.

[Juanky]

This is really stupid and there's no justification for it in my opinion.

[JJ]

I find banning 'Fire Groh' signs sort of limiting a student's right to free speech and how he views the University's staff that he is help paying for.

Signs overall though, do suck.

If I never saw a ESPN acrostic sign in Cameron while I'm there in an area that no camera sees it would be great.