Mizzou Head Coach Dennis Gates said he wanted to celebrate the win with his fans, even if some others wanted them to stay away.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri was fined Monday, a day after defeating the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks at Mizzou Arena.
In a press release, the Southeastern Conference announced the $250,000 fine for a violations of the conference’s “access to competition area policy”. The money goes to the SEC Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund because it was a non-conference game.
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.”
It is Mizzou’s second violation of the SEC rules since they were instituted in 2023. The first was when football fans stormed the field after …