BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southeastern Conference announced that the University of Tennessee will be fined due to fans entering the field following the game against Alabama, according to a release.
UT will receive a fine of $100,000 for a second offense under the league's access to competition area policy. Tennessee was last fined for a violation following a basketball game against Florida in 2006, the SEC said.
The policy states that "access to competition areas shall be limited to participating student-athletes, coaches, officials, support personnel and properly-credentialed individuals at all times. For the safety of participants... at no time during or after a contest shall spectators be permitted to enter the competition area."
Fines taxed against schools for violation of the access to competition area policy are deposited into the SEC Post-Graduate Scholarship Fund, according to the SEC.