Tossing Dead Animals At Games
The rivalry between USD and Augie has a lot of tradition, including the shocking toss of a dead coyote out onto the basketball court. It happened last year at the Sioux Falls Arena and some are predicting it'll happen again, but this this time arena officials are promising tougher consequences.
It's as much of a tradition as the rivalry itself.
"I think it's pretty funny, I mean as far as sportsmanship where that stands," said Pam Hoffmann.
Hoffmann is a sophomore at Augustana College. She and Alyssa Herrig are both members of the what's called the Augie-holics, student based fans who cheer on the basketball team.
"I think it's pretty disgusting, I know it can be disrespectful," said Herrig.
Arena officials are treating tonight's big game just like any other major event, only security will specifically be looking for anyone trying to sneak in a dead coyote.
"It's embarrassing it happened in this facility, but they worked hard to get it in last year, we're going to try and keep it out this year," said DeCurtins.
Last year the student who got caught tossing the coyote was turned over to the college to be punished, this year, anyone caught throwing an animal will be turned over to police and charged with disorderly conduct.
Executive director, Russ DeCurtins says that may seem a little harsh, but the arena is public facility.
"I don't know why anyone would expect us to treat these fans or customers any different than we do a rock concert or anything else and we don't tolerate it for those and we're not going to tolerate it for this either."
But fans we talked with say, the tradition of tossing dead animals, will live on.
"I don't know if they have one, but I know there's been talk," said Hoffman.
The charge of disorderly conduct carries a maximum punishment of 30 days in jail and a $500 fine.
It's as much of a tradition as the rivalry itself.
"I think it's pretty funny, I mean as far as sportsmanship where that stands," said Pam Hoffmann.
Hoffmann is a sophomore at Augustana College. She and Alyssa Herrig are both members of the what's called the Augie-holics, student based fans who cheer on the basketball team.
"I think it's pretty disgusting, I know it can be disrespectful," said Herrig.
Arena officials are treating tonight's big game just like any other major event, only security will specifically be looking for anyone trying to sneak in a dead coyote.
"It's embarrassing it happened in this facility, but they worked hard to get it in last year, we're going to try and keep it out this year," said DeCurtins.
Last year the student who got caught tossing the coyote was turned over to the college to be punished, this year, anyone caught throwing an animal will be turned over to police and charged with disorderly conduct.
Executive director, Russ DeCurtins says that may seem a little harsh, but the arena is public facility.
"I don't know why anyone would expect us to treat these fans or customers any different than we do a rock concert or anything else and we don't tolerate it for those and we're not going to tolerate it for this either."
But fans we talked with say, the tradition of tossing dead animals, will live on.
"I don't know if they have one, but I know there's been talk," said Hoffman.
The charge of disorderly conduct carries a maximum punishment of 30 days in jail and a $500 fine.
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