After apologizing for the treatment of visiting Brigham Young during a Sept. 27 game in Boulder, the University of Colorado is making changes that will impact students attending games at Folsom Field.
Several CU Boulders students were heard chanting “F—k the Mormons," along with other hateful statements, during the BYU game.
The next day, CU’s chancellor and the university’s athletic director released a joint statement condemning the chant, calling the behavior “deeply disappointing.”
Related: University of Colorado Issues Apology to BYU for Students' Anti-Mormon Chant
Nonetheless, the Big 12 Conference fined Colorado and dealt it a “public reprimand” last week, citing its "zero tolerance policy for such behavior."
As reported by ABC affiliate KMGH in Denver, the CU athletics athletic department announced the changes Monday. They are aimed at improving the fan experience and will go into effect during the Buffaloes game Saturday against Iowa State.
Among the change, per KMGH's Oscar Contrerass:
- CU Boulder will increase security personnel and security response teams throughout the stadium — both inside and outside Folsom Field — including in the student section.
- Undercover police officers will also be embedded in various sections throughout the stadium “for immediate removals,” a spokesperson for CU Athletics said in a news release.
- New technology will be installed “to proactively monitor behavior” that goes against CU’s Fan Code of Conduct.
- Violations of the code will result in the immediate removal of unruly students and possible loss of ticket privileges for the remainder of the season, the spokesperson said.
“Disruptive behavior, including foul, abusive, obscene or discriminatory language or gestures, as well as throwing items will result in immediate removal from the stadium. This can include entire rows or even sections if the disruptive behavior persists,” CU Athletics officials said Monday.
The Daily Camera in Boulder reported Tuesday that CU to post undercover cops in Folsom stands to curb "foul, abusive, obscene" behavior.
The day the Big 12 issued its punishment, Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders stated, “Our kids are phenomenal, so don't indict us just based on a group of young kids that probably was intoxicated and high simultaneously," as reported by KMGH.
