US EditionNo. 14 Texas Tech Is Banning Tortilla-Throwing Tradition at Football Games
Texas Tech ends tortilla tossing after Big 12 imposed $100,000 fines and 15-yard penalties to prevent game disruptions and protect team performance.
- On Oct. 20, Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt announced the university will ban fans from throwing tortillas at home opening kickoffs beginning Oct. 25, when it hosts Oklahoma State at Jones AT&T Stadium.
- With the Big 12 Conference threatening in-game penalties and $100,000 fines, Texas Tech drew two 15-yard penalties and was fined $25,000 after the Oct. 11 Kansas game.
- Fans entering the stadium will be instructed to discard tortillas or hand them to ushers, and anyone caught throwing tortillas will lose ticket privileges for the academic year.
- Hocutt said the move is aimed at preventing fan actions from penalizing the Texas Tech football team as it pursues the Big 12 championship and College Football Playoff, adding `So simply, we cannot risk letting our actions penalize our football team.`
- The tradition, which began in the late 1980s–early 1990s, grew as this season's program rise, and Kirby Hocutt initially defended it as the lone dissenting vote among Big 12 athletic directors.
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