Court storming is the latest hot button topic.
The debate over whether court storming should be banned in college basketball has gained traction following Kyle Filipowski’s injury at Wake Forest on Saturday.
ESPN’s Jay Bilas weighed in on the matter, suggesting that if the NCAA wanted to, it could put an immediate stop to court storming.
Bilas proposed a drastic measure, stating:
“If they wanted to stop it, they could stop it tomorrow… You don’t have to stop the court storming. One time, all you have to do is once they’re on the court, don’t let them off. Just say, ‘You’re all detained’ and give them all citations or arrest them if you want to. And then court stormings will stop the next day.”
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While this suggestion is extreme, college basketball fans have expressed their disapproval. Many find the idea of detaining or arresting fans for court storming excessive and disagreeable.
However, Bilas isn’t advocating for this extreme approach. Instead, he points out the role of the media in perpetuating the phenomenon. He highlighted how the media’s coverage of court storming images may inadvertently encourage such behavior.
“It was network policy not to show that because we didn’t want to encourage it. So what does that say about the way we in the media use these images now? We can’t deny that we encourage it. Or at least tacitly approve of it,” Bilas remarked.
Indeed, Bilas’s remarks shed light on the complex relationship between media coverage and fan behavior, raising questions about responsibility and influence.
