Ohio lawmaker introduces bill to make planting flag at OSU stadium a felony
The Big Ten Conference penalized Ohio State University and the University of Michigan with $100,000 for postgame brawls that broke out on the field on Saturday.
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A Ohio lawmaker introduced a bill to make planting a flag at the center of Ohio Stadium at Ohio State University a felony
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The bill is in response to a skirmish that broke out after the Michigan-OSU rivalry game when the Wolverines beat the Buckeyes
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Each school as fined $100,000 for the fight
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A Ohio lawmaker introduced a bill to make planting a flag at the center of Ohio Stadium at Ohio State University a felony
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The bill is in response to a skirmish that broke out after the Michigan-OSU rivalry game when the Wolverines beat the Buckeyes
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Each school as fined $100,000 for the fight
(FOX 2):A crime? Because they put a flag on their field? Ohio, hurry up.
It seems that Ohio State University is still upset over the rivalry loss and is still in pain from that heartbreaking defeat to the University of Michigan.
The controversy surrounding the Wolverine football players’ effort to place their flag in the middle of the field at the conclusion of the UM-OSU game is still being discussed, this time in the Ohio Assembly.
The Ohio penal code would be amended by House Bill 700 to make it illegal to place a flagpole and a flag in the middle of Horseshoe Stadium.
appropriately titled the O.H.I.O. Sportsmanship “No person shall plant a flagpole with a flag attached to it in the center of the football field at Ohio stadium of the Ohio state university on the day of a college football competition, whether before, during, or after the competition,” . “Whoever violates this section is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.”
State Representative Josh Williams, who graduated with a J.D. from the University of Toledo’s law school, introduced it.
After a short review of the brawl film, the Big Ten Conference decided to sanction each school $100,000 for their involvement in the altercation.
A bill this serious is unlikely to pass any committee. On Tuesday, it was first presented.
despite being the underdogs in “The Game,” thanks to Kalel Mullings’ outstanding running performance and a solid defense.
However, the subsequent altercation, in which police officers deployed pepper spray to break up the fight, garnered more media attention. Punches were exchanged.
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