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Former North Carolina defensive end Beau Atkinson commits to Ohio State.
Ohio Stadium's upgrades will debut this Saturday night against Virginia Tech. Increased seating and permanent lights are some of the cooler features, but a certain graph from a 10TV article set off an internet fury earlier today:
Here's the new policy in full. pic.twitter.com/dX9Ac69aVW
— Suz (@OhhSuzannah) September 2, 2014
Texting BRUTUS to 69050 is nothing new, but the part about snitching on fans for standing — as opposed to drunken obnoxiousness or abusive language — was something new entirely.
Naturally, this didn't sit well with some very important people:
whelp, I guess someone will be texting complaints about me and I'll get thrown out of game-I bet @The_SHOE_OSU doesn't mind if we stand.
— Shelley meyer (@spinnershells) September 3, 2014
Ohio State, however, wants you to know: standing is still permitted.
1/3 Clarification per Mike Penner, Sr. Assoc. AD : "Fans will be able to stand and cheer-on the Buckeyes as they always have." More ...
— Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) September 3, 2014
2/3 Penner continued: Individuals can text if they are experiencing issues with fan(s) around them. Nothing new. More
— Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) September 3, 2014
3/3 Penner continued: Fans can stand all they want. No policy exists that prevents standing. http://t.co/XCU7rKX6cu #GoBucks
— Ohio State Buckeyes (@OhioStAthletics) September 3, 2014
So there you have it, folks. CHEER ON THE BUCKEYES AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE.
