{"id":441058,"date":"2026-10-29T01:50:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/441058\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T01:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T01:50:26","slug":"ucf-fined-100000-by-big-12-for-discriminatory-chants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/441058\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF fined $100,000 by Big 12 for discriminatory chants"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Big 12<\/a> fined UCF<\/a> $100,000 for anti-religious chants from fans during Saturday\u2019s BYU football game.<\/p>\n

BYU is founded and guided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).<\/p>\n

Warnings were issued throughout the game on the scoreboard at Acrisure Bounce House Stadium<\/a> and from the public address announcer and security was dispatched throughout the stadium to remove individuals participating in those chants.<\/p>\n

While issuing the fine, the Big 12 acknowledged that the school had pregame protocols in place and took immediate action during the game, including removing individuals responsible for the chants: \u201cdiscriminatory behavior has no place in the Big 12.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fine will go toward student education initiatives.<\/p>\n

UCF released a statement to the Sentinel saying, \u201cAfter becoming aware of the conference\u2019s decision, we will be reviewing our options.\u201d<\/p>\n

UCF went on to beat then-No. 2 BYU, 39-31<\/a>, in double overtime, sending fans streaming onto the field in celebration. The conference did not fine the school for the field storming, citing proper protocol to allow the opposing team a safe, secure exit from the field.<\/p>\n

The Big 12 also announced it was implementing an updated conference-wide policy for discriminatory conduct at athletic events.<\/p>\n

Part of that policy includes: a minimum $100,000 fine for a confirmed first incident during a game; a formal warning will be issued, providing the institution an opportunity to address the behavior; a second confirmed incident during a game will result in an in-game penalty such as a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty (football) or two-shot technical foul (basketball) and may result in an additional $500,000 fine; and individuals ejected for discriminatory conduct will be prohibited from attending athletics events for the remainder of the academic year.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time unruly fans have targeted BYU with chants, with reported incidents at Colorado State (Sept. 19) and Cincinnati, Oklahoma State and Colorado last season.<\/p>\n

Please find me on X, Bluesky or Instagram at @osmattmurschel. Email: mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com<\/a>. Sign up for the Sentinel\u2019s Knights Weekly<\/a> newsletter for a roundup of all our UCF coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Big 12 fined UCF $100,000 for anti-religious chants from fans during Saturday\u2019s BYU football game. BYU is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[111,28,114,1335,139,141,140,76046,110,3865],"class_list":["post-441058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-college-sports","tag-florida","tag-latest-headlines","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-social-sports","tag-sports","tag-ucf-knights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}