SEC considering drastic proposal to curb field-storming

The SEC will soon vote on a motion that it hopes will deter schools from allowing fans to storm the field after huge wins.

Per The Athletic's Seth Emerson, "One possibility ... is taking away home games" from schools where fans storm the field.

The proposal is the most drastic action the conference has considered to stop fans from storming the field following big Ws. Currently, schools are fined what amounts to pennies for these infractions.

The conference is likely trying to prevent incidents like the one involving Alabama's Jermain Burton at Tennessee last October. Video showed Burton strike a woman in the head who ran onto the field, explaining afterward that he felt threatened at the moment. Head coach Nick Saban backed his player. 

"He was scared. I was scared. Some of our other players were scared," said Saban when defending his decision not to suspend Burton. 

It could have led to something much worse and it's reasonable for the SEC to be proactive in attempting to avoid things escalating to another degree in the future.

Then again, Emerson reminds us that "Coaches and administrators, the same ones who voted for the existing fines, hang pictures of storming events in their offices."

They're a source of pride as much as they are a source of consternation. The SEC's reported plan also leads to several questions.

For instance, how many fans constitute "storming the field?" Will one lonely streaker running onto the field after a game be enough to impact a game two years down the line? What about a "field-storming" such as this one at Kansas seven years ago?