olemissrebels

A few notes up front: I love Ole Miss and hate State..

The SEC has had an artificial noisemaker rule for decades. A few years ago when Ole Miss’ Chancellor was serving as president of the SEC, the penalties for violating the rules were toughened. The problem is the officials on the field continue to ignore the rule and refuse to enforce it. I don’t know if its their choice or comes from the main office, but it is happening.

In 1997 while Ole Miss was attempting to remove the confederate battle flag from the stadium, it banned the sticks needed to wave them siting public safety. Fans are no longer allowed to smoke in the stands, again for public health concerns. Now news coming out of Starkville says that what is believed to be an assault on on MSU student by another using a cowbell because the assaultee had friends from Ole Miss with him.

When Ole Miss advocates for the enforcement of the rules, we are ignored because of school rivalries. But I doubt if you ask anyone from any other SEC school if they really like hearing 20-30k cowbells clinking, they would say no. Hopefully the other ten schools will grow a pair and band together to make sure the rules of the SEC are enforced.

If Ole Miss has learned any lesson from its own past, it knows that some traditions need to change. There is nothing stopping MSU fans and alumni from keeping their cowbells and passing them down, but they should be banned from sporting events.

http://www.nems360.com/pages/full_story/push?article-REPORT-+Cowbell+used+in+assault+incident%20&id=4991431-REPORT-+Cowbell+used+in+assault+incident&instance=home_news_bullets