Rush No More

Note: This posting was published as a letter to the editor in the Tuesday, January 31st, 2006 issue of the Daily Iowan

Ladies and gentlemen, the floor now belongs solely to the players. In response to Chad Aldeman and Jayne Lady’s debate on rushing the court, there is now but one answer, stay in your seats. The Big Ten has promised a fine of up to $10,000 to a team with three offenses, a fine that would easily wipe out the revenue produced by the increased number of sellouts this year. Putting aside the fact that it is absurd to fine a school for its students’ enthusiasm, I am personally all in favor of rushing the court, and did so at the Illinois and Indiana games, both of which were called for. The Illinois game was an upset of an undefeated team, so no one can argue that we as a crowd should not have been down there; and for those of you who thought that rushing at the Indiana game was unnecessary, then you obviously were not there. I have had season tickets for three years, and the Indiana game featured one of the loudest, upbeat, creative crowds I have ever been a part of. Whether you think it should or should not be done, we as students can’t go on the Carver floor for the remainder of the season (barring the greatest game ever played). The only court that should be rushed now is the one in Indianapolis in March.