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SEC issues fines to South Carolina, Vanderbilt after fans celebrate on field

AP photo by Mark Humphrey / Vanderbilt fans walk among celebrating players after the Commodores' 31-24 win over Florida in Saturday's matchup of SEC East teams in Nashville.
AP photo by Mark Humphrey / Vanderbilt fans walk among celebrating players after the Commodores' 31-24 win over Florida in Saturday's matchup of SEC East teams in Nashville. AP photo by Mark Humphrey / Vanderbilt fans walk among celebrating players after the Commodores' 31-24 win over Florida in Saturday's matchup of SEC East teams in Nashville.

By The Associated Press 2 min read

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Welcome to the club, South Carolina and Vanderbilt.

Those schools were fined by the Southeastern Conference on Sunday, a day after fans rushed their respective home fields to celebrate football victories.

The SEC docked Vanderbilt $250,000 for the school’s third violation of the league’s access to competition area rules. The Commodores won their second straight league game and broke an eight-game series losing streak with a 31-24 win over Florida on Saturday.

The SEC said this was Vanderbilt’s first violation since a men’s basketball win over Kentucky in February 2016.

South Carolina was fined $100,000 after Gamecocks fans filled the field to toast a 63-38 win over Tennessee, which was ranked fifth at the time and had only lost this season to top-ranked Georgia, the reigning national champion. The SEC said South Carolina was previously fined in 2014, after its men’s basketball team topped Kentucky.