Colorado Football Fined $50K for ‘Hateful’ Chants from Fans During Loss to BYU

Colorado fans crossed the line in Saturday’s game against No. 25 BYU, and the school is now paying the price.

On Tuesday, the Big 12 announced a $50,000 fine and a public reprimand for Colorado due to the inappropriate chants from fans during the game.

“Hateful and discriminatory language has no home in the Big 12 Conference,” commissioner Brett Yormark said in a statement. “While we appreciate Colorado apologizing for the chants that occurred in the stands during Saturday’s game, the Big 12 maintains zero tolerance for such behavior.”

Colorado chancellor Justin Schwartz and athletic director Rick George issued a statement on Sunday condemning the behavior of the fans.

“The University of Colorado Boulder strongly condemns the use of expletives and religious slurs by individuals in the stands during the recent football game against BYU,” the statement said, per Brent Schrotenboer of USA Today. “Such behavior is deeply disappointing and does not reflect the values of respect, inclusion and integrity we expect of our campus community.”

The statement added that “those found to have engaged in conduct that is not consistent with our values are held accountable.”

Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders said he was unaware of the inappropriate chants as his team suffered a 24-21 loss to fall to 2-3 this season.

“I don’t know anything about no chants,” Sanders said after the game.

Colorado will try to bounce back from the loss to BYU when it travels to face TCU (3-1) in a road matchup on Saturday.

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