Big 12 fines UCF $100,000, enacts new anti-harassment policy after BYU incident
October 29, 2026 at 2:01 AM MT · via The Salt Lake Tribune · Summarized by Mormon News from original reporting
The Big 12 Conference fined the University of Central Florida $100,000 for anti-Latter-day-Saint chants heard during the Knights' upset victory over BYU on the field. The conference simultaneously announced a new institutional policy for addressing and penalizing similar incidents, signaling heightened enforcement around religious and targeted harassment during athletic events.
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