Game day sign security?

Submitted by umichjenks on

I have a sign I want to bring into the game day area and was wondering if they check the sign for innapropriateness.  Also, if they do (I'm assuming they do) what are ways around this?  There will be no swear words on the sign, but I really want to get the sign on TV.  

 

Would it be too obvious if I covered up the sign with a generic Go Blue and then tore it off after I got into the area?

NFG

September 6th, 2013 at 8:43 PM ^

They have these guys walking around that do take signs if they are very inappropriate, or someone's phone number or a crude cut out.

Come On Down

September 6th, 2013 at 8:52 PM ^

USA Today actually wrote an article about Gameday earlier this week. Here's part of the article relevant to your question:

no vulgar signs, no throwing objects, no religious signs and no political signs, among others. ESPN’s security team culls through the signs, removing one for every five that pass muster.

JR's Flow

September 6th, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^

I went to gameday the last time and I had the tremendous sign with photo of the touchdown Jesus with photos of Michigan players, the gameday guys, and nd people , and they took it among others that had religious attributes. I think you'll be good if it doesn't have religion or profanity.

WichitanWolverine

September 6th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^

Back in '07 we brought a sign in for the Penn State game that was fairly innocuous. They read it at the gate and let us in. But my roommate "snuck" a marker in as well. The front of the sign was an acrostic "A Bad Choice (ABC) of words, Holtz" since the day before Lou gave his pseudo-locker room speech to Penn State saying they would win.

Anyway, halfway through the 3rd quarter my roommate wrote on the back something about Paterno eating dirty butthole and held the sign up with the vulgar side facing the fans behind us. Yes it was incredibly immature but we still got some good laughter from our fellow students. And security never caught on.

Moral of the story: write something harmless on it, bring it inside, and then go to work.