Security at the gate

[78pony]

Incidents like the Boston Marathon bombings have caused universities and athletic departments across the country to review their security during their events. Like all sports teams, SMU wants to provide a secure environment for our fans and guests, so they enjoy a great game. To do that, we looked at best practices across the country. Our bag check and wanding protocol is a result of that review, as well the result of a request from SMU’s Board of Trustees.

Thanks for your feedback, though. We’ll pass it on to our security team. We’re always trying to improve and streamline the process.

Like most things we do, fail. Why not this treatment last year as the Boston Marathon incident was in April of 2013 (hint, at least 6 months to determine how to overreact before first game).

Really, of all the events and venues one could think of and an SMU anything (fill in the blank) is the decision?

The wand guy doing this in the line I went through in first two games was slow, untrained, and ...(better stop here).

Continuing in our mission to fail, why the new intro still? Did it not register with the powers that be the first game that this did nothing to excite the crowd. Huge dilemma. Oh wait...maybe we just go back to last years and do a bit of editing. Old and effective beats new and bad all the time in my book. Should be a 24 hour fix.

I guess we must have cut a real deal with Ben E Keith. Budweiser and AB products. Last year we had Miller Lite, along with the aforementioned. A choice was given the good folks of Moodyville. But no, let's take the money and short our customers who may not like AB products. Some, including myself, get a raging headache within 5 minutes of consuming a Bud product. I don't know about the other "non-Bud" selections but was my seatmates and I were fine with Lite.

After 36 years of personal involvement, I should be resigned to the fact that we like to model ourselves after the big and better programs when it comes to fluff, but when it comes to figuring out how to put a consistent winner on the field/court, we turn our heads and think we have our own better way.

[AustinPerson]

The intense security lines are SMU's way of paying tribute to George Bush's public policy.

[NY Pony]

This is stupid. Nothing bad has or will happened at an SMU game. And I have little faith the screening process will improve.

Except for losing. That almost always will it seems...

[ParkyPony]

Incidents like the Boston Marathon bombings have caused universities and athletic departments across the country to review their security during their events. Like all sports teams, SMU wants to provide a secure environment for our fans and guests, so they enjoy a great game. To do that, we looked at best practices across the country. Our bag check and wanding protocol is a result of that review, as well the result of a request from SMU’s Board of Trustees.

Thanks for your feedback, though. We’ll pass it on to our security team. We’re always trying to improve and streamline the process.

I asked the question at the very first game and was told by both a SMU staffer AND a police officer that it was put into place by the university as a part risk management's assessment of potential increase in insurance costs'.

[NastyStang]

Incidents like the Boston Marathon bombings have caused universities and athletic departments across the country to review their security during their events. Like all sports teams, SMU wants to provide a secure environment for our fans and guests, so they enjoy a great game. To do that, we looked at best practices across the country. Our bag check and wanding protocol is a result of that review, as well the result of a request from SMU’s Board of Trustees.

Thanks for your feedback, though. We’ll pass it on to our security team. We’re always trying to improve and streamline the process.

If this is the mantra, you need to take a look at your security vendor. The wait is forever and when you get to the wand guy, he waves it around like a 6 year old picking up a new toy.

[lwjr]

Incidents like the Boston Marathon bombings have caused universities and athletic departments across the country to review their security during their events. Like all sports teams, SMU wants to provide a secure environment for our fans and guests, so they enjoy a great game. To do that, we looked at best practices across the country. Our bag check and wanding protocol is a result of that review, as well the result of a request from SMU’s Board of Trustees.

Thanks for your feedback, though. We’ll pass it on to our security team. We’re always trying to improve and streamline the process.

If this is the mantra, you need to take a look at your security vendor. The wait is forever and when you get to the wand guy, he waves it around like a 6 year old picking up a new toy.

I'm sure you are not aware but the wand wavers flunked the TSA employee test. This is like their version of the developmental league