Law, Business and Society 11th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 47

Former North Carolina State University basketball stars Tom Gugliotta and Chris Corchiani were ejected from North Carolina State's arena during a 2012 game with Florida State University. Referee Karl Hess asked a police officer to eject the two men who were seated immediately behind the scorer's table. Hess said he requested the ejections because of excessive demonstration by the two men that incited the crowd. Both men said they had not used inappropriate language. The Atlantic Coast Conference reprimanded Hess for not following conference protocol in the incident. Home game management officials rather than a security officer should have been involved in ejecting the fans. Does the First Amendment protect speech uttered at sporting events Explain.