Supporting Georgia Tech from the stands at a home game apparently got two fans escorted out of the stadium.
The Yellow Jackets lost to Louisville 44-17 on Saturday, their fourth defeat in a row. The loss was followed by a viral video showing stadium security leading two Georgia Tech fans away. The university athletics department apologized two days later.
Georgia Tech said it learned of the incident and began looking into what happened. A senior athletics staff member contacted the fans on Sunday to apologize, the statement said. The department added that the fan experience is a priority and acknowledged that its procedures for handling complaints inside the stadium had been applied incorrectly.
In the video, filmed during the game, the person recording asks an officer whether the fans are being removed because they were standing. The officer says they had been asked to sit down. The person filming also says the fans are university alumni.
One detail that drew attention: the fans appeared to be in the last row of their section, with no one seated directly behind them whose view could have been blocked.
Georgia Tech is 2-7 and near the bottom of the ACC standings. In that context, the incident made an already rough season look worse—especially if the fans were asked to leave simply for standing and cheering.
