SEC sets fine amounts for Mississippi State cowbell violations

What is this, now ringing cowbells in Starkville at the wrong time will cost Mississippi State major bucks. According to The Jackson Clarion-Ledger, the SEC has decided the first offense will cost the school $5,000, the second offense is a $25,000 penalty, and the third offense is worth $50,000. Cowbells can be used before a game, at halftime, during timeouts and after scores. Using the cowbell during the game action, which Mississippi State fans have done for years as a school symbol , would constitute a penalty. The fines will be per game in which a violation or violations occur, not per violation. The SEC has capped the fine structure at $50,000, and the first-offense fine will be reduced to $5,000 if Mississippi State goes three years without a violation. Yeah right, like that will happen. Some major questions still remain on this one-year trial experiment. Mainly, how will the SEC determine if a violation has occurred? Mississippi State AD Scott Stricklin told The Clarion-Ledger he expects the SEC representative assigned to each game and feedback from opposing schools will determine if there was a cowbell violation. So how much is too much cowbell? What's it take for there to be a violation during game action? One cowbell ringing? Two thousand cowbells ringing? Enough ringing that an offensive lineman says he can't hear the snap count? It's entirely subjective and alot of crap. Where were the fines in the World Football Cup "soccer", face it, it's soccer dudes. That noise was annoying! Non-stop noise.