Is College Basketball Becoming too Dangerous?

After Duke lost to Virginia, the fans ran onto the court to celebrate before the Duke players and coaching staff were able to get off the court. Coach K did not like this one bit. He is concerned about the safety of his team and staff. This is what he had to say in a press conference via Raleigh News and Observer:

"Whatever you’re doing, you need to get the team off first. Look, celebrate, have fun, obviously you won, that’s cool. Just get our team off the court and our coaching staff before students come on.
Look do you know how close you are to, just put yourself in the position of one of our players or coaches. I’m not saying any fan did this, but the potential is there all the time for a fan to just go up to you and say, "Coach you’re a,” or push you or hit you. And what do you do? What if you did something? That would be the story. We deserve that type of protection."

I would have to agree with Coach K. In high school I was a student athletic trainer and I saw this often with not only basketball teams, but football teams as well. This can create a dangerous environment for players and coaches of the losing team. They are so accessible at that moment it would take more than what stadiums or arenas can do to stop hundreds of fans from attacking the other team.

Safety should be the number one priority for every situation. We want to make our country a safer place...this includes college sports. It only takes one major issue to bring that into the light. So, why wait for that to happen? Prevent the issues from happening at all.