I covered Tech bball for the 'Nique one year including our game at the (then) Omni vs Michigan. I was courtside and at some point yelled when we made a good play. They were gonna toss me but I talked my way out of it - played the student card.
You absolutely cannot cheer if you are wearing a press pass.
The foreign press are absolutely puzzled by this when they come over to cover the Masters. But American writers are mostly silent in the press box, other than, hey, if you're getting up to get a beer, get me one too, couldya? (Press area at the Masters has free beer)
Chip is also the reason Steve Wyche is on the NFL Network. AJC sports editor at the time hired Wyche, who he was buddies with, and put him on Georgia beat. Towers, then working for Athens Banner-Herald, was kicking his ass so bad on the beat they had to move him to the Falcons, where there was no competition. So Wyche started covering the NFL that way.
I wonder if Georgia has a tiered system for punishment with these driving offenses:
5 star - a stern talking to, delivered to your agent
4 star - write five times I won't do that again
3 star - Oklahoma drills for a practice period
2 star - lose one level on depth chart
walk on - well, if your daddy or granddaddy has an athletic scholarship named after him, you have to clean up the practice field. If not, go run stadium steps.