How much do goalposts cost?

[Tiorted Snoil]

seems a lot goes into defending those things at the end of games lately. It's probably more dangerous for the cops and secuity guards that get trampled than the drunks that climb up on them. Seems like it would be better to let the drunks take them down then try some futile attempt to hold them off.

I read somewhere where they suggested electrifying them...kinda like an electric fence. that'd be funny to watch.

[magnus]

About $5000

[BearBryant]

Start charging for damages to people involved. People are warned that entering the field is trespassing. Pretty stupid 'tradition' anyway.

[chipshot]

They should either make them out of iron or nerf.

[Coops Greatest Fan]

K-State has "unbreakable" ones that cost I believe $10,000 a piece or maybe for the set. They aren't suppose to come down, but I believe in either 1998 or 2000 one came down after we beat Nebraska. The company came to Manhattan to check out how it came down and actually replaced it for free. I'll do some more research on it when I get a chance.

[magnus]

probably came up out of the ground after enough pressure's on it. I dunno what kind of idiot it takes to go up and hang on the side posts up top but those guys are pretty vital.

[mathmajors]

State is selling 1-foot sections for $103. Hmmmmm.

[Coops Greatest Fan]

PURDUE COULDN'T DO IT BUT WE DID

GO CATS

K-State: We want the posts back

Charle Sioux Charleton and Ned Seaton

Staff Writer



Not only did Kansas State overcome decades of history in beating Nebraska - Wildcat fans Saturday night overcame the laws of physics themselves.

Well, sort of.

The north-end goalpost that fans tore down after KSU's big win was made of steel - and was guaranteed not to break, said Jim
Muller, assistant director of Bramlage Coliseum.

KSU quietly erected the special indestructible $29,000 goalposts the week of Oct. 31, when the Wildcats were playing at Kansas, said Bob Cavello, assistant athletic director. He said KSU figured that fans would try to rip down the goalposts if the 'Cats beat Nebraska, and didn't want to see anybody injured as a result.

But the university kept the whole thing hush-hush, Cavello said - among other things, KSU didn't want to provide any extra motivation for Nebraska players by appearing to assume that KSU was going to win the game.

"We had a lot of respect for Nebraska," Cavello said. "We didn't want to provide any bulletin board material for them."

The goalposts replaced a $4,000 set that was put up after fans ripped down others after last year's win over Colorado.

"We decided to try to find a goalpost company that would guarantee that their product would not come down," Cavello said.

KSU landed on a company called Merchants Environmental Inc. of Chicago that produced the $29,000 pair. Company officials have
apparently tested and re-tested the product, and were stunned to learn of Saturday's destruction, which took more than a half-hour of work by the horde at the stadium.

"They can't believe it would happen," Cavello said.

Because of the guarantee, the company will send representatives here later this week - and reimburse KSU for the cost of the repair
or replacement, Cavello said.

What's left of the north-end goalpost remained this morning on the roof of Rusty's Last Chance in Aggieville. "Last night some
people came over to see the uprights, but they were stopped," said Pete Anderson, manager at Rusty's.

There were plans to mount the goalpost, with chains and straps, and to paint the year, the date and the score of the game - make it a permanent exhibit at Rusty's.

But Anderson said as they were working on the goal post today, police showed up to inform them that K-State wants the goal post
back.

"They're kind of our property," Charlie Thomas, director of Bramlage, said with a laugh.

Will they be repaired or replaced? Thomas wasn't sure - "We understand they've been, ah, customized a little this weekend."

The feat by KSU fans to bring them down was noteworthy. Two years ago, Purdue University bought a similar pair from MEI
that, so far, have held up. "They've been tested twice," said Bob Hallas, superintendent of outdoor athletic facilities at Purdue. "Last year the students tried to take them down after
two games, but they were unsuccessful."

Hallas said he saw the K-State goalpost come down on television following the game Saturday, adding, "I think it's good that K-State beat Nebraska. It was long-deserved."

Here is what I could come up with regarding our goalposts at K-State. Looks like they cost the University $29,000 for the set and that would have been back in 1998. Funny how there wasn't even anyone that attempted to take the goalposts down after we beat them this year.

[Coops Greatest Fan]

Originally posted by mathmajors
State is selling 1-foot sections for $103. Hmmmmm.

K-State sold pieces of the old turf when we got new stuff before this season. I got a piece with the Powercat stamped on it and then it was attached to a nice plaque with the history of K-State football when that turf was down.

[Coops Greatest Fan]

Found this article on Yahoo.com about the goalposts as well. Article says it took an hour and a half to take them down, but it really was only 34 minutes.

Schools installing fan-proof posts for safety (http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news/ap/20021127/ap-fan-proofposts.html)