Entire Tennessee and Kentucky teams hit with unsportsmanlike conduct penalties

The entire Tennessee Volunteers and Kentucky Wildcats football teams were just hit with unsportsmanlike conduct penalties.

In a scrum near mid-field during which there were no punches thrown and things never actually escalated into an ugly brawl, the referees of the Tennessee Volunteers and Kentucky Wildcats game at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky would still have none of it.

The scrum took place after a touchback in the first quarter between two SEC teams that have been fairly irrelevant this season anyway, so it may even be a stretch to say pride was at stake in this “brawl that wasn’t”.

But as referenced above, the lack patience of the referees was shown as a result of this occurrence, as they decided that every player on both teams somehow deserved an unsportsmanlike conduct foul because of it, and so the fouls were issued to every single player on both teams.

Here is how the head official made the call to penalize every Tennessee and Kentucky player.

What this means is that if any player on either team is charged with an unsportsmanlike conduct foul in any of the remaining three quarters of the game, they will be disqualified from the game and not allowed to continue playing.

But, let’s say a similar situation arises and the referees decide every single player on both teams is deserving of a penalty. After all, seeing as how the referees decided to penalize every player in the game over something that wasn’t even a fight, there is a reason to believe they don’t have high tolerance levels. How will the game

be decided? Fans took to Twitter to joke about the situation.

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So far, the game is, in fact, still going with many of the starters still in and most bench players still on the bench. The Wildcats lead the Volunteers by a score of 14-6 early in the second quarter.