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Senior faces Big House
ban for tossing hot dogs
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HOT DOG From page 1A
a new level.
He went to the conces-
sion stand, bought 10 hot dogs,
returned to his seat and yelled,
"Who wants a hot dog?" He then
tossed the frankfurters into the
cheering crowd.
But every time Trztinski threw
a hot dog, he violated a University
Board of Regents' ordinance that
prohibits spectators from throw-
ing objects in the stands of Uni-
versity athletic events.
The penalty for violating the
ordinance is a fine of up to $50 and
a misdemeanor charge.
Trzcinski said that after this
year's game against Oregon,
an athletic department official
warned him that each hot dog
thrown would cost him $50 in
fines.
That could put an end to Trz-
cinski's antics.
"These hot dogs are expensive
enough," he said, referring to their
$3 price tags.
The fines might not be the only
price Trzcinski pays for throwing
another hot dog in Michigan Sta-
dium.
Trzcinski said he was told that
if he performs his halftime antics
again, he will lose his season tick-
ets and won't be allowed in the
stadium again.
Rob Rademacher, the Athletic
Department's facilities manager,
said this isn't necessarily true.
"We'd have to evaluate it,"
Rademacher said.
From the beginning, though,
Trzcinski has gotten introuble for
his routine.
He said he was immediately
escorted after throwing hot dogs
during the fateful Iowa game,
amid cheers of "let him stay" and
"hot dogman."
Getting away with throw-
ing more hot dogs won't be easy,
though.
At the latest home game against
Penn State University, Trzcinski
said there were five extra ushers
stationed outside his section dur-
ing halftime. When Trzcinski
came back from the concession
stand with some hot dogs for him-
self, he said the ushers followed
him all the way down to his row.
Trzcinski said he was surprised
by the response of the stadium
employees during the Northwest-
ern hot dog toss. He performed
the routine standing right next to
a small group of ushers and police
officers.
He said he asked an usher ahead
of time if it would be OK, and he
said the usher responded, "Why
would that be a problem?"
After he was out of his five hot
dogs - cut down from 10 because
of the $4 price at Ryan Field - one
of the police officers shook his
hand and laughed.
The issue at the tightly packed
Big House isn't as much about
a hot dog inflicting pain as it is
keeping students from knocking
people over, Rademacher said.
"The whole concern is it's really
just a safety factor (with) kids div-
ing over each other to get them,"
he said.
While Trzcinski said he under-
stands that allowing his act to
continue would mean that other
people would have to be allowed
to throw objects to avoid a double
standard, he is still perplexed at
the resistance.
"I'm just frustrated with the
administration and their closed-
mindedness," he said.
One thing Trzecinski said he
would do if he were allowed to
keep throwing would be to restart
the production of "Hot Dog Man"
T-shirts.
Some of Trzcinski's friends
made yellow T-shirts with a hot
dog caricature with arms and legs
and the words "Hot Dog Man"
emblazoned on the front.
They sold 60 of the shirts and
donated the $300 profit to the
American Cancer Society through
Trzcinski's Relay for Life team, he
said. If they create new T-shirts,
he said his friends are planningto
add "Let Him Stay" on the back.
He said he doesn't plan on
throwing a hot dog anytime soon
because he doesn't want a crimi-
nal charge and wants tobe able to
cheer on Michigan during the big
games at the end of the season.
He may have an alternative to
throwing, though.
"If he wants to buy hot dogs
and hand them out, that's not a
problem," Rademacher said.
Trzcinski said he wished he
could throw again because every-
one around him keeps pressur-
ing him to do it. He also loves the
thrill of the toss and firing up the
crowd.
"It's just this crazy feeling that
you've got all these people looking
at you," he said. "It's unreal."
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