Update: ‘…A Little Rebellion, now and then, is a Good Thing’

Virginia students protest the sign ban at the UVA v. Richmond football game on Sept. 6. (Photo from ESPN.com/Jon Campbell)

Just over a month after the University of Virginia decided to ban signs from sporting events in an effort to create a ‘positive game-day experience’ (see the Sept. 8, 2008 post, “A ‘Sign’ of the Times?”), UVA’s athletic department announced it was repealing the ban.