New details came out today regarding how Clemson will go about its longtime tradition of “Gathering at the Paw” after football games this year.

The ACC’s “new court and field storming” policy will affect how Clemson conducts the Gathering at the Paw, which has been allowed at Clemson since Memorial Stadium was first built in 1942.

As announced by the conference last month, ACC schools will be fined for court and field storming to protect players and coaches, especially those on the visiting teams. ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips detailed the fine structure for schools violating the league’s new court and field storming rules: $50,000 first offense; $100,000 second offense; $200,000 third offense. The timeline for those fines will reset every two years. Those dollars will go to the ACC’s postgraduate scholarship fund.

“In accordance with the ACC’s revised sportsmanship policy, which fines schools for spectators entering the field of play prior to the visiting team’s exit (up to $200,000 per occurrence), Gathering at the Paw will begin at the conclusion of the alma mater. Fans should stay in their seats, and then may access the field via the Hill and the West stands once the Alma Mater is complete. As always, fans should be respectful of all visitors in athletic venues.”

Fans at Clemson have always been allowed to go on the field, win or lose, after every home game at Memorial Stadium.

Clemson athletic director Graham Neff stressed during his press conference last week that Clemson needs fans to help the university “abide by and support” the ACC’s “new court and field storming” policy.

“We’re going to abide by and support the new ACC policy, and so we need our fans to help with that,” Neff said. “In recognition of that, that we’re trying to balance respecting the unique tradition and continuing the neat tradition that we have, while also respecting the policies, and just the safety environment of what the postgame field looks like, particularly after charged games, LSU or otherwise.”

Clemson, of course, kicks off the 2025 season by hosting LSU for the highly anticipated showdown at Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30.