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Does flag planting have a place in college football?

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Michigan players planted a Block M flag at midfield after winning at Ohio State last year .

It sparked a five-minute brawl that left players and coaches bloodied and left players bloodied.

It was the first of five similar postgame celebrations on college football's rivalry Saturday .

Some coaches and even pro athletes are for it; others are against it.

Flag-planting celebrations have become more of an issue after rivalry games than lower-stakes games.

After a 3-hour football game, Dandekar says, it becomes a lot harder to regulate your behavior.

"It can be taken as a very direct sign of disrespect to say, 'OK, we've not only beaten you, we are going to somehow deface your field and somehow claim your stadium for our own'".

Ohio state Rep. Josh Williams introduced a bill that would classify flag planting at Ohio Stadium on football gamedays as a felony.

NCAA president Charlie Baker told ESPN the NCAA plans to address flag planting.

Many college football coaches have financial bonuses for games won each season, which gives them personal financial incentives not to suspend star players.

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