Falling. Pulling. Pushing. Peeing.

With events such as these seen by students and spectators at Saturday’s football game at Carter-Finley Stadium, Student Government said it pledges to fix overcrowding issues before the Florida State game on Oct. 5.

“We are going to fix this before the Florida State game if we have to do it ourselves,” Will Quick, student body president, said.

He indicated that he heard first-hand reports of people urinating in the stands.

“I know people were urinating in their sections,” Quick said. “I have heard reports of individuals being splashed by urine.”

The urinating in the stands as well as other issues such as fans falling and pushing each other, stem from an overcrowding issue acknowledged by both Quick and Campus Police.

According to John Dailey, the deputy director of Campus Police, a fire marshal, an event staff manager and Campus Police monitor section overcrowding from atop Vaughn Towers during the game.

Dailey explained that Campus Police deemed sections seven and 15 overcrowded during the game, delegating control of the situation to the event staff while offering backup.

“Section 15 got overcrowded because the quick fix to overcrowding in section seven was to re-route spectators to section 15,” Quick said.

He said this method used by event staff usually works, but was unsuccessful at Saturday’s game.

Quick also noted that overcrowding situations at football games have been problems since the implementation of the online ticketing system last year, but the issues were seemingly fixed due to low attendance at the end of the football season.

“When I was in the student section last year we had this problem the first few games at least last season,” he said. “We didn’t have the problem at the end of the season and most students assumed the problems were fixed, but in reality, nothing was done because we started losing and attendance dropped.”

Students said they witnessed spectators sneaking in and out of sections during the game.

“Basically, kids were sneaking in and out even though police officers and event staff weren’t letting people into their sections,” Katie Bishop, a junior in communication, said.

She also indicated that she witnessed physical altercations between students and police officers.

Her boyfriend, Trent Johnson, a senior in construction engineering and management, said he had the opportunity to talk to both a police officer and an event staff member at the game.

“I talked to event staff and they told me they couldn’t let people into [section 15] because they were trying to get people in the section that belonged there,” he said. “But they wouldn’t let people with section 15 tickets into section 15.”

Johnson indicated that he asked the event staff who he could talk to in order to get back into the section, and the staff member referred him to the police.

He said he asked a police officer if he could leave section 15 to use the bathroom, but the officer said he would not be permitted back in if he left.

“I told the officer ‘since you know I just came from 15 and my ticket says 15, will you let me back into my section,” Johnson said. “The officer said ‘no, I can’t.'”

He added that the officer said he isn’t in charge of admitting people into sections.

“No one there knew what was going on,” Johnson said.

He pointed to the fact that students and spectators didn’t leave their section to use the bathroom or concessions in fear of not being readmitted.

“You can’t block in thousands of students who need to use the bathroom for the duration of a football game,” he said. “I am sure [the University] is losing a lot of money to concessions because of this too.”

According to Quick, he is having a meeting with Brian Kelly, assistant athletics director for ticket operations, Shannon Yates, assistant athletics director for varsity sports and Dick Christy, assistant athletics director for external operations, among others to address overcrowding issues at football games and come up with solutions.

The main issue, Quick stated, is students that have tickets in upstairs or endzone sections are making copies of friends’ tickets with more desirable sections.

“Students are getting their buddies who have section seven and eight to print off two or more of the same tickets,” he said. “They are using their original tickets to get scanned into the game and are pulling out the reprinted tickets for admittance into sections.”

Sgt. Jon Barnwell of Campus Police, indicated that overcrowding issues in certain sections weren’t prevalent until tickets were made into general admission. He pointed to the fact that it is easier to police assigned seats than an assigned section.

Some of the suggestions Quick plans to put forth at the meeting include wristbands for certain sections and out passes, such as those used during halftime for the entire stadium.

He said if funding is an issue, Student Government is willing to spend money on wristbands or stamps to fix the problem before the next home football game.

He urged students to adhere to rules and regulations regarding tickets.

“I certainly wish students would abide by rules and regulations that we have set in place,” he said. “It is a good system as long as students cooperate.”

Zach Adams, Student Senate president, added a solution for students who want to sit with their friends at games.

“If you want to sit with your friends — then take advantage of the block seating system,” he said.

Quick said he isn’t sure that athletics is informed of the problems.

“Part of my job is to explain how bad [overcrowding was at the game],” he said. “I am not sure how aware athletics is of the situation.”

He said one of the main purposes of the upcoming meeting is to inform Athletics.

Barnwell encouraged Student Government and athletics to fix the ticketing problems.

“We don’t enjoy turning people with legitimate tickets away from their section,” he said. “Athletics and Student Government need to come up with a solution.”

Yates and Christy were out of the office and could not be reached for comment on Monday.