Alabama follows students in games and will be penalized for early departure

In recent years, Alabama 's football coach, Nick Saban, has complained of student attendance at games. He did not particularly appreciate that students leave early or do not show up for cupcake games without conference against teams like The Citadel and New Mexico State.

Well, Alabama now intends to keep students inside Bryant-Denny Stadium for four quarters, and … it's a little scary.

According to a New York Times report, students in Alabama have installed a version of the FanMaker application, which helps track their location inside the stadium. If they leave the game early, the app knows and will not give them the loyalty points needed for benefits such as College Football Playoff tickets.

Via The Times:

"The Tide Loyalty Points program works as follows: Students who pay around $ 10 US for home tickets, download the app and earn 100 points to attend a home game and 250 extra points to stay up to date. In the fourth quarter … The school also, "explained sports director Greg Byrne, said the students are not being watched outside the stadium.

But, in reality, this new technology seems relatively easy to use. Give it a few weeks until the promises of fraternity and sorority are blocked with dozens of phones for active members. It will happen – just watch.

Of course, Saban could also do her part to improve student attendance by perhaps hosting off-conference high-profile games at home.