The Atlantic Coast Conference has banned all artificial noisemakers from its sporting events, because of concerns that they promote poor sportsmanship, the Raleigh News-Observer reported Wednesday.
The ban includes the popular "ThunderStix" which were passed out to fans at several Virginia football games over the past two seasons.
The league had already prohibited artificial noisemakers at indoor sporting events, such as basketball in recent years, and now the ban will be extended to all sporting events.
The SEC and Pac-10, among other major conferences, already have such a policy in place.
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