Birmingham, Alabama - The SEC announced Friday it will form a working group to address fans' access to fields and courts following the dangerous on-field storming by Tennessee fans during Week 7 of the college football season.

The announcement from the college sports conference comes less than three weeks after Alabama football player Jermaine Burton appeared to strike a Tennessee fan who stormed the field following the home team’s win over the Crimson Tide.

During the surge, the field's goalposts were stolen from Neyland Stadium and tossed into the Tennessee River. The school was fined $100,000 as a second violation of the SEC's field-access policy. The previous incident occurred at a basketball game in 2006.

The new event security working group will review and update field access policies and "focus its efforts on reviewing existing policies, developing new strategies and identifying best practices to enhance crowd management and more effectively address field and court incursions at future SEC athletics events," SEC commissioner Greg Sankey said in a statement.

The newly formed group, wwill consist of SEC school officials, is expected to consult with campus and industry experts to provide policy recommendations in time for the SEC 2023 spring meeting.

Changes are expected to be implemented for the 2023-24 athletic year.

Fans storming the field has become a rising issue for SEC football this season.

Just one week after Tennessee was fined, LSU was also hit with a hefty penalty of $250,000 after fans stormed the field following a win over Ole Miss.

After being swarmed by thousands of spectators bum-rushing the field, Alabama head coach Nick Saban revealed to reporters that the experience was unlike anything he ever experienced.

"Look, I don't know how many of you have ever been in a situation like that. But I talked to [Burton]. He was scared. I was scared. Some of our other players were scared," Saban said, providing a possible reason as to why the athlete retaliated to the rush by hurting a fan.

While Burton is receiving counseling following his actions, Saban didn't suspend the 21-year-old receiver from playing in games as he didn't feel it was "necessary."

The SEC hopes with the addition of the working group that consistent and appropriate levels of safety and security will be put in place moving forwards.

"Our institutions remain current and vigilant in crowd control best practices and continue to work with local law enforcement to develop effective security protocols at SEC venues and we need to continue the adaptation of Conference policies to address emerging realities," Sankey said.