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IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Big 12 Conference has fined UCF $100,000 for fans’ derogatory chants aimed at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at last weekend’s football game against BYU.

The league also announced Wednesday it has established a conference-wide policy with “escalating consequences for discriminatory conduct” that it says “has no place in the Big 12.”

The fine against UCF will be directed toward “student education initiatives,” the league said in a statement. It’s the latest fine against a Big 12 school over fan treatment of BYU, the flagship school for what’s widely known as the Mormon church.

“After becoming aware of the conference’s decision, we will be reviewing our options,” UCF athletics spokesman Adam Widman said in a email Wednesday night.

Video shared on social media showed UCF fans chanting “(expletive) the Mormons!” prior to kickoff Saturday.…