AUBURN, Alabama – Coach Gene Chizik says Auburn has used a security and events management company since August to help enforce a curfew for players who live off campus.

The 11 p.m. curfew was set following a series of off-the-field problems involving players.

"We always do what's in the best interest of our team," Chizik said Wednesday night. "We have a curfew and we have to employ people to help us with some of the kids off campus."

Auburn has used Events Operations Group for five seasons at various athletic events and at the athletic complex. Events Operations was asked to help enforce the curfew for all players, including ones who live in apartments, in August.

The football program had dealt with a series of issues, including the arrest of four players for robbery in March 2011 and public intoxication in the summer of former quarterback Zeke Pike, who ultimately left the team.

Event Operations Group, whose corporate headquarters are in Pelham, has a security division and an event management group. Auburn uses the events management group for games, and the security division to monitor athletic facilities.

The company's website says the corporation has provided personnel for such diverse companies as Warner Bros, NASCAR, ESPN, SEC Championship events, the American Red Cross, the American Cancer Society and the Alabama High School Athletic Association.

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