It's so many things that were wrong with the segment:
2. Then There are These Bands, didn't like that at all. Very racial and to make it look like HBCU bands are evil and trifling.
BTW, people think it won't hurt much but some will lose recruits over this crap, it's going to re air to make sure millions upon millions see this, newspapers are going to catch it, internet. Wouldn't be surprised if another network catches this and tries to go more in depth. Bad day for the black community.:upset:
You completely missed what Frank Deford was saying in the voice over when making the "these bands" statement. I saw that clip. He was not being racially insensitive or trying to make SU's band or HBCU bands in general appear "evil" and "trifling" with the comment.
He was making a comparison between your standard college band and HBCU marching bands in terms of showmanship during halftime performances. Deford followed up the "these bands" statement by saying, "In the south, they say you haven't really lived until you seen this!" Again, in reference to the showmanship displayed by HBCU marching bands.
It appears that you were looking for something to be angry at. :lol:
At the end of the day nobody is really going to care about this story at all even if it airs on HBO 20 million times. It doesn't impact people. Nobody died. No dogs were killed. It's not an epidemic where the government or local law officials need to get involved in.
Will this piece hurt the reputation of the marching band? A little I suppose, but it sure ain't hurt NBC's promotion of the Bayou Classic. During the Notre Dame game last week the network suits were hyping up the halftime show like it was the Iron Bowl or something.
HBCU bands will still be as popular even with the Real Sports feature out.
Oh, and Real Sports doing a feature on the unfortunate cases of hazing in HBCU bands is not a sad day in the black community. There are far worse things that could be put in that category.
Your anger should be directed at those kids who participated in those heinous activities. They are the people who made HBCU bands and SUs marching band look evil and trifling. Those kids -- through their actions -- opened up the door for this story to be told.