Drums of War;956707 wrote:1. A Privilege? Can you hear how arrogant that sounds? These kids put in 60 hour weeks, long before classes start, and then 15+ hours a week on top of classes for their RIGHT to be on that field at the request of the athletic department. Show me any stadium at any school where the home band works around the visiting team. If they would have simply run through with a little jostling I would call it rude, but no big deal here, but that was not the case.

2. I have worn the pads, and the helmet, and I know if I laid a shoulder into someone's head, I would have known I did it. The suggestion of anything else simply makes you look foolish.

Drums of War;956695 wrote: Would your opinion be the same if this were your child being blasted by a 200# athelete for the only reason that she was on the field before the game started entertaining the crowd?

vball10set;956712 wrote:they're not, this is OC...that's how they roll

edit: this just means they're messin' with ya', 'cause if it was anyone on here's gf, sister, etc., they'd be bitchin' to beat the band (pun intended)

LJ;956972 wrote:It is up to the away team to respect the home venue's agenda either by staying out of the way or adjusting.

superman;956992 wrote:No, its a football game on a football field. The band is window dressing, if they can't stay out of the football team's way, they need to be banned from the field.

superman;957039 wrote:It was on the football field. They were there for a football game. Who cares who is home or away? The band needs to stay out of the football team's way.

superman;957039 wrote:It was on the football field. They were there for a football game. Who cares who is home or away? The band needs to stay out of the football team's way.

It doesn't really matter how hard the band works. Simple fact is that the event is happening because of the football team and the band is along for the ride. Say that the home band doesn't work around the visiting team all you want, but if the band had planned their show a little better, we wouldn't be talking about this incident that happened on a football field.

Little Danny;956619 wrote:What you have to understand is that football is a very emotional game.

HitsRus;957216 wrote:I call bull****.
From reading some of these posts, I think some of you still haven't outgrown your high school need to pick on the band geeks .
While the football game may be the main event, there are several other side events that can and do go on and have the right to be there when the game is not in progress. These include homecoming events, honoring past teams and athletes, the marching band etc etc. So, at any given game on or around the football field when the clock is not ticking, there may be cheerleaders, mascots, visiting dignitaries, visiting recruits, members of the media, ball boys, security personnel, and others, none of which deserve to get plowed by a careless or out of control football player. It is one thing when a cameraman gets barrelled into by a player during the course of the game. It is another when a player barrels into the first thing he sees in opposition colors.
There's no excuse for this. Why even attempt to justify it?

Benny The Jet;957064 wrote:I have a feeling that some beliefs would change on this if it were a guy from Wisconsin shoulder blocking a chick on tOSU marching band at the shoe. With it being the MAC, I think some people are downplaying it.
Personally I think the suspension was warrated. What I find most screwed up about this, is that this guy will get the same length of suspension as a guy who did something actually illegal.

LJ;957046 wrote:Ugh, every venue in the country cares who is home or away. Since always. The away team needs to stay out of the way of the hosting venue's activities.

enigmaax;957308 wrote: A little courtesy from the home team for their guests would go a long way. "Hey, come on over and play a football game with us. But stay the fuck out the way of all this other shit we've got going on." No, simple planning can avoid this situation every single time.

dwccrew;957257 wrote: IMO, she shouldn't have been walking directly in the path of a player.

LJ;957310 wrote:Yes, simple planning by the away team to avoid the home team's pregame activities and traditions. That's how it works.

LJ;957311 wrote:So the band member who was marching in formation during their pregame tradition that they perform every home game without a problem, needs to watch out for an idiot on the other team to come plowing into her? :thumbdown:

enigmaax;957318 wrote:Yes because I'm sure visiting teams everywhere study pre-game film for road trips so they know when they have to sit around and wait on the extra-curriculars to be finished. You there to play football or not?

Might not have been a bad idea. I mean, you can boast about having the right of way in a crosswalk but if you walk out in the road blindly and get plowed it is probably going to hurt. Doesn't mean you are at fault, but fault doesn't really matter when you're dead. There is a difference between assigning blame and identifying precautions.

LJ;957320 wrote:That's their problem then. There are there at the invitation of the home school. The visiting team is there to play football, but that point is moot, because there was no football game going on when the player ran over the band member. The host school puts on a whole event, the football game is just one part of that event.

Ah yes, the band member should just drop out of line and run away when a bunch of idiots come running out and running through them when they aren't supposed to. Makes perfect sense :rolleyes:

The entire situation could have been avoided had they planned the band's involvement a little better. That is a fact