Growing Pains: Student Tailgating

[ZoomZoom]

Again, I suggest the team does not need this distraction. This is the reason Maggard got out front in this "outright shot in the dark I want a platform" approach a student wanted. The 15 minutes of fame are over. Kill the thread here, quit enabling a non topic from having a platform. Quit engaging it on other platforms.

Winning fixes everything.

It's game day.

[ManAboutTown]

Again, I suggest the team does not need this distraction. This is the reason Maggard got out front in this "outright shot in the dark I want a platform" approach a student wanted. The 15 minutes of fame are over. Kill the thread, quit enabling a non topic from having a platform. Quit engaging it on other platforms. Quit enabling it.

Winning fixes everything.

It's game day.

The reason Doc got out in front of this is because Billy was P l S S E D.

[ZoomZoom]

So, the athletic department withheld
surveys from black students? I'm confused.

Follow a few links. Wanna be DJ, there's the issue. Hire her pre game to play "the right music" and it all goes away. Now it all makes sense.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BabyyBeatzzLLC

Definitely nothing to see here now.

Game day.

[TheFan]

You had to see this coming with her "certain demographic" remark... you'd have to be a fool not to know what she was inferring...

Exactly....

[TheFan]

So what is the end game here?

Is this really about a tailgating location or is it something else that is not being mentioned?

Free stuff and wanting attention

[zephyr]

Let’s just stop beating around the bush.. when UL’s Athletic Department or whoever complains about lack of game attendance, they are referring to Black people.. and just because we are a PWI does NOT mean cater to just one race! UL wants to preach about diversity but... nvm

— kamaiya. (@djbabykayyy_) September 13, 2019

I’ll just be honest and say that if I was Dr. Maggard I wouldn’t exactly know how to respond to this. The issues being raised on Twitter this week are overwhelmingly coming from black students. I would hope Dr. Maggard will be able to reach out to various on campus organizations led by black students and leaders and engage them in a productive discussion about their concerns. Only problem is: most productive discussions do not stem from inaccurate attacks which is how this whole ordeal started.

I do not envy the POA in this situation. Many complaints stem from the atmosphere not being “lit” like at SU or LSU. I understand the writer for the Vermilion mentioned not actually needing the band to play “Neck.” However, take a look at the comment section of any LSU video of their band playing “Neck.” It will be filled with commenters from the HBCU’s claiming cultural appropriation and theft from the black bands’ traditions. The HBCU bands have a wonderful tradition that cannot and honestly shouldn’t be replicated as it’s theirs and unique to those institutions. It’s seems like a bit of a political minefield and “Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t” situation to me. It’s a fine line to walk when you have to worry about upsetting 1. the older fans if you change the music 2. the younger fans if you don’t change the music or 3. the younger fans who will cry thievery if you too blatantly adopt the sound of other bands.

Truly I don’t envy anyone associated with the university who will be tasked with navigating this situation. However, our black students and student athletes are obviously important to the future success of this university. If they feel unheard or attacked, our administration should take time to listen. I definitely can’t fault Jay or Dr. Maggard’s initial responses to the article. If you converse with someone, you have a decent chance of a dialogue. If you attack someone, they will either defend themselves or attack back.

So the university is only concerned about black attendance? OK. I hate when people play the race card. It often clouds their ability for reasonable thinking.

[CajunRebel]

WTF??????????

“We are more powerful, when we empower each other.”

Let’s show our support at the game and how much we care about our game day experience. #cULtivateCHANGE pic.twitter.com/3WynlYiztm

— The UL BSU (@theULBSU) September 14, 2019

What in the actual ____ is this?!?!?

[zephyr]

Protesting UL games?

Now these schit-for-brains losers are going to protest the games? What have they been doing since 2016, forgetting to go?

Thanks Otha, thanks John, thanks Norman. Appreciate the push back, but none of this is about the tailgating, the games, or the team. It's all about the writer and the group that wants to have something to bhitch about.

Based on our student attendance the last few years, I would have thought they were already protesting the games.

[zephyr]

Apparently a lot of students feel just like her. Even though she was factually wrong pretty much throughout her article, most students feel the same as she does. So we DO have a problem and it needs to be addressed!!! They aren't coming and they aren't coming for one or more reasons. The admin needs to figure it out.

Dre, what are you basing your opinion on? Are you reading just her feed?

[CajunRebel]

I’m truly wondering what these “protesters” specifically want from UL. I mean tailgating is a personal thing. You bring the food, you bring the music, you bring the tent, and you bring the friends. So what exactly is UL not giving to them?