Personally, I think that this guy ought to be given a medal.
Creative subtle jabs using songs that would not sound out of place in
another stadium? Wonderful.
Sounds like part of the college game.
Someone please tell me what Duke students would have done had this
been a basketball game and Newton were on the other team.
Heck, I might have played MJ's "Smooth Criminal" and the Melissa
Etheridge's "Come to my Window."
Since when did the rubes at Bama develop this insane notion that they
were high class?
-Zeb
On Dec 1, 2010, at 8:40 AM, Shane Ford wrote:
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama terminated an employee
Monday who played unauthorized music over the Bryant-Denny Stadium
public address system prior to Friday's football game against Auburn.
The staffer was a part-time employee, according to UA Public
Relations Director Debbie Lane, but has not been named by the
university. Two of the pre-Iron Bowl song choices were “Take the
Money and Run,” by The Steve Miller Band, and “Son of a Preacher
Man,” recorded by Dusty Springfield in 1968 and later by recording
legend Aretha Franklin.
The song choices were apparently directed at Auburn quarterback Cam
Newton, whose father, a minister, is embroiled in a recruiting
scandal amid reports that he sought payment during his son's
recruitment in violation of NCAA rules.
“Our processes require that all music and videos played in the
stadium prior to and during every game be carefully scripted and
approved by a senior administrator in the Athletics Department,”
Lane wrote in an e-mail. “The former staff member deviated from the
script that had been approved for the game with Auburn, and the
University took steps to immediately terminate his contract.”
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