Iowa State and Iowa issue joint statement on marching bands

[Connor_Ferguson]

Full joint statement posted on the site.

Wonder if this thing will blow over now or if this will ride out through the end of the week.

https://cyclonefanatic.com/2019/09/...ments-issue-joint-statement-on-student-bands/

edited with link

 

[GTO]

Link:

https://cyclones.com/news/2019/9/18/athletics-departments-issue-joint-statement.aspx

 

[jpete24]

The guys out East link as well:

https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2019/9/18/football-athletics-departments-issue-joint-statement.aspx

 

[isukendall]

It would be nice if it would blow over, but I doubt it. I find the whole thing both funny, and sad.

 

[Connor_Ferguson]

Link:

https://cyclones.com/news/2019/9/18/athletics-departments-issue-joint-statement.aspx

Thanks for that, somehow didn't get in there.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

LOL what a joke.

 

[CyBobby]

I went to the ISU at KU football game when Troy Davis was playing and our whole Band made the trip....We were sitting very close to the ISU Band and all of a sudden The KU Band sent over drinks for our Band....Say what you want about KU but that was a Class Act...IMHO

 

[trevn]

A joint statement saying basically nothing to follow up an initial statement that said basically nothing. Iowa PR at it's finest.

 

[3TrueFans]

So TL;DR nothing happened and the Hawkeyes are lying **** stains? Got it.

 

[clone52]

A joint statement saying basically nothing to follow up an initial statement that said basically nothing. Iowa PR at it's finest.

Barta: Hey Jamie, I really overreacted and overreached based on rumors. Think you could help a fellow AD out and save face?
Jamie: Sure Gary, no problem. I'm a stand-up guy.

 

[jpete24]

My thoughts on what happened summarized:

• Barta started a ruckus because he didn't like complains from alumni and donors about their kids getting verbally assaulted at games (rightfully so), but there was no real "incident" found
• Barta should have really taken a hard look in the mirror and realized how obnoxious their fanbase is and chalked it up to rival game, OR BETTER YET, address your toxic fanbase.
• Pollard 100% was behind the joint press statement because Barta sure as hell wouldn't initiate it
• Nobody should be throwing beers, scream f-bombs at other fanbases, or getting into fights at the games...period.

I've had run-ins during college with Iowa fans at Hilton and at Jack Trice that stuck with me enough today to know that I don't want to bring my kids to a Cy-hawk game simply because how drunk and stupid their fans can be, and I really don't want to expose them to that yet.

 

[beentherebefore]

Why sling vulgarities and such at kids in the bands?

 

[JM4CY]

A joint statement is closer to where the whole damn thing should have started in the first place, if anything said at all.

 

[3TrueFans]

Why sling vulgarities and such at kids in the bands?

Because people suck.

 

[alarson]

My thoughts on what happened summarized:

• Barta started a ruckus because he didn't like complains from alumni and donors about their kids getting verbally assaulted at games (rightfully so), but there was no real "incident" found
• Barta should have really taken a hard look in the mirror and realized how obnoxious their fanbase is and chalked it up to rival game, OR BETTER YET, address your toxic fanbase.
• Pollard 100% was behind the joint press statement because Barta sure as hell wouldn't initiate it
• Nobody should be throwing beers, scream f-bombs at other fanbases, or getting into fights at the games...period.

I've had run-ins during college with Iowa fans at Hilton and at Jack Trice that stuck with me enough today to know that I don't want to bring my kids to the game simply because how drunk and stupid their fans can be, and I really don't want to expose them to that yet.

Lets be honest, we have some ******** in our fanbase too. Less than the amount in Iowa's fanbase (and in both fanbases, they tend to be people who didn't attend the university, which is why iowa has more ********), but they exist nonetheless. It wouldnt surprise me to hear that some went over the top with verbal obscenities at the Iowa band. Particularly when you have a crowd there after 10 hours of tailgating.

I do think both universities can probably use this as an opportunity to make sure that both bands are protected a bit better in the future.

 

[Urbandale2013]

So basically nothing happened and Barta smeared us in the national news.

Pollard is being professional about it but I really wish we could do something about Barta.

 

[CloneFan4]

Pretty much Barta's way of walking back the **** storm he caused after not finding hard evidence of anything out of the usual that happens surrounding this game. What a joke.

 

[JHUNSY]

I haven't really been following this but in reading that, it seems to me that perhaps verbal harassment was the primary issue at hand here. If that's accurate, I can understand where both sides are coming from. While it is common fan behavior, especially in rivalries, it's obviously unacceptable when cheering and taunting turns to worse.

However, with the vague ambiguity Iowa provided with their initial press release, the tone seemed to suggest much worse occurred. Leaving things to linger and failing to use proper channels of communication beforehand, the whole thing just seems egregious and exacerbated on Barta's behalf.

 

[Frak]

A joint statement is closer to where the whole damn thing should have started in the first place, if anything said at all.

Exactly. This should have been between the two ADs. Both recognize that there have been issues and send out the statement. Neither school gets drug through the mud for something that has been happening at both places for years.

 

[jpete24]

Lets be honest, we have some ******** in our fanbase too. Less than the amount in Iowa's fanbase (and in both fanbases, they tend to be people who didn't attend the university, which is why iowa has more ********), but they exist nonetheless. It wouldnt surprise me to hear that some went over the top with verbal obscenities at the Iowa band. Particularly when you have a crowd there after 10 hours of tailgating.

I do think both universities can probably use this as an opportunity to make sure that both bands are protected a bit better in the future.

Totally agree. We shouldn't be yelling at anyone.