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“Mangum outlined several reasons for the cuts, including a drop in football ticket sales that amounted to about $1 million last season. But she was reminded by one of the attendees that the drop in game attendance could be tied to the Marching 100. The band made its return last season after being suspended for a year over the hazing death of drum major Robert Champion.”

Yeah. Attendance at football games is tanking at almost all universities. Only FAMU suffers the additional audience-alienation effect that comes from having a marching band that collectively beats its musicians – sometimes to death. This seems to be a real fan turn-off.

Margaret Soltan, August 7, 2014 4:15AM
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