Is not gold. Odd post of the day from the Lawrence Journal World.
Kansas University pep band members can crumple the sheet music to a song that's been a fixture in Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium for at least two decades.
Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part Two," also known as "The Hey Song" or "The Hey Cheer" has been banned by the KU athletic department.
It follows the NFL's decision to ban stadiums from playing the tune written by Glitter, a British rocker who was convicted of molesting underage girls in Vietnam.
"We will not play that song at our athletic events," KU associate athletic director Jim Marchiony said Thursday. "We think this is an appropriate action in light of the nature of the conviction."
The song has long been played after touchdowns at games of the Kansas City Chiefs and many other NFL teams.
The Chiefs, during their first exhibition game, compromised by playing a version of the song by a group called "Tube Tops 2000."
Public relations director Bob Moore has said the NFL instructed the teams to "not use Gary Glitter," but did not disallow using a different artist's rendition.
At sporting events, fans chant, "We're gonna beat the (expletive) out of you, you, you, you, you" to the visiting team during the song.
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The NFL will let Ray Lewis, Micheal Irving, and many more I can not think of right now play and make millions of dollars after being arrested for being involded in a murder, drugs, prostitution, etc.. But a song can not be played at the game that was written by a convicted criminal. And I am not even going to get into the hipocrasy that is the NCAA. I think the national athem was written by a slave owner, better cut that out too.
All very good points. But this is KU, they the bar higher. If you want to see killers, drug dealers in college sports you still can.
Just hop on 70 and head to Columbia. Or head over to Manhattan and see who Huggins recruits.
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