Okay. I hope this makes it this time…
To summarize my opinion on this particular incident, I have to say that, while I understand the Bruhs’ frustrations, I think it was wrong of them to release their rage in the matter they chose. However, seeing as though the initial act (tearing up the check) was not an attack to/on the Alphas, I disagree that the Bruhs should be held solely accountable for the altercation that followed. I could agree that both frats should take the blame, but I honestly think that the actual FIGHT was instigated by the Alphas who opted to be reactive rather than proactive. Once the check was seized and torn, the onus fell upon the step show committee to see to it that the Alphas were compensated. But, of course, they (the Alphas) reacted as they did in an effort to not be “punked” by the Bruhs. That being said, to punish one frat and not the other—I think—is very unfair. I also find the consequences to be extremely, ridiculously, and unnecessarily severe—even more so because the Alphas didn’t get as little as a slap on the hand!
Now, as I stated earlier—I totally understand the Bruhs’ frustrations. While I wish more maturity and respect for
WY F’s honor and reputation had been exemplified, I do not blame the Bruh’s for being fed up with the commercialism of stepping. There is a very
Que-nique stepping-style characteristic of and mastered by ONLY the Bruhs’—ALL tradition-oriented members of the black greek family should know this. Sadly, however, the Bruhs represent the only BGLO that completely maintains a stepping legacy/tradition. All others prefer to give the crowd what they want by implementing the latest tunes, theatrics, props, and multimedia possible to arouse the applauds. And, the intensity of the applauds is usually what sways the judges (whom I’ll attack in a second) to give the scores they do. Unfortunately, stepshow audiences are packed with GDIs and new skool greeks who don’t know/appreciate the tradition of the African Boot Dance (tweaked and named “stepping”). So, the Bruhs’ tight precision, military-style steps/hops aren’t valued nearly as much as (for example) the redundant, masturbatory cane-movements the Kappas might do to “Feelin’ on Yo’ Booty.” Why? Because the silly little girls in the audience are more (for whatever reason) intrigued by that kind of stuff and they scream and clap louder for that than they do for the real stepping done by my
Brilliant Bruhs.
And, what about those Nasty Shows the Bruhs are notorious for? Well—they’ve been banned for years! Any
Dawg Team that comes on stage with that in mind can expect immediate disqualification. So, in my opinion, the Bruh who was quoted as saying
we followed your rules and did a clean show and you still f*#ked over us! F*%k it and f#@k you! had every right to be pissed. It’s the
Damned-if-I-do/Damned-if-I-don’t Syndrome 
that is bound to incite anger in anyone.
Nowadays, the judges are NOT qualified to judge stepshows. Folks are trying to get away from having an NPHC panel of judges because they think it’s fairer to the step teams that the judges are not greek. So, you’ve got people judging this stuff who don’t have a CLUE what it’s all about. Like the crowd, they're more fascinated by an org’s use of music, theatrics, props, and multimedia than they are with precision stepping, because they don’t understand stepping at all. And, to make matters worse, lots of shows now have white faculty/staff judges who are usually the least knowledgeable about and understanding of stepping!
Basically, step shows are
DEcreasing in quality while
INcreasing in admission fees! In most cases, the Bruhs are doomed from jump, even when they do damned good, rules-following shows. I feel badly for the
BS Bruhs and I hope they appeal the sanction.
So, Bruh’s, even when y’all mess up, you can count on me to always have nuttin’ but
COLEMAN LOVE for all of ya!