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Without regard to history, or culture or whatever, I'd say Zeta won it fair and square. Their routine "borrowed" heavily, but I have a hard time saying they werent entertaining. They were semi-emotionless robots, yes, but they did put a lot into their routine. Sprite should have just left it at that and this probably would have died down by now.
Sprite marketed this show to D9 orgs for participation, but surely they want as many people in the general public as possible to see this...and the general public doesnt care about which org traditionally does what...they just want tosee something exciting...and for 95% of the people who've never been to a step show before...the ZTA show was exciting...more so because they didnt think white girls could do it.
Sprite could care less about D9 history if its going to impede their marketing campaign...and thats one of the prices you pay when you lie down with corporations...they only see the $$$...
I loved the the AKA (Tau chapter) routine...but the most talked about move in their routine has been done by the IU Red Steppers for decades. Doesnt make AKA copycats.
Sprite messed it up this time, but it doesnt mean they cant do a better job next time. And they are giving away a lot of scholarship money.
D9 groups dont need the exposure...but until the final result of this competition, I'm sure most people enjoyed themselves.
I hope Sprite hosts another step show next year and I hope they invite everyone...black, white, asian, latino, martian...whatever...let everybody be involved, and make sure everyone is original.
I'm sure next year participants will up their game more. I know part of the problem this year was that Sprite didnt do a good job of letting people know the competition was going to happen. Some of the routines I saw that were at the regionals were hardly impressive.
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