Talk show host apologises after calling band members ‘dorks’
Talk show host Jim Rome sent a tweet on New Year's Day in which he called marching band members 'dorks'. The tweet was heavily criticised, and Rome apologised for 'being out of line'.
Rome tweeted: "Is there anyone not in a marching band who thinks those dorks running around with their instruments are cool?". Band members reacted by posting loads of tweets with the hashtag @MarchOnRome. One day later the American sports radio talk show host from CBS Sports Radio deleted the tweet and made apologies: "Band nation - I hear you. I was out of line. I apologize. I do not condone bullying of any kind and that was not my intent."
It is not the first time that marching bands are criticised by sports media. Two months ago sports columnist Billy Reed wondered why "today’s marching bands look much as they did when Red Grange was running wild for Illinois in the 1920s."
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