They were good, but...

http://www.facebook.com/t...opic=14267

The Sprite Step Off was initially created as a way to recognize talented college students and give out scholarships to help support their higher education. If we put on some entertaining step shows and brought people together along the way, all the better.

After the National Finals Competition this past weekend in Atlanta wrapped, we got together to do our post-competition review and found a scoring discrepancy in the sorority results. After looking at it and looking at it AGAIN, we determined there isn’t a definitive resolution.

Sprite is all about preserving the honesty and integrity of this competition. Because the scoring discrepancy can’t be resolved and due to the really tight margin between the first and second place sorors, we feel that the only right thing to do is to name both Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Tau Chapter & Zeta Tau Alpha, Epsilon Chapter, co-first place winners of the Sprite Step Off.

With these revised results, we’re gonna increase Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Tau Chapter’s scholarship prize to $100K, consistent with what Zeta Tau Alpha also got for their first prize winnings.

Thanks again to everyone who helped make The Sprite Step Off happen. And to one last stroll in the name of unity...

And...
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Adisa said:

So Sprite admits to a "discrepancy" and some audience members are calling shenanigans on MTV. Don't know why, it's not like they would manipulate a situation for more attention.

Like I already said, white sororities/fraternities have BEEN novelty acts at step shows for ages, and often garner a lot of audience support, regardless of skill level, just for being there, but they are not typically competing because as the article stated they aren't part of the "Divine Nine." Without seeing the other groups I can't say who was better, BUT it is conceivable that the audience responded the way they did in part cuz they were white and thinking they were a novelty act.

Oh and FUCK this co-first place BULLSHIT! I ain't NEVAH heard of such a thing. The ONLY solution is a stepoff. The fact that they're doing this co-first place mess tells me that the AKAs won by the judges but because of all the publicity they gotta keep the Zetas in first place too. I'm calling bullshit on this right herre.
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thejason said:

just for the record, this wasn't made as some sort of congratulatory post or a sign of support for my cracker sisters...I just like the actual act of fuckin' white girls...

as soon as a black, asian, mixed, purple, or plaid girl thread gets posted...I'll be expressin' love for fuckin' them too...

thejason said:

You are one classy cracker

thejason said:

You've been smoking too much John Mayer lately, huh?

Lammastide said:

my penis, although supreme and white, is no white supremasist....

thejason said:

You have a rainbow coalition cock, huh?

SCNDLS said:

its the jesse jackson of the penis world...

thejason said:

Lawd . . .

SCNDLS said:

SCNDLS said:

EVERYTHING about Whites stepping is novelty for reasons you already mentioned. I mean, I’ve been cracking up by the responses here on this thread alone. Amateurs (meaning people not in a Black frat or sorority ) have no idea what they’re doing or looking at, the meaning behind the steps being performed, or what’s creative or original. That’s not a diss, it’s just fact. There was NOTHING original, creative, or impressive about ZTA’s actual show other than they’re White. Not the theme, the table, the moves, the stroll. Nothing. That doesn’t mean they didn’t execute it well, but still. They’re a White sorority that was taught about stepping by some AKAs. If WGLO’s wanna step then but don’t mimic what the BGLOs do. The meaning is not the same, plus you might get you ass whooped for stealing.

This shit has been going on since


Was blasphemously deduced to this

Adisa said:

Lol.....every word of your comment is TRUE.

Adisa said:

What do YOU know???

Also a fact: you couldn't flip some of these statements without all kinds of repercussions.

Graycap23 said:

I have been to several compititions ~ so much fun !!

johnart said:

For example?

SCNDLS said:

I'm not saying I totally disagree with what's been said, but...

Right or wrong, for better or worse, if this were a thread about something known for/dominated by white folk...I dunno, a black or hispanic dude winning a country-ass music competition or some shit, and someone made a comment saying that a person of color performing that task was just "novelty", there would be some wig-snatchin goin on.

johnart said:

I don't know why, that's what they are. It's not about domination, it's about DEFINITION. White step teams are RARELY part of the competition because by definition they are not one of the "Divine Nine" black organizations which is typically an understood requirement. If you're talking about just a step competition where any step team can compete, that's one thing. But if you're talking about a step show specifically for black Greeks, which is what I'm talking about, the white groups are a novelty act like an intermission in the competition. And MOST audience members know that.

That wasn't the case here but that could easily have been some audience members' perception because, historically that's been their role in step shows. And like I said, the white steppers always got extra crowd support just for being there, regardless of how good they were.

Regardless, Sprite now coming out saying there was a "discrepancy" is some bullshit. Because if the discrepancy warranted the AKAs being co-winners DAYS later that tells me that the discrepancy was actually in THEIR favor but they didn't want to take it away from the Zetas because of all the publicity. Otherwise, if the error still resulted in the Zetas coming out ahead there would be no need to make the AKA co-winners cuz the Zetas woulda still won. In my 20 years of going to shows, I've NEVER seen this happen. There would be a stepoff which actually happened in THIS competition to determine the 3rd place fraternity. So why the new exception for the FIRST place sorority??? Are they splitting the $100k too??? SSDD

"Stroll in the name of unity" my ass. Fuckas prolly don't even know what a stroll is.

I just showed this clip to the guy that works at the sign shop next door...

his reaction...

"Us blacks can't have nuthin' without whitey wantin' some!"

SCNDLS said:

I hear all that you're sayin and I'm not disagreeing.
I'm just sayin there would be reaction, is all.

thejason said:

That would be a nice signature for you jason

johnart said:

thejason said:

Weeeelllll . . . hmmmmm (starts doing the church hum)

SCNDLS said:

Fanning you with the Martin Luther King Church fan (Williams Chicken ad on the back)

ThreadCula said:

:bigasschurchhat:

ThreadCula said:

WRONG my head just went up in flames!!!

ThreadCula said:

With the Roosevelt High drill team ad next to that

thejason said:

johnart said:

double standard for sure

XxAxX said:

This is precisely what I meant when I was talking about the lack of understanding of the historical significance of stepping to black organizations. You can sit over there with no real understanding of the context and what it means and point your finger at those who are actually a part of this and judge without any real knowledge of the situation or protocol. Typical