"Demeaning" Recording Credited to Miami Athletes

espn.com ^ | 11/17/05 | espn.com

[sassbox]

A 2-year-old profanity-laced recording that denigrates women and minorities surfaced on the Web on Tuesday, putting the University of Miami's athletic department on the defensive about its image.

Miami's carefully cultivated image as a school well-past the days that earned it the reputation as a program lacking institutional control may have taken a blow when the rap song, which sources told ESPN.com includes the voices of several football players, surfaced on the Internet.

A group calling itself the 7th Floor Crew -- the name reportedly comes from the seventh floor of the Mahoney Residential College, campus housing at Miami -- made a recording referencing multiple acts of group sex, derogatory terms for women and minorities and dozens of curse words that lasts approximately 9 minutes. School officials say the song was recorded two years ago, but that seems to offer little solace.

"The Athletic Department has been made aware of a private audio recording made two years ago by students in a residence hall, some of whom were student-athletes," athletic director Paul Dee said Wednesday night in a statement through the school's sports information department. "The content of the recording is unfortunate, inappropriate and demeaning. This speech is not appropriate and does not reflect the values of the University or the Athletic Department.

"While the recording was made privately, it was not intended for public distribution or use. To be clear, the University and the Athletic Department disapprove of the content and its references. To those who may hear this material, we apologize. Any students whose voices can be identified will be subject to appropriate discipline and/or counseling."

Kyle Munzenrieder, a Miami student and author of the blog Miamity.com that published a report on the song, identified at least one of the members of the 7th Floor Crew as a current football player.

"I live on the 6th floor, and have good friends on the 7th floor, and those two floors are where a lot of football players live," Munzenrieder wrote ESPN.com in an e-mail Wednesday night. "The song really isn't indicative of the attitude of the current football players, and the 7th floor isn't some sort of hedonistic fantasy dorm zone."

[sassbox]

I did hear this song; it was linked on Every Day Should Be Saturday, an awesome college football blog. It's a nine minute long rap epic detailing how awesome the genitals of various Hurricane players are, their fondness for group sex, sodomy, and acts that are . . . ummm . . . "not open to life" as Catholics would say. Lots of N-words, and degrading terms for women. Boy am I glad I'm not a Miami fan! I can only imagine what it would be like if the Irish did something like this. With all the Slavs on our team, maybe they could record a vulgar polka or something.

[dfwgator]

You can't spell "scum" without UM.

[sassbox]

college football ping

[Fenris6]

figured it was rap.

[MikefromOhio]

College Football Ping.

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

It's a nine minute long rap epic detailing how awesome the genitals of various Hurricane players are...

Too funny for words!

[ken5050]

There is a lot of talk that the BCS will be shuffled..it is in the rules at the discretion of the committee..to let Miami play ND, if, IF, Miami agrees to play anywheres besides the Orange Bowl..IOW..so it won't be a home game for them..if it happens, it will be "Convicts v. Catholics", Part II..remember those T-shirts from the first go around?

[elc]

Shocked. Shocked I tell you, that any of the 3 big Florida schools would have problems with their athletes.

GO NOLES!
(PS - Bobby, please fire your son, NOW!)

[sassbox]

I hadn't heard that - right now the buzz is that ND will end up in the Fiesta Bowl, probably against Bama or Ohio State.

[ken5050]

That's because everyone figures Miami wants what is a virtual home game..

[ken5050]

Also..if Bama loses to ASuburn, as I think they will...ND won't want to play Bama..and as for OSU..well, they'd gain much more playing Miami..

[weegee]

figured it was rap.

"derogatory terms for women and minorities"

With a PC comment like this, it is made to sound like hate speech. Is it still hate speech when it comes from members of the "offended" race?

Political correctness sucks. It's why CNN reported that African-Americans are rioting in France.

[scott says]

Here is ESPN.com -" bowl projections" as of last week...

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2194032

[Palmetto]

How is that any different from USC playing the NC game in the Rose Bowl?

[w_over_w]

That's a big crystal ball . . . WV in the Sugar Bowl?

[scott says]

With the current BCS system set up- the Big East gets a team in the series- so, yeah,WV-Big East Champ gets a spot in the big bowl game. Thats one of the faults with the current system...among many.

[w_over_w]

This will be interesting (frustrating) to follow down to the final bids . . . but then, when has it not been?

[KeyesPlease]

MIAMI HURRICANES!!!!

5 X National Champions

1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001

Though some Hurricane players may have sung about it; apparently Notre Dame if infamous for it.

http://www.nd.edu/~observer/04252002/Viewpoint/2.html

http://www.cracksmoker.com/NCAAF/NCAAF%20Notre%20Dame.htm

Glad I'm not a Notre Dame fan!!!! Although, admittedly, I think the Weis hire was a great move. Definitely an admirable individual: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/independents/2005-09-26-ndame-weis-playcall_x.htm

Good luck the rest of your season. This Catholic Miami Hurricanes fan would love to see a Miami v. ND matchup in a BCS bowl.