San Jose State suspends dance team

[Scoops]

CNN just ran a blurb (from the Associated Press) on its ticker that says San Jose State is suspending its dance team for being "too provacative." It also reported that a university spokesperson said the school will "reevaluate the dance team's mission."

[Diehard Pony]

CNN just ran a blurb (from the Associated Press) on its ticker that says San Jose State is suspending its dance team for being "too provacative." It also reported that a university spokesperson said the school will "reevaluate the dance team's mission."

There goes the last of the Spartan's meager attendance.

[Peruna_Ate_My_Rolex]

Here's the story. It doesn't help them that they ticked off one of their major donors, not to mention an Associate AD possibly brusing someone. I guess it can't get any worse for them.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) San Jose State has suspended its dance team after a sexy routine at a basketball game triggered a confrontation involving an elderly alumnus and and a 20-year-old dancer.

The team is suspended until it develops guidelines to represent the university "at the highest possible standard," the division of intercollegiate athletics decided last week.

The confrontation, captured on videotape by a parent, erupted after a dance during a March 5 home game to the raunchy lyrics of "Move Somethin'" by LL Cool J.

"It was vulgar," said Ray Silva, 74, a San Jose businessman and major university booster. "It was like a burlesque, with bumps and grinds. I just came unglued."

Silva said he shouted at the dancers: "Trash, that's trash. Get off the court."

Dancer Tarah DiNardo confronted Silva at the end of the game, gesturing emphatically as the two shouted at one another. John Glass, an associate athletic director, stepped between them and grabbed DiNardo's arm, apparently bruising it.

The dancer filed a complaint with police, but authorities declined to prosecute. Her angry father has hired an attorney.

"I don't want people to lay hands on my daughter," said businessman and ex-Marine Joey DiNardo. "There's too much dirty dancing going on," he acknowledged, but added: "You don't grab anyone or call the girls trash."

Tarah DiNardo says the dancers have simply been doing what sports officials asked. "They wanted more makeup, more hair and sexier uniforms" to boost ticket sales, she said.

"That doesn't strike me as anything we'd want," said Mark Harlan, the university's new associate director of athletics. He said the dance team's role is being reevaluated.