According to Nola.com, the LSU fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon will end it's gameday banner tradition and has apologized to LSU for shedding negative light on the University by mocking the NFL's first openly gay player, Michael Sam.

In the apology letter, Deke said they would stop hanging signs in front of their house "indefinitely."

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"Zeta Zeta is a chapter full of rich traditions, one of them being our game day banners," the fraternity wrote.

"Though satire is sometimes the goal, crossing the line and causing offense to others is never the intent," the letter from the DKEs, addressed to LSU President and Chancellor F. King Alexander, said. "We truly apologize to you and all other members of the LSU community who have had to deal with the effects of this banner."

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The banner reading, "Michael isn't the Only Sam Getting the D Tonight," was displayed the day LSU defeated Sam Houston State University 56-0 in Baton Rouge in the first home game of the season.

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It's White•116 months

Deke has had more offensive banners. I guess gay jokes are just untouchable.

txbd•116 months

People are such pussies nowadays.

peaster68•116 months

God forbid that they make fun of the gays

joeytiger•116 months

What is so offensive about it? Do gay men not like getting D?

TheCommonDominator•116 months

WHAT A JOKE this world has become!!! I mean these are the DEKES we are talking about .....the same guys who for the Rice game during Gary Hart scandal said "Gary Hart says eat rices spread" which is vulgar but genius...so why can't they make a gay joke? comedians make jokes about gays all the time...blacks make fun of whites etc....ITS A JOKE!!!!!....wow as an alumni I am appalled that NO ONE has a sense of humor anymore.....by the way someone joked about Ray Rice saying maybe he should join the Cowboys because both aren't beating anyone anytime soon....

Amazing Moves•116 months

So much for freedom of speech. Our country is so weak now.

LoveThatMoney•116 months

The Va Tech massacre banner was worse. The one with the glory hole was worse. I'm sure we could start an entire thread with pictures people have taken of the Deke banner and most of them would be more revolting than the Michael Sam one here. Nevermind the fact that the thread would be about 30 pages long and it would just be the pictures. That's how long this tradition has been going on.

This is a fricking farce and I don't have any interest in the Dekes one way or the other.

Broham•116 months

That's actually good shite

Mr. Shankly•116 months

Further pussification of America

mkibod1•116 months

So gay and race jokes are crossing the line but mocking a mass shooting wasnt? I see an NFL style skewed judgement here...

Zantrix•116 months

What a bunch of flaming pussies in charge of this country. Seriously, my generation is running this country into the ground.

Foolish cock•116 months

Actually funny

Run DMC•116 months

That is absolutely hilarious

YogaPants•116 months

buncha butthurt people must have moaned and groaned

Macintosh504•116 months

Thanks a lot gay people

theBru•116 months

What's wrong with Mike & Sam getting some "D"-fense...That's what "D" means aint it, we are talking football here...Mike & Sam are the LB's aint they?

sumtimeitbeslikedat•116 months

It was off-color and vulgar... But then again these are college kids we r talking about... Does anyone expect more, really? I blame ESPN for forcefeeding this whole Michael Sam thing to us... Now when some kids make light of it, everyone wants to put their hand over their mouths and go "ooooooooowweeeeee!!! I'm telling!!!"

Nobody but the stuffed shirts and homos care... And that's like .05% of society. Everyone else thinks its pretty darn witty and funny. (Albeit vulgar and un-called for)

81Tiger•116 months

"it's gameday banner"

2014 jernalizm

SaintLSUnAtl•116 months

I laughed

LeonPhelps•116 months

I have yet to grasp what is offensive about this to anyone. Can someone please break it down for me? Don't just say because it mentions Michael Sam like he is Yahweh and we are all Jewish. What specifically is offensive?

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