UW-Madison marching band director Mike Leckrone told 27 News the suspension of the band for the Oct. 4 home football game against Ohio State was tied to alleged band misconduct last month in connection to the band’s trip to play at the Michigan game in Ann Arbor.
Leckrone also told 27 News his unprecedented step of stopping the band form performing also stemmed from an alleged pattern of hazing he only learned about last week. “There were situations that we saw evidence that there was some kind of hazing going on from the beginning of the school year.”