Members of the Alumni Band seem to think this demand was put in place after they criticized OSU over the John Waters firing.

"Ohio State to alumni clubs: Stop making disparaging comments, or lose your perks"

Ohio State University is requiring its roughly 150 alumni clubs and societies to keep mum when it comes to disparaging comments about the school, or risk losing money and other perks it provides them. For the most part, they are signing on.

Still, Gary Leppla, a band alumnus and attorney for the TBDBITL Alumni Club — representing alumni of what fans know as The Best Damn Band in the Land — said he was "shocked and disappointed" when the club's board of governors agreed last week to bring the proposal to its full membership this coming Friday.

"We might not be allowed to march, we might not be allowed to carry on, we might be disassociated with the university unless we take this loyalty oath," Leppla said.

The group, whose members provide hundreds of public concerts each year, existed even before the university alumni association. It is independently incorporated, has its own logo and owns the "TBDBITL" trademark, Leppla said. The band itself is widely acclaimed for its intricate and inventive football halftime shows.

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