Tracz should be fired, or at least banned from speaking.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article34560399.html
It doesn't seem like he understands why people took special notice to the show.
Huh? He's right that there is absolutely nothing wrong with referencing rival mascots. It is a harmless, good-humored tradition. Not sure if you noticed, but he was sanctioned for the use of the Jayhawk - not the Enterprise.
He's also right that this controversy is "downright stupid" - ginned up entirely by twitter trolls who have nothing better to do than take a screen shot (and usually a cropped screen shot at that) completely out of context. What he couldn't say is that the administration's official response was also downright stupid, throwing him under the bus and only reinforcing the lunatic mob. When these trolls do their trolling, there is only one appropriate response: ridicule. Instead we apologize.
Let's be honest, he was sanctioned for the simulated fellatio, despite what our PR wizards said in the press release.
Also, the 30 second video was far worse than the cropped screen shot.
I haven't watched the video because I was at the game. Admittedly, I wasn't paying very close attention to the field, but I do remember hearing the announcer narrating that "the Enterprise is engaged in a battle with a horrible space alien" or something like that. Can you hear that in the video? If so, I don't understand how the video could be worse than the screen shot, because only a twitter troll or sexual devient would think "eh, forget what that announcer is saying, that's clearly a massive male genitals and balls."
I agree with you that these sanctions aren't really about depicting a jayhawk - which is why it's doubly stupid and cowardly that our adminsitration says that's what the sanctions are for. Tracz is right to point out that stupidity. If you're the administration and you really think the marching band made a crude sex joke with their formation, just say so. They don't even have the courage to do that. So not only was their official statement gutless - it was a lie.