Michigan State Issues Apology After Photo Of Hitler Appears On Scoreboard

Michigan State University is under major fire after an image of Adolph Hitler appeared on a scoreboard inside of MSU’s football stadium.

On Saturday dozens of photos circulated on social media that show Adolph Hitler captioned with the question ‘Where is Hitler’s birthplace?’

The university has since misused an apology and stated “We are deeply sorry for the content that was displayed, as this is not representative of our institutional values. MSU will not be using the third-party source going forward.”

Take a look at the scoreboard here:

MSU putting "We Never Drop The Ball" right below a ginormous picture of Adolf Hitler on their scoreboard is peak Sparty. pic.twitter.com/LqD7Ig5OZF

— M Go Humor (@MGoHumor) October 22, 2023

I was pretty confident in Michigan but here are two things I found funny about tonight (other than MSU fans being mostly gone by the time they asked a Hitler trivia question while Israel is in a war). pic.twitter.com/vIK8PxaKfN

— Jason Wuerfel (@TheWuerf) October 22, 2023

Here’s what M Live reported:

Michigan State is apologizing after an image of Adolf Hitler appeared on a Spartan Stadium video board Saturday night prior to its game against Michigan.

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Multiple images circulating on social media on Saturday show an image of the Nazi leader’s face on the stadium’s largest scoreboard, alongside a trivia question answer about his birthplace.

Michigan State said the scoreboard content came from a third-party source. The school will no longer use that source and will update its screening procedures.

“MSU is aware that inappropriate content by a third-party source was displayed on the video board prior to the start of tonight’s football game,” MSU spokesperson Matt Larson said in a statement. “We are deeply sorry for the content that was displayed, as this is not representative of our institutional values. MSU will not be using the third-party source going forward and will implement stronger screening and approval procedures for all videoboard content in the future.”

Monday Morning…

[ring! ring!]

"Hello, MSU Athletic Department. How can I help you?"

"Yeah, this is Duckett Brothers Distributing. We'd like to talk to someone about our ad in Spartan Stadium that was placed RIGHT BELOW A GIANT PICTURE OF ADOLF HITLER!!" pic.twitter.com/8VkRNXwy1u

— M Go Humor (@MGoHumor) October 22, 2023

Per AP:

Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller said he has suspended an employee involved in allowing Adolf Hitler’s image to be shown on videoboards before playing No. 2 Michigan.

The employee, who was not named, will be paid pending an investigation that will help to determine potential action in the future. Haller said no one in the department viewed the entire video, exposing a failure in its process.

“Antisemitism must be denounced,” Haller said in a statement Sunday Night. “The image displayed prior to Saturday night’s game is not representative of who we are and the culture we embody. Nevertheless, we must own our failures and accept responsibility.