{"id":881446,"date":"2026-10-14T01:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/881446\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T01:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:10:24","slug":"winston-salem-ad-apologizes-for-lopsided-yard-lines-at-football-game-after-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/881446\/","title":{"rendered":"Winston Salem AD Apologizes For Lopsided Yard Lines at Football Game After Viral Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Winston-Salem State University athletic director Eric Burns spoke out Monday after a viral video showed a worker shoddily painting yardage lines on the school&#8217;s football field at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, last weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The video, which was posted by <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@djmoyer\/video\/7695786053650648334\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">DJ Moyer<\/a> on TikTok, shows a grounds crew worker spray painting crooked lines on the field without a stencil and without properly measuring:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">In a statement provided to <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmynews2.com\/article\/sports\/football\/viral-tiktok-shows-lopsided-yard-lines-at-wssu-football-game-ad-says-new-checks-in-place\/83-a528cac5-0df1-495d-9f42-afa61035b399\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Vernon<\/a> of WFMY News 2, Burns addressed the situation, saying, &#8220;The field markings at our last home game fell short of WSSU Athletics&#8217; standards, and I take responsibility. We&#8217;ve secured additional field preparation support and implemented new checks to ensure this is addressed before our next home game. Our student-athletes and Ram Nation deserve the highest standard, and we are committed to meeting it every time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The lines in question were painted on prior to Winston-Salem&#8217;s home game against Bowie State on Saturday, which Winston-Salem lost 21-0.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The Rams, who play in Division II, are now 0-6 overall on the 2026 season, and 0-4 in CIAA conference games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Winston-Salem, which is a historically Black college or university (HBCU), was something of a football power in the 2010s, winning double-digit games each year from 2011 to 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">That included a trip to the 2012 Division II National Championship Game where the Rams fell to Valdosta State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Notable NFL alumni to come out of Winston-Salem State include wide receivers Yancey Thigpen and Oronde Gadsden, and defensive end Williams Hayes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">While the program has fallen on hard times in recent years, Burns&#8217; statement suggests they are at least trying to improve the manner in which they prepare to host games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Winston-Salem&#8217;s next home football game is set for Saturday against Bluefield State.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winston-Salem State University athletic director Eric Burns spoke out Monday after a viral video showed a worker shoddily&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-881446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}