As for the future of FAMU 's Marching 100 , Pam Champion said , `` Until you clean house , you ca n't ... consider putting that band back on the field . '' Witnesses claim that Champion was forced to walk home while he was beaten on the head . Champion seemed fine , then said he had trouble breathing , one witness says . Champion 's parents said their son was against hazing . Robert Champion died of ` ` shock due to soft tissue hemorrhage , due to blunt force trauma ''
Witnesses claim that Champion was forced to walk home while he was beaten on the head . Champion seemed fine , then said he had trouble breathing , one witness says . Champion 's parents said their son was against hazing . Robert Champion died of ` ` shock due to soft tissue hemorrhage , due to blunt force trauma ''