[VO -- Tallahassee, Florida / WTXL -- File Video]FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY SAYS ROBERT CHAMPION -- NOT THE SCHOOL ITSELF -- BEARS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DRUM MAJOR'S DEATH IN A HAZING INCIDENT LAST FALL.CHAMPION DIED WHEN HE WAS BEATEN BY FELLOW BAND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL'S FAMED MARCHING 100 AFTER A FOOTBALL GAME.[WSB -- Courtesy -- File Video]AND THE UNIVERSITY -- IN ITS FIRST FORMAL RESPONSE TO HIS PARENTS LAWSUIT -- SAID THAT CHAMPION SAW OTHERS BEING HAZED AND CONSENTED TO THE RITUAL TO GAIN RESPECT AMONG HIS FELLOW BAND MEMBERS.THE SCHOOL WANTS TO SEE THE LAWSUIT THROWN OUT.CHAMPION'S PARENTS SAY THE UNIVERSITY FAILED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST HAZING, EVEN THOUGH THE SCHOOL'S DEAN PROPOSED SUSPENDING THE BAND DUE TO A HAZING INCIDENT JUST DAYS BEFORE CHAMPION DIED.TWELVE FORMER BAND MEMBERS HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF FELONY HAZING.-------------------------THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.(****END****) VIDEO PRODUCER: Ned Barker---------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: File-----------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: ned barker----------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: ----------------------------------MARKET EMBARGO (S): --------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE: a1195BC-US--FAMU Hazing, 1st Ld-Writethru,130