Posted on 06/03/2006 1:55:32 PM PDT by beezdotcom
The College of William and Mary can use the nickname “Tribe” for its athletic teams, but it must eliminate the two feathers in the W&M logo, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ruled Tuesday.
The NCAA has been cracking down on Native American nicknames, mascots and images that some find offensive.
The NCAA said, “the committee believes that coupling the term “Tribe” with imagery that has traditionally been linked to Native Americans, for example eagle feathers and arrowheads, transforms that use from one associated with “togetherness,” “shared idealism,” and “commitment” to a stereotypical reference to Native Americans.”
If the Williamsburg college doesn’t comply, it chould be banned from post-season play.
William and Mary officials say they’ll appeal the ruling.
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Aye.
Bring it on, ye whiny punks.....;D
Do all Irishmen have such shifty eyes? Best be careful... (and why doesn't he have red hair, anyway?)
Joe Louis weighed 199½ lb. for the 1941 Conn fight
http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=9007
ESPN sells Ali. PERIOD.
WHO came up with that for
ESPN Classic?
Alcoholic Bert Sugar?
Or one of the many other boxing "experts" who never had a fight with their own sister.
Louis' trainer Jack Blackburn never let Louis weight 200.
While Blackburn was alive Louis weighed 199 or less for every title defense.
Trusting ESPN Classic would be equal to trusting the Washington Post or NY TIMES.
ESPN got all the rare boxing films collected for decades by Jimmy Jacobs and Bill Cayton (managers of Mike Tyson).
Cayton gave them to ESPN, assuming they would show the very rare films of the great fighters from the early 1900's to the public.
Instead they show nothing but more recent crap.
Cayton's choice of ESPN was a disaster.
The red hair was probably *too* much of a stereotype.
I dunno about the shifty eyes, though.
Do you consider mine shifty?
[I always though I just had a perma-scowl]....;D
I object to the shamrock. Stop the presses, I feel offended by the shamrock.
Pretty good for a guy that had just gotten knocked on his ass.
You cloverophobe, you.
Ha.
I'm on plane to Aruba right now.....:-P
I suggest that all US college teams adopt nicknames that reflect European warriors and European heros. The hell with the NCAA. Suggested names:
--The Fighting _________ (Celts, Vandals, Normans, Huns, Vikings, Danes, Poles, Rus, Scots, Serbs, etc.) Try to find an ethnicity that is prominent in your region or was involved in your university's founding. Develop a mascot that is true to historical facts.
The Legion, with Roman soldier logos.
The Explorers. Logo shows ships on a horizon, name honors Columbus, Da Gama, King Henry of Portugal, etc.
The Discoverers. Logo shows a microscope and a scientist, or some other symbol of scientific discovery. Important that the symbol shows a European, because that's who made all the discoveries for the past 2000 years.
There are already some "Crusader" teams, mostly at Christian or Catholic schools. Just to get the Islamic/Atheist goat even more, how about some others in that vein:
The Andalucians--celebrating the removal of the Islamic horde
The Castillians--honoring those who drove the Mohemetans from Iberia
The Knights (in Crusader regalia)
The Saints (borrow the New Orleans NFL team's name.
The Apostles
The Martyrs (logo has something to do with Lions, there's a cross somewhere in it, so Muzzies aren't confused that it refers to suicide bombers).
There are heroes galore, mythic and real, to honor as namesakes, e.g., the Arthurs, the Caesars. MIT could change its name to "The Einsteins", and in so doing anger the Muslims by being named after a Jew.
There are non-PC names:
Conquistadors (replace Aztec at SDSU with this, and end the controversy over Monty Montezuma)
The A-Bombs, for New Mexico teams.
The Airborn, for teams near 101st Airborn or other units.
The Seals, and instead of the animal as your mascot, have it be a Navy Seal.
You get my drift. If the NCAA wants to become a PC institution, shove their hypocrisy in their face.
Hmmm.
I don't think they respect Indians either. Every time you turn around they're trying to suppress any evidence that Indians ever existed (for example).
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