[beezdotcom]

I didn't see this specific article listed - apologies if it had already been posted. I just find it interesting that you can keep the "tribe", but not the feathers.

[Jaysun]

Why are stereotypes considered inherently bad anyway? I'm Irish, we love our booze - so what?

[beezdotcom]

Interesting that I can't find the actual logo on the http://www.wm.edu site. I do see it on some other affiliated sites, like http://www.tribeathletics.com:

[MrCruncher]

Do the Politically Correct DANCE, NCAA.

[Defiant]

Didn't Romans use feathers in their helmets? And didn't they have lots of tribes?

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.

[muawiyah]

Even Jewish people use the word "tribe". Banning "tribe" would clearly identify the NCAA as a racist, anti-semitic outfit ~ which it is come to think of it.

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).

[muawiyah]

Wow, almost forgot the Seraphim and Cherubim, ancient Hebrew symbols that adorned the Ark of the Covenant, the Tabernacle and the Temple ~ and one might presume they had feathers or something that passed for feathers.

Obviously the NCAA, in overlooking this ancient Jewish use of feathers as a symbol is actually engaged in the suppression of Jewish lore, religion and knowledge.

Well, there you have it ~ bunch of Nazis behind this one.