Yes, most of the country probably doesn't know or care much about THE FIGHTING SIOUX, being a small Division I school, but they are perennial participants in the NCAA hockey tournament.
Further, I'm told the benefactor who "built" the state-of-the-art hockey arena for the Sioux specifically conditioned his benevolence (knowing the PC Police were out there) on THE FIGHTING SIOUX retaining their name and logo.
To the extent, in fact, that the logo is embedded in marble throughout the arena.
So...now the Fighting Sioux can't participate in or host NCAA hockey tournaments?
It'll be entertaining to see how this all plays out.
See link at bottom of my #39 to how UND responded to 2002 NCAA survey.
So...now the Fighting Sioux can't participate in or host NCAA hockey tournaments?
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What about the Fighting Irish. If the use of Indian mascots and nicknames is deemed offensive, then so should Irish be offensive. Why go there? what a can of worms to open. No school should accept this decision.