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Posted on 08/05/2005 9:28:11 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Finding the University of Utah's ''Utes'' nickname, along with the nicknames of 17 other colleges, to be ''hostile or abusive,'' the NCAA today banned the use of American Indian mascots by sports teams during its postseason tournaments.
The NCAA's executive committee decided this week the organization did not have the authority to bar Indian mascots by individual schools, committee chairman Walter Harrison said Friday, but by preventing those teams from participating in its playoffs, it effectively is forcing the names to be abandoned nationwide.
The postseason ban begins Feb. 1, 2006. Said Harrison, the University of Hanford's president: ''As a national association, we believe that mascots, nicknames or images deemed hostile or abusive in terms of race, ethnicity or national origin should not be visible at the championship events that we control.''
In addition to the University of Utah, the list includes:
--Alcorn State University (Braves)
--Central Michigan University (Chippewas)
--Catawba College (Indians)
--Florida State University (Seminoles)
--Midwestern State University (Indians)
--University of Utah (Utes)
--Indiana University-Pennsylvania (Indians)
--Carthage College (Redmen)
--Bradley University (Braves)
--Arkansas State University (Indians)
--Chowan College (Braves)
--University of Illinois-Champaign (Illini)
--University of Louisiana-Monroe (Indians)
--McMurry University (Indians)
--Mississippi College (Choctaws)
--Newberry College (Indians)
--University of North Dakota (Fighting Sioux)
--Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Savages)
In November of 2004, the NCAA asked 33 schools were asked to submit self evaluations to the NCAA National Office to determine the extent, if any, of the use of Native American imagery or references on their campuses. Specific aspects of the self evaluations centered on three NCAA Constitution principles that reference cultural diversity and gender equity; the principle of sportsmanship and ethical conduct; and the principle of nondiscrimination.
''The NCAA objects to institutions using racial/ethnic/national origin references in their intercollegiate athletics programs,'' said NCAA President Myles Brand.
''Several institutions have made changes that adhere to the core values of the NCAA Constitution pertaining to cultural diversity, ethical sportsmanship and nondiscrimination,'' Brand said. ''We applaud that, and we will continue to monitor these institutions and others. All institutions are encouraged to promote these core values and take proactive steps at every NCAA event through institutional event management to enhance the integrity of intercollegiate athletics related to these issues.''
Schools will have an opportunity to appeal, the NCAA said.
On the opposite side of the coin...
My son and I both attend Francis Marion University, our mascot is The Patriot, symbolized by the original Swamp Fox, Col. Francis Marion. I wonder when someone will complain about this insulting and degrading use of a white man's image?
In response to yet another outside body trying to influence whether or not Central Michigan University and other schools should employ Native American nicknames, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe issued a sharply-worded rebuke: Stay out of our business.
That was a JOINT statement from CMU and the Saginaw Chippewa Indians themselves.
Yep, UNC-Pembroke can use the name 'Braves' since the school was originally set up as one for the Lumbee Indians and the alums did have a lot to say in the matter.
"They should rename the Utes to the "White Trash Rednecks" or "Lardasses"."
Sorry, "White Trash Rednecks" was just snatched up by West Virginia University. Apparently they were concerned that "Mountaineers" would soon become offensive to the NCAA, too.
Hey, "Fighting Polygamists" is still up for grabs,...
A few years ago the Devils Lake ND High School changed their nickname from the "Satans" and the "Devils Lake Sioux Tribe" changed their name to the "Spirit Lake Nation"
Guess the Devil made 'em do it!
Devils Lake is about 90 miles west of Grand Forks ND, home of the "UND Fighting Sioux." UND spends tons of money on Indian (or is the PC term Native Americans?) programs like "Inmed" (short for Indians in Medicine, I guess "NAmed" doesn't have the same "ring" to it)
Or call them the Utah Uselesses. Oh no, that will offend the people on welfare and skid row.
Maybe they should just go with vegetable names. For instance, Scottsdale Community College's football team is called...the Artichokes! Cracks me up every time I hear it. I honestly don't know how the announcers keep a straight face when commenting on the game.
I heard on Fox (i think it was fox) that Florida State plans to fight this. I hope all these schools band together and fight it. it is not just silly, its outrageous.
Right, plant or insect names couldn't possibly offend anyone, except, of course, actual plants and insects. But they can't use phones and call lawyers.
"The Dung Beetles". "Fighting Fireflies". "Crabgrass". Those are butt-kicking names, aren't they!
Yes, but I guess leprechauns are not members of a politically protected group.
If those are offensive just because they are named for Indian tribes, then what about the names of the states themselves? A lot of them are named for Indian tribes. If just the name of a tribe is now somehow deemed to be offensive we will have to change the names of at least these states:
Alabama - May come from Choctaw meaning “thicket-clearers” or “vegetation-gatherers”Arkansas - From the Quapaw Indians
Illinois - Algonquin for “tribe of superior men”
Indiana - Meaning “land of Indians”
Iowa - Probably from an Indian word meaning “this is the place” or “the Beautiful Land”
Kansas - From a Sioux word meaning “people of the south wind”
Massachusetts - From Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning “at or about the great hill”
Missouri - Named after the Missouri Indian tribe. “Missouri” means “town of the large canoes.”
New Mexico - From Mexico, “place of Mexitli,” an Aztec god or leader
North and South Dakota - From the Sioux tribe, meaning “allies”
Oklahoma - From two Choctaw Indian words meaning “red people”
Utah - From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”
I like that.
There are a couple of California schools that I think came into the mascot naming game a bit late. I'm guessing the 60's; The Irvine Anteaters and - personal fave, but I think Division II - The UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
Or just maybe, as their jersey used to feature (may still do -- I don't watch the NDJSBA, the No-Defense Jam and Slam Basketball Association, any more, haven't for years) the nickname of Milwaukee's team is about full racks.
The admission of which fact, of course, would doubtless entice the PC nazis (n.b. no nazi ever deserves capitalisation) to begin arguing for women to be placed on the team. Affirmative action, and all that.
Perhaps they can have two balls (not the league; they've none, but the players) on the court at the same time, the 29-inch ball for the ladies, and the normal 30-inch ball for the players.
Extra point(s) awarded for a guyshotgalshot in sequence, less than 2 seconds apart? Why not?
Great Bloody **rist, wtf IS this nonsense?! I can only hope that Dante Aligheri consigned those who would further wreck what was once a very fine game to a separate circle in Il Inferno, one within and without which **absolutely** no travelling is allowed.
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What about the Sooners?
What about the..."Trojans"?
Why not?
Sheesh, what effing morons the NCAA have become (not new news; they were the same degree of morons in 1969 when they suspended Yale (of all schools, what a laugh!) when Jack Langer played in the ''un-sanctioned'' Maccabiah Games of that year.
Just an agglomeration of power-mad jerkoffs...not unlike Hitlery, come to think of it, except she's singular and they're plural.
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