I hate "PC" controlling twits with a passion in any venue.
Serious question: does anyone know the procedure for replacing the entire NCAA governing board?
Sometimes the best way to solve an intractable problem is to erase it and start over.
I also find the name of the state of Indiana "offensive and abusive" since it has the word "Indian" in it. I hope that we can address that issue at the same time. (sarcasm)
This was actually the issue of discussion yesterday on the "John Thompson Show" yesterday - and in that I mean Coach John Thompson, formerly of Georgetown University Basketball.
Coach Thompson did not address the issue of political correctness with regard to the names, but more directly the transparent hypocrisy of the fact that something which was deemed immoral and unjust during the NCAA basketball tournament was tolerated for the length of the regular season. If it's wrong, it's wrong. Period.
Thompson also pointed out that the layout of the leadership on this decision was deliberately composed of layer upon layer of committee, in which one could never actually get at a single individual for direct responsibility - or blame. Coach Thompson also indicated that nothing of this nature would be tolerated from the football programs within the NCAA, which is true the football programs are independent of this nonsense.
To paraphrase Coach Thompson, who leaves the issue of the offensive nature of such mascots names to the individual, it is this type of leadership with which we entrust the education of our nation's young people. A very good point, but one I suppose I must disagree with. I would never leave the ethical and moral education of my children to such individuals.
Regardless of position, I enjoyed the Coach's intellectual honesty on the issue.