Let me get this straight. They're saying that Illinois teams can't call themselves the Illini? On the news this was presented as though they wouldn't let Chief Illinewek perform in a bowl game, or something. Are they really going with an all out Inquistition here ?
Well just to make them get more PO'd... ILL - INI!!!
Seriously, I don't care so much about the Chief, but I think the nickname is ultra-cool and needs to stay.
On the local news tonight, the Ute Indian big chief was saying that the decision is assinine in the case of Utah. The Utes have always consulted their tribe on such matters. They're happy to have the state and a state university named after them. I'd love to see the Ute tribe sue the NCAA over this.
Again, if "Illini" is "incorrect," then so is "Illinois."
Maybe they should call the themselves the Orange Free State, or the "Dick Durbin Donkeys."