NCAA won't expand Confederate flag ban

AP ^ | January 23, 2007 | PETE IACOBELLI

[ConservativeStatement]

COLUMBIA, S.C. - An NCAA committee decided Tuesday it will not expand its ban on postseason championships in South Carolina and Mississippi, where Confederate emblems are displayed on Statehouse grounds.

The Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee said the NCAA should continue its moratorium on bringing predetermined events, such as NCAA basketball regionals, to the two states. The ban will not be expanded, however, to sites awarded on merit, such as baseball tournament regionals or football playoff games.

[ConservativeStatement]

Maybe Ted Nugent can play at an event.

[MinorityRepublican]

Surprising.....

[Shadowstrike]

well now isn't that just too sweet of them.
(sarcasm off)

[skaterboy]

when no one cares then they back down..people of mississippi and sc said f' off so the ncaa punks out

[Rebeleye]

I wonder if the NCAA is going to start cancelling games in Virginia, Georgia, and Texas because their state flag is the same one used by Confederate troops. Moreover, the states flags of Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana contain Confederate symbolism. Heck, Alabama has four Confederate flags on their capitol grounds. North Carolina's flag originated from its original secessionist flag. Maryland has the most Confederate state song. When is the NCAA going to ban games there?

I can see this steamrolling--the Gay activists will be pressuring the NCAA to ban games in states that don't support gay marriages.

Don't you love when a private organization gets involved in politics?

[stainlessbanner]

'Ol Dixie Ping

[StoneWall Brigade]

Thanks for the ping SB

[proudofthesouth]

I like your name.

[James Ewell Brown Stuart]

There is something about the word Dixie that brings a tear to my eye.

[Moose4]

Well, bless their heart.

}:-)4

[archy]

There is something about the word Dixie that brings a tear to my eye.

There is something about the word Dixie that brings a beer to my lips.