Does this count as hostile and abusive?
Posted on 08/05/2005 8:52:05 AM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA banned the use of American Indian mascots by sports teams during its postseason tournaments, but will not prohibit them otherwise.
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.
Nicknames or mascots deemed ``hostile or abusive'' would not be allowed by teams on their uniforms or other clothing beginning with any NCAA tournament after Feb. 1, said Harrison, the University of Hartford's president.
``What each institution decides to do is really its own business'' outside NCAA championship events, he said.
Guidelines were not immediately available on which logos and nicknames would be considered ``hostile or abusive.''
The NCAA two years ago recommended that schools determine for themselves whether the Indian depictions were offensive.
Among the schools to change nicknames in recent years over such concerns were St. John's (from Redmen to Red Storm) and Marquette (from Warriors to Golden Eagles).
The NCAA plans to ban schools using Indian nicknames from hosting postseason events. Harrison said schools with such mascots that have already been selected as tournament sites would be asked to cover any offensive logos.
Such logos also would be prohibited at postseason games on cheerleader and band uniforms starting in 2008.
"Marquette (from Warriors to Golden Eagles)."
Good gosh! Warriors is a tribute, and it's deemed offensive?!
I have some Irish in me, let me be the first to call for Notre Dame to change it's mascot! (Hit the NCAA where it counts, the wallet). Fighting Irish is certainly more offensive than Warrior!
Oh, and I wish they'd force my alma mater to change it's mascot. Zips. I'm offended by how stupid it is. :)
The "Fightin'" Irish is probably the most offensive of them all (the only thing that would make it worse is the "Drunken, Fightin'" Irish) and they seem to accept it just fine. In fact, rumor has it that a few Irishmen (is that PC? I know "Chinaman" is.) founded the school. But that's probably just an urban legend.
So, in order to avoid offending anyone, we shouldn't be seeing the "Vikings", "Norsemen", "Sooners", "Orangemen", "Saints", "Demon Deacons", "Cornhuskers", "Fighting Irish" or anything of the like, should we?
Oops, I just found out from an Englishman that Chinaman is definitely not PC. I should tell my fellow Amishmen.
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
East High School in Rochester, New York, is the Orientals. East Orientals.
Don't tell the folks at Occidental college.
Or Scandanavians being offended by the Minnesota Vikings? Do you think the PC thought police will pay any attention to that? I am convinced they won't.
Hey... watch it! You've got FSU alum on this here thread. I voice my protest against this, but I'll admit that I'm not the first bit concerned that it's going to effect the team's gameplay. Oh darn... Now the Nole cheer squad will have to wear something that DOESN'T have a logo covering their chests. Shucks!
I am not totally against schools or pro sports teams using Native American related names or mascots. However, two things bother me. One is the name Washington Redskins, and the other is the logo for the Cleveland Indians.
Two possible solutions: First, if teams do change their names, during the postseason the student body could wear full headress in the stands. If teams decide to change their names, I suggest "The White Dominators." The PC crowd should love that.
Pretty soon they'll all have lousy, innocuous names like the Moorhead Spuds.
"And now...your 2005 national champion Nebraska State Oppressors!"
I could think of some great names for Moorhead....
Just some indian history.
Do they have cute cheeleaders? LMAO.
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