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NCAA Bans Indian Mascots During Postseason
AP ^ | Aug 5, 2005

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: americanindians; braves; collegefootball; mascot; ncaa; pc; seminoles
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To: Madeleine Ward

Now the Dearborn Junior College Fightin Ragheads or the Detonators or the Tennessee Tech Terrorists....Those could be questionable


61 posted on 08/05/2005 9:30:55 AM PDT by duffthor (Is it fishing time yet?)
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To: gopwinsin04

Back in the 50's we had an indian mascot who used to be at all the football games here. He was pretty good!


62 posted on 08/05/2005 9:31:33 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: duffthor

And what about cattle whose horns are short???

"Sooners" are offensive to us procrastinators.

And just what the hell is a "Ute"?


63 posted on 08/05/2005 9:32:00 AM PDT by WinOne4TheGipper (DU's new motto: "You shall not question our patriotism, you filthy American scum.")
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To: Mister_Speaker

64 posted on 08/05/2005 9:32:02 AM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: Leroy S. Mort

Up to the early 70s, it was the eastern Eastern Washington State University "Savages". Mascot was an Indian with a scalp. Even the Native Americans on campus, and there were a lot of them, were against changing the mascot to 'Eagles'.


65 posted on 08/05/2005 9:32:08 AM PDT by connectthedots
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To: Leroy S. Mort
The Ohio State Buckeyes will certainly be barred by this standard. Because..whomever came up with this ruling is most assuredly a nut and will be offended by our mascot.

brutus Buckeye
66 posted on 08/05/2005 9:32:13 AM PDT by Ghengis (Alexander was a wuss!)
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To: Marysecretary

I have no idea....they are green. I've never seen an actual mascot, just VERY large cheerleaders, and a future NBA player that dismantled my school's team like they were a bunch of little toddlers with a nasty case of diaper rash.


67 posted on 08/05/2005 9:32:46 AM PDT by duffthor (Is it fishing time yet?)
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To: Boston Blackie

I'd like to see FSU and the Seminoles join together to buck the NCAA with a lawsuit.


68 posted on 08/05/2005 9:33:13 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: mak5

Once again, where is the tolerance so celebrated by the left under other circumstances? Where is the enchantment with freedom of speech and expression? I guess a team called the "Dung-encrusted Marys" would be ok or the "Piss-submerged Crucifixes" would be welcome...

This gets so tiring....


69 posted on 08/05/2005 9:33:59 AM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: mhking
So what are Florida State and Illinois supposed to call themselves during the post-season, The FSU Sem and the Illinois Fighting?

The Chickens and the PCs?

70 posted on 08/05/2005 9:34:03 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

Actually (appropriate enough) Sooners were criminals, if I remember correctly. They were the people who illegally jumped the gun, so to speak, at the Oklahoma land rush.


71 posted on 08/05/2005 9:34:13 AM PDT by duffthor (Is it fishing time yet?)
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To: Clemenza

You made me laugh. Now that's funny.


72 posted on 08/05/2005 9:34:23 AM PDT by Marysecretary (Thank you, Lord, for FOUR MORE YEARS!!!)
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To: Leroy S. Mort

Rush talking about this now.


73 posted on 08/05/2005 9:34:36 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: Lil'freeper

*sigh* First they come for the Indian mascots..next they will come for the Irish mascots.


74 posted on 08/05/2005 9:35:13 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
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To: Kokojmudd

As a tribute to my Texas and ASU roots..."Don't mess with Sparky!!" ;o)


75 posted on 08/05/2005 9:35:40 AM PDT by N8VTXNinWV
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To: Leroy S. Mort

Hahahahahahahahahaha! WOW, that is a good one. LMAO


76 posted on 08/05/2005 9:37:32 AM PDT by BillT
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To: BlueNgold

Yours is a very good post and perspective. I am of Irish decent and have always taken pride in the University of Notre Dame being called the Fighting Irish. I don't understand the problem. Team nicknames are a celebration of historical figures and heritage.


77 posted on 08/05/2005 9:37:33 AM PDT by big'ol_freeper ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
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To: duffthor

I'm glad someone posted about this. Bob Knight is actually testifying on behalf of the NIT. I hope they stick it to the NCAA.


78 posted on 08/05/2005 9:38:04 AM PDT by cdga5for4
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To: mhking

My High School recently changed from the Fighting Redskins to the Red Hawks.

Blah.....


79 posted on 08/05/2005 9:39:48 AM PDT by Dashing Dasher (Vote For Pedro!)
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To: cdga5for4
I'm glad someone posted about this. Bob Knight is actually testifying on behalf of the NIT. I hope they stick it to the NCAA.

That would be delicious revenge :-)

80 posted on 08/05/2005 9:40:09 AM PDT by steveegg (Real torture is taking a ride with Sen Ted "Swimmer" Kennedy in a 1968 Oldsmobile off a short bridge)
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