[Guillermo]

I wish I had a link to the poll that showed over 80% of "native Americans" did not find the names/mascots offensive.

It's just the same old professional bitchers who are making this a huge deal.

[SoDak]

And, they spend the other half of their time trying to convince the people in question (in this case Native Americans) that they should be upset.

[newgeezer]

I wish I had a link to the poll that showed over 80% of "native Americans" did not find the names/mascots offensive.

I'll never forget the full-page ad I saw in USA Today a few years ago. It was placed by a group of Indians asking voters to support some legislation important to operators of Indian casinos. The interesting thing was that nowhere was there any mention of "native Americans"! In it, the group consistently referred to themselves as Indians or American Indians. One might think the "Native American" term was dreamed up by a bunch of leftist, guilt-ridden, P.C. hacks.

I wish I'd kept it.