NCAA will rethink Seminole ban

St. Petersburg Times ^ | DAVID KARP, BRIAN LANDMAN and STEVE BOUSQUET

[texan75010]

So how does one go about circumventing these loons at the NCAA? How much power over college athletics do they really have?

[Hatteras]

"Illini" was the name of the tribal confederation that once ruled the land now called Illinois. It is the root word for the state name and the name of its people, Illinoians.

Well, we're going to have to change the name of the state then. If people are to be offended by the name, does it matter whether it's on the side of a school or emblazoned across the state seal? Offensive is offensive.

Heck, let's just name the states "One" through "Fifty" and be done with it.

[WKB]

Heck, let's just name the states "One" through "Fifty" and be done with it.




Now you're wanting to offend all the "bean counters"
of the world. :>)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

This nonsense could go on and on......

The word Arizona comes from one of the following (its origin is not certain): the Aztec Indian word "arizuma," that means "silver-bearing," from the Tohono O'odham Indian word "Aleh-zone" which means "small spring," or the Pima Indian word "Ali shonak" which also means "small spring."

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/arizona/

[george76]

What about the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame...Ban them, too ?

Then they can go after The Vikings...

[hispanarepublicana]

Okay...I don't know that much about the NCAA. But, are you telling me that the executive committee who decided all this is made up of POINTY-HEADED, ELITIST ACADEMECIANS WHO ARE KNOW FOR THEIR LEFTIST, LIBERAL, BIRKENSTOCK-WEARING, WHALE-SAVING leanings?
Just damn.

[SoCal Pubbie]

The ancestors of the British and Americans played a game like football (tackle style, not soccer) long ago as well.

"The Romans followed the Greeks’ example and called their game hapastum. This was played on a rectangular field, between two teams who defended the lines which marked the ends of the field. The object of the game was to throw the ball from player to player, moving forward all the time, and eventually to throw it beyond the opponents’ ’goal-line’. The defending side was allowed to tackle and kick. "


http://www.nenyl.org.uk/history_of_football.htm

[BlackRazor]

Oh, and also the Friars and the Orangemen. Stupid is a stupid does.

Syracuse already succumbed to PC pressure last year, ditching the name "Orangemen". They are now officially known simply as the "Orange".

[Blessed]

And Miles Brand described it as "a teachable moment for the nation".

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Oh boy, the NCAA really stuck their foot into it this time. They're going to get sued so bad. What jury is going to rule favorably for the NCAA when all these universities bring forward sworn affadavits and interview footage from official Indian tribe representatives stating that the universities had their approval up-front for the use of nicknames and logos?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Miles Brand is completely inept. I hope the NCAA leadership gets purged for this.