Well and good, but when Stanford was forced to do away with their "Indian" mascot, what tribe could have spoken for them?
It would be better if the left and the media simply dropped the idea that mascots somehow are derogatory toward the namesakes chosen. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The mascots were chosen to be revered by the student body. (Of course there is a certain amount of derision by the opposing team, but that too is to be expected.
Think of the cost savings if we simply dropped the matter of political correctness and lived our our lives "live and let live". Why not?
Now on to the most rediculous banning of the group.
The Utes of Utah.
What are the Utah schools supposed to do, or more importantly the announcers during the NCAA Hoop Tourney.
The mascot is named for a tribe, the state is named for the tribe.
The non-mascotted team from the state currently named after the unspeakable.
Well, they could always get some guys from Mumbai to endorse the Indians, and have the leaders of the firemen give the OK to the Chiefs.
Yes, the American Indian is far more intelligent than our infamous liberal left...(understatement, I know).
I officially request that we no longer refer to the negro league as the negro league (baseball). Hence forth, we will call it the "alternative league". Negro is an offensive word to the rich white guys in New York. Do not worry about what the players of this league prefer, do not worry about what the fans of this league prefer. They do not understand the hurt they are causing these rich white guys (and the rich white kids with terrible grooming habits). We must save you from yourselves.
And while I'm at it, I live in Illinois, so am I now an Illini every day of the year except when the NCAA is having its tournaments? When di the NCAA get to limit my freedom of speech.
Here is a can of worms that I don't think the NCAA has realized that they have opened. They have stated that the ban doesn't apply to bowl games because they are not sanctioned by the NCAA. Thus, they are saying that they have no authority over bowl games. If that is the case, then they have no authority to ban teams from participation in bowl games as a punishment for rules violations. The teams can tell them to shove it.
I would just like to see a school say that they will abide by the policy, and if they make the playoffs their mascot will be the "pc lunatic administrators".
Instead of banning time-honored names of college football teams that have been around for years, let's just ban the NCAA. I'm sure that if enough colleges and universities got together and told the NCAA just where to get off this situation would quickly end, along with the NCAA.
It's suddenly so de-lightful, so de-licious, so de-lovely that tribes are now endorsing the proscribed names on the s-list.......which suddenly makes everything peachy keen the with nomenclature nazis.
Someone actually writes these idiotic statements with a straight face?
What BS.
Leni
Doesn't anyone think it strange that the NCAA is based in INDIANapolis, INDIANa? When are they going to move in protest?