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  • NCAA removes FSU from banned list of nicknames

    08/23/2005 5:56:57 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 35 replies · 864+ views
    Herald.com ^ | Posted on Tue, Aug. 23, 2005 | BY MICHELLE KAUFMAN
    Seminoles they will stay. The Florida State University athletic department celebrated a major victory on Tuesday when the NCAA announced it had removed FSU from its list of universities subject to restrictions on the use of Native American mascots and nicknames. Earlier this month, the NCAA told FSU and 17 other schools that their use of a Native American mascot and nickname was inappropriate, and that mascots deemed ''hostile or abusive'' would be prohibited from appearing on team uniforms during NCAA-sanctioned tournaments beginning in February 2006. FSU president T.K. Wetherell threatened legal action. The school appealed the NCAA ruling on...