NCAA bans Indian mascots, nicknames from postseason event

[Stronso]

You gotta be kidding me - that is rediculous




NCAA bans Indian mascots, nicknames from postseason events


Associated Press
Aug. 5, 2005 09:45 AM
INDIANAPOLIS - 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.

 

[Scott MS]

I read that and thought it was a little ridiculous. Some of the schools they selected were simply banned because they had a reference to feathers or an arrow in their logo.

Next, the religous people will want to ban the Sun Devils and the Duke Blue Devils because they represent Satan!!

 

[thirty-two]

so what are the florida seminoles going to be during the postseason?

the florida semi-truckers?

 

[Kel Varnsen]

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.

So it's OK to be hostile and abusive in the regular season only?

 

[Brian]

So it's OK to be hostile and abusive in the regular season only?

What I heard yesterday was that the NCAA can't force the school to change it's logo, but for whatever legal reasons they can stop schools from wearing/using it during post-season play. The post-season ban is (I think) the only legal avenue the NCAA has to get schools like Illinois and FSU to change logos/mascots. Kind of a back-door entry if you will, which the FSU alums are used to. As the saying goes, "when in Rome"...

 

[Brian]

so what are the florida seminoles going to be during the postseason?

the florida semi-truckers?

I hear "Gold" is very popular.

Florida State Gold.

Nice.

The University of Illinois Fighting Gold.

Wow. Even better.

 

[Dback Jon]

I hear "Gold" is very popular.



The University of Illinois Fighting Gold.

Wow. Even better.

Blasphemer....

Fightin' Illini rule!!




If they were so dang politically correct, shouldn't they be banning NATIVE AMERICAN nicknames? Unless they were refering to a school that is the Fightin' Vishnus.

And why stop at Native-Americans? I have a little Irish blood in me, and Notre Dame offends the heck outta me. Ban their stupid mascot.

And that dumb Cornhusker mascot - it offends my corn-farming heritage.

 

[Dback Jon]

SPORTS COMMENTARY: MIKE BIANCHI

Exploring the ridiculousness of nicknames
Mike Bianchi
SPORTS COMMENTARY

August 10, 2005

Now that the NCAA is in the business of legislating against "hostile and abusive" nicknames, let them not stop with American Indians.

Let all of us have our say before the NCAA Can of Worms Committee.

And so . . .


I am an animal lover and am offended by South Carolina's nickname of Gamecocks -- an obvious endorsement of the grotesque sport of cockfighting. For the NCAA to give its tacit approval to an activity in which proud and beautiful birds are bred for the purpose of mutilating and killing each other for human entertainment is appalling.


I am an advocate of gun control and I want the NCAA to explain why it allows Gettysburg College to use the nickname "Bullets." With nearly 30,000 gun-related deaths in America every year, isn't this the most "hostile and abusive" nickname of all?


I am a victim of Hurricane Charley and demand that the NCAA forbid Miami from ever again using its "Hurricanes" nickname. To extol the virtues of natural disasters that have caused devastation and death and cost our state billions of dollars is inexcusable.


I am an African-American and I am outraged by Ole Miss' nickname of Rebels, which is a clear glorification of the South's fight to preserve state rights and slavery in the Civil War.


I am a Christian woman and I am insulted by the plethora of satanic nicknames such as the Duke Blue Devils and Northwestern State Demons. For the NCAA to endorse the work of The Dark Prince himself -- the enemy of God and all of mankind -- is an assault on America as a Christian nation.


I am a Muslim man and I am offended by Holy Cross's nickname -- the Crusaders. Thousands of my ancestors died during the Crusades, including thousands of captives slaughtered in cold blood by Richard the Lionhearted in 1191.


I am a devout Hindu and am starting a petition to ban the nickname of the South Florida Bulls. The cow is a sacred animal in my religion and to caricature it as some sort of loony, ridiculous mascot is an insult to the 1.1 billion Hindus worldwide.


I am a peaceable pacifist from Dublin and I am disgusted by Notre Dame's stereotypical portrayal of the "Fighting" Irish as a bunch of rowdy, drunken barroom brawlers.


I am a snakebite victim and cannot believe the NCAA allows Florida A&M and Florida Southern to use two deadly snakes -- Rattlers and Moccasins -- as their nicknames. Poisonous snakes bite more than 8,000 Americans each year, and rattlers and moccasins are among the most dangerous.


I am of Roman descent and I am offended by Southern Cal's mascot, The Trojan Horse, which, according to ancient history, the Greeks used to massacre thousands of my ancestors in the bygone city of Troy.


I am a reformed alcoholic and would like to lodge a complaint against Vassar College calling itself the "Brewers." Binge drinking in college is an epidemic, with one study reporting that alcohol is a factor in 1,400 student deaths each year. For the NCAA to allow a nickname so closely associated to beer-making is criminal.


I am not a spokesperson for any group; I'm just a frightened citizen of a violent world. Which is why I'm writing to complain about the nickname of the Ithaca College Bombers. In this day and age of suicide terrorists, isn't "Bombers" an affront to all of us and much more "hostile and abusive" than Florida State paying homage to an Indian tribe?

Hey, NCAA, give me the proud names of the Seminoles and Chippewas any day over the death and destruction of Bullets and Bombers.