Ravenwood - 08/08/05 06:00 AM
The National Collegiate Athletics Ass. has declared the Native Americans and their likenesses are offensive and shall be hereby banned from attending post-season events and tournaments. I'm tempted to start attending NCAA post season events in full Indian garb, which will really be something considering my school's mascot is a 6 foot turkey.
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.I wonder just how far this "hostile or abusive" definition can be stretched? Are the War Eagles, Screaming Eagles, Fighting Irish, Cavaliers, Gamecocks, Mountaineers, Tigers, Lions, and Bears considered "hostile or abusive"? Most lions I've ever seen are definitely hostile, especially when they're hungry or you rattle a stick against their cage. And will all tigers be banned, or just the white ones."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 plans to ban schools using Indian nicknames from hosting postseason events.
I also wonder if sports fans will be still be allowed to buy tickets from those guys... you know, those guys that stand around outside the stadium and sell tickets. What are they called again?
Category: Pleasure Police
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We Irish revel in the concept of 'Fighting Irish' ( not that they have had any fight for a while ). I was offended in alternate years when the Mountaineers came to Blacksburg, but that was based on the lack of hygiene exhibited by their fans. Ditto for the Cavaliers.
NCAA has way too much time and money on their hands if this is what they are doing.
Yeah. And it's hard to play a team that covers themselves in pig shit before the game.
Posted by: Ravenwood at August 8, 2005 1:04 PMI think this is actually a great idea. Its gonna make it all that much more easy for some teams to excel as they no longer have to face folks like the
Illinois 'Fighting Illini, Florida State Seminoles, or the University of Utah Utes.
It appears the other 15 programs targeted by the thought police aren't really in danger of winning a national championship anytime soon.
Seinfeld episode "Cigar Store Indian" ring a bell?
Posted by: Steve Scudder at August 8, 2005 2:51 PMHow does the NCAA feel about the University of Northern Colorado's basketball team, the Fighting Whities?
Posted by: Kevin Baker at August 8, 2005 7:41 PM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
