NCAA bans American Indian mascot names in the postseason - Page 5

**Saulbadguy** · 08-05-2005, 09:28 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2125735

NCAA American Indian mascot ban will begin Feb. 1
Associated Press

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.

**Bearcat** · 08-05-2005, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by cadmonkey

Why, the Lakers didn't change their name.

Speaking of history, I wonder how many Laker fans actually know why they're the Lakers...

cadmonkey · 08-05-2005, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

Speaking of history, I wonder how many Laker fans actually know why they're the Lakers...

fuck Lakers fans!

**ShortRoundChief** · 08-05-2005, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

It doesn't really matter anyway...they'll probably change the name of the Chiefs when they move to Cali.

That was a shitty thing to say.

cmh6476 · 08-05-2005, 12:16 PM

hopefully they'll get rid of OSU's dumbass cowboy next!

**Saulbadguy** · 08-05-2005, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cmh6476

hopefully they'll get rid of OSU's dumbass cowboy next!

Whats wrong with Pistol Pete?

cmh6476 · 08-05-2005, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Whats wrong with Pistol Pete?

he annoys me :|

tk13 · 08-05-2005, 12:30 PM

Garbage. Thank you Miles Brand.

cosmo20002 · 08-05-2005, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Ali Chi3fs

we kill their people... we steal their land... we destroy their culture... we feel bad, so we honor their names with sports teams... then we have to stop using the honored names...

When did America start to suck so bad?

General comment to all "offended" by moves to discourage Native American-related names--

Is it PC that we no longer call people "colored" or "negro"? Those were common terms not that long ago. Those who joke that they would be ok with "whitey" references on sports teams miss the point. A group that is a small portion of the population (Native Americans) is probably a bit more sensitive to having their race made into a charicature by the rest of the population.

I'm sure they are really "honored" to be a logo for an athletic team, an honor they share mostly with animals. "Redskin" is an outright slur, even if not commonly used today. Others are offensive to varying degrees, and as noted, the Chiefs don't play up that angle. But is the bucktoothed smiling "Chief Wahoo" of the Cleveland Indians an honor?

As long as you're not offended though...

Sam · 08-05-2005, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cmh6476

he annoys me :|

Funny avatar.

htismaqe · 08-05-2005, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ENDelt260

While I agree that Redskin is a slur and is inappropriate for an NFL team name, a recent survey of American Indians showed that a vast majority weren't offended by it being Washington's mascot.

So, just who is offended?

Liberals.

**Saulbadguy** · 08-05-2005, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Liberals.

Miles Brand.

htismaqe · 08-05-2005, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Miles Brand.

Miles Brand is a Liberal.

**Saulbadguy** · 08-05-2005, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Miles Brand is a Liberal.

So am I. But he is a poo bag.

htismaqe · 08-05-2005, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

So am I. But he is a poo bag.

Saulbadguy is Miles Brand.

Miles Brand is a Liberal.

**Bearcat** · 08-05-2005, 01:22 PM

Their website doesn't say why exactly they changed it from Braves (named because they played in Braves Stadium in Boston) to Redskins, as opposed to keeping Braves or changing it to Indians or Warriors or some other abusively offensive name.

It's weird since the term Redskin wasn't created as a reference to skin color...

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