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| NCAA Modifies PC Ban Of Indian Mascots |
| 2005-08-19 |
| Not much of a victory here; take what they give ya... INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA said Friday that Th other 'primary factors' still not entirely clear... The first review is scheduled to start next week. Lotsa appeals already? It's only a week old! Two weeks ago, the NCAA Pictures of Myles Brand with the red slash through it should be the substituted 'image'. The NCAA's decision also prohibits schools with American Indian mascots from hosting future NCAA postseason events. Schools that have already been awarded postseason tournaments would have to cover any Indian depictions in their sports venues. 'Or else what' similary undefined... Arkansas State said when the ban was announced that it uses the Indians name with respect and would continue to use the term. "So piss off!" Major college football will not be affected because there is no official NCAA tournament. There should be, but they'll never go for it - too much $ from the bowl system. All appeals will go through a staff committee chaired by Bernard Franklin, the NCAA's senior vice president for governance and membership. Decisions could then be reviewed by the NCAA's executive committee. At least there's two levels of appeal, that's mighty white of 'em. "This is a Sounds like a boilerplate statement to me. One factor will be whether documentation exists from a "namesake" tribe that has approved use of Indian images or nicknames. But wait, there's more! The most outspoken university officials have been at Florida State, which uses the nickname Seminoles and has already threatened a lawsuit. The Seminole Tribe of Florida announced in June it supported the use of its tribal name by Florida State. And the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma recently stated that it does not condemn Florida State for its use of the Seminole nickname. But NCAA officials said Florida State was put on the list because other Seminole tribes were opposed. So some tribes are 'offended' (the most egregious of PC crimes), by all means ban the offending symbols. At least 18 schools face sanctions. Put the UN in charge of enforcing the sanctions; at least the schools can recoup the money they're gonna lose that way... "It is vitally important that we maintain a You gonna answer that e-mail I sent you last week, Myles? "We recognize that there are many points of view associated with this issue and we also know that some Native American groups support the use of mascots and imagery and some do not; that is why we will pay particular attention to special circumstances associated with each institution." My over/under on the 18 schools successfully beating the ban - 4; FSU loses & takes it to the Supreme Court. Huge can o' worms will follow. |
| Posted by:Joan Kennedy |
| #2 Guess that means that the NCAA will have to stop using the Apache web server. |
| Posted by: AJackson 2005-08-20 00:02 |
| #1 Ms Kennedy, The schools that threaten lawsuits,esp the ones w/political clout,will get NCAA approval. The schools that weakly protest and obey the dictat will be found guilty. While Div 1 football is exempt,virtually everything else is under attack. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2005-08-19 23:24 |