The NCAA has discovered a basic principle of anatomy: you have to remove your head from up your ass to see the light so you can take your foot out of your mouth…
The NCAA will allow Florida State to use its Seminoles nickname in postseason play, removing the school from a list of colleges with American Indian nicknames that were restricted by an NCAA decision earlier this month.
The NCAA said it was recognizing the relationship Florida State has long enjoyed with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which assists the university with its pageantry and celebration of its culture and supports the school’s use of its name.
“The staff review committee noted the unique relationship between the university and the Seminole Tribe of Florida as a significant factor,” NCAA senior vice president Bernard Franklin said in a statement released Tuesday. “The decision of a namesake sovereign tribe, regarding when and how its name and imagery can be used, must be respected even when others may not agree.”
And why was the team name on the list?
Florida State president T.K. Wetherell had threatened to sue the NCAA immediately after its Aug. 5 announcement that the school’s highly visible nickname, “Seminoles,” was defined as “hostile and abusive” by a committee.
That’s right. A committee decided the nickname was hostile and abusive, even though the tribe itself approved of its use.
I guess the committee didn’t have enough diversity, nor did they ask the Seminoles themselves.
Wow. What a committee. Do they do Bar Mitzvahs and weddings, too? Can they juggle and make balloon animals?
You know, the name of the NCAA President is Myles Brand.
I don’t need to remind you that slaves were often branded like cattle. Heck, the branding of cattle is considered cruel by PETA these days.
I think Myles Brand, head of the overly politically-correct and judgemental NCAA, should admit the cruel history of his name and be forced to change it.
UPDATE:
How long before the NCAA takes on the NAACP?
I think you are right. You should call the ACLU and see if they will sue to have his name change.
And I heard brand cleans out your bowels.
PLUS His first name should be changed to kilometres.
Myles Brand is also the reason why Coach Knight isn’t at Indiana anymore.
oh great, now they can focus all their attention on my alma mater, the University of North Dakota “Fighting Sioux”
A poll by Sports Illustrated conducted by The Peter Harris Research Group taken in March of this year asked if high school and college teams should stop using Indian nicknames, 81 percent of Native American respondents said no. As for pro sports, 83 percent of Native American respondents said teams should not stop using Indian nicknames, mascots, characters, and symbols.
I guess the “committee” didn’t ask them either.
Same deal with the Utah Utes. The university has great relations with the Ute tribe, only uses the name with their permission, and changed to mascot fairly recently to a stupid bird.
The committee can’t have looked at the situations properly, for either of those.
Did the NCAA ban Notre Dame too? They’ve got an ill-tempered drunken Leprechaun as a mascot.
Surely there is an irishman somewhere that would take offense. Even though it’s all in good fun, it has got to be more “hostile and offensive” than ethnic slurs like “Ute” and “Seminole.”
Yeah, the Seminole tribe actually has a licensing contract with FSU. They get money every time FSU uses the name.
BTW, I am a ‘Noles fan.
Plus, “Myles” isn’t very Euro-centric. Should be Klicks Not-Brand.
Now the derogatory name for the Florida State team, “Seminals,” would be most certainly offensive!