#98QBKiller
May-17th-2006, 10:28 AM
Thought you guys might be interested in this since the Redskins could fall under this category if the NFL ever decides to suddenly become PC.
Let me know what you think about the new NCAA restrictions...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/05/17/bc.ncaa.william.mary.ap/index.html
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- The NCAA has added William & Mary to its list of schools subject to restrictions on the use of Indian mascots, names and imagery in the governing body's championship events.
William & Mary will be allowed to keep its "Tribe" nickname, but can't use it in NCAA championship competitions and also is barred from holding NCAA events.
"The good news is that we are forever going to be the Tribe," William & Mary spokesman William T. Walker said Tuesday.
The school had submitted a review, in which it argued that the Tribe nickname was consistent with the NCAA's policy of nondiscrimination. It claimed the nickname "is designed to communicate ennobling sentiments of commitment, shared idealism, community and common cause," that it appropriately highlights the school's founding mission to educate indigenous peoples and that regional tribal leaders had indicated they do not consider the school's nickname hostile or abusive.
The NCAA, in a letter to college president Gene Nichol, said it agreed that the nickname "Tribe" wasn't offensive, but combined with the logo showing two feathers "transforms that use from one associated with 'togetherness,' 'shared idealism,' and 'commitment' to stereotypical reference to Native Americans."
The NCAA said the school's use of the imagery "creates an environmental over which an institution may not have full control."
"Fans, opponents, and others can and will exhibit behaviors that indeed are hostile or abusive to Native Americans," the NCAA said.
Four schools, including Florida State, won appeals to keep their mascots because of support from Indian tribes. Walker said William & Mary also would appeal.
"To say that what William and Mary does is not acceptable and what Florida State University does is acceptable boggles our minds," Walker said.
"Perhaps it is the absurdity of judgments like these that is causing the U.S. Congress to consider taking this matter out of the hands of the NCAA."
Legislation being considered in the U.S. House would limit the NCAA's authority to sanction its members over their use of nicknames and mascots.
Copyright 2006 Associated Press (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/interactive_legal.html#AP). All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Let me know what you think about the new NCAA restrictions...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/more/05/17/bc.ncaa.william.mary.ap/index.html
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) -- The NCAA has added William & Mary to its list of schools subject to restrictions on the use of Indian mascots, names and imagery in the governing body's championship events.
William & Mary will be allowed to keep its "Tribe" nickname, but can't use it in NCAA championship competitions and also is barred from holding NCAA events.
"The good news is that we are forever going to be the Tribe," William & Mary spokesman William T. Walker said Tuesday.
The school had submitted a review, in which it argued that the Tribe nickname was consistent with the NCAA's policy of nondiscrimination. It claimed the nickname "is designed to communicate ennobling sentiments of commitment, shared idealism, community and common cause," that it appropriately highlights the school's founding mission to educate indigenous peoples and that regional tribal leaders had indicated they do not consider the school's nickname hostile or abusive.
The NCAA, in a letter to college president Gene Nichol, said it agreed that the nickname "Tribe" wasn't offensive, but combined with the logo showing two feathers "transforms that use from one associated with 'togetherness,' 'shared idealism,' and 'commitment' to stereotypical reference to Native Americans."
The NCAA said the school's use of the imagery "creates an environmental over which an institution may not have full control."
"Fans, opponents, and others can and will exhibit behaviors that indeed are hostile or abusive to Native Americans," the NCAA said.
Four schools, including Florida State, won appeals to keep their mascots because of support from Indian tribes. Walker said William & Mary also would appeal.
"To say that what William and Mary does is not acceptable and what Florida State University does is acceptable boggles our minds," Walker said.
"Perhaps it is the absurdity of judgments like these that is causing the U.S. Congress to consider taking this matter out of the hands of the NCAA."
Legislation being considered in the U.S. House would limit the NCAA's authority to sanction its members over their use of nicknames and mascots.
Copyright 2006 Associated Press (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/interactive_legal.html#AP). All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.