I read the following story and couldn’t resist posting it right here. I personally think the NCAA is taking unnecessary action. What is wrong with letting each college determine its own policy on mascots and logos? Next, the NCAA will be setting up some kind of compliance panel to review all team logos and mascots to ensure that nobody gets their feeling hurt.

 What’s next? Is Notre Dame going to change their mascot and logos? Think about it, some people of Irish decent may be offended. Besides, as highlighted below, the “Fighting Irish” logo may be deemed “hostile”.

How about the Arizona Wildcats? Not all cats are wild, in fact, the majority of them are domesticated, calm, and reserve. Are cat owners going to rally together to force a name change at Arizona?

How about the Huskies at UofW? Are confused and overweight people tired of the University of Washington calling their teams the “Huskies”? Or the “Lady Huskies”?

 Is the Stanford Cardinal a bird, or someone who answers to the Pope? Oh no, don’t get religion involved  or the ACLU will step in. We have enough confusion already, we don’t want them as well.

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The Oregon Duck logo could be deemed “hostile”. The Beaver for OSU might be too aggressive. Come on, who doesn’t like a beaver? Tree huggers I guess. The Wyoming Cowboys might be politically incorrect. After all, didn’t the cowboys shoot Indians? What about the Temple Owls? Who? Just kidding.

I could go on and on, but you see how ridiculous it all sounds. I personally feel that if the local residents of any particular college feel the need to correct their mascot, so be it. But some minority group in Boston should not have any say in what a college in California calls its teams. And the NCAA shouldn’t cave to this political BS.

 In Aniak, Alaska the local high school’s sports teams are called the “Half breeds”. I am not making that up. They wear their name and colors proudly. I respect them and their right to be called whatever they want, without some fools in New York City interfering. I probably shouldn’t even post this, for fear of some “liberal asshole” reading it and getting involved. Fortunately, Kennedy, Feinstein, Kerry, and the rest of the powerful left wing idiots don’t frequent my blog page.

At any rate, I really wish the NCAA would put as much effort into some kind of playoff system for football as they have over this ridiculous issue. I’d really like the game to determine #1 rather than the computers or the press polls.

 Read the following AP article to see what I’ve been yapping about.

Until next time, see ya.

 

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. At the University of North Dakota, where the Fighting Sioux nickname has come under fire, officials said they wanted to study the decision before commenting. "We just don't have enough information to know exactly what it means," said Phil Harmeson, a senior associate to school president Charles Kupchella. 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. (end) Way to go NCAA! You guys are really earning your pay!