PC Runs Amuck Again!

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This story is absolutely ridiculous. I,..I can't comment,..the stupidity stands on its on merits:

Florida State to Challenge Ban on Mascots

By MICHAEL MAROT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Fed up with what it considers ``hostile'' and ``abusive'' American Indian nicknames, the NCAA announced Friday it would shut those words and images out of postseason tournaments, a move that left some school officials angry and threatening legal action.

Starting in February, any school with a nickname or logo considered racially or ethnically ``hostile'' or ``abusive'' by the NCAA would be prohibited from using them in postseason events. Mascots will not be allowed to perform at tournament games, and band members and cheerleaders will also be barred from using American Indians on their uniforms beginning in 2008.

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Affected schools were quick to complain, and Florida State - home of the Seminoles - threatened legal action.

``That the NCAA would now label our close bond with the Seminole people as culturally 'hostile and abusive' is both outrageous and insulting,'' Florida State president T.K. Wetherell said in a statement.

``I intend to pursue all legal avenues to ensure that this unacceptable decision is overturned, and that this university will forever be associated with the 'unconquered' spirit of the Seminole Tribe of Florida,'' he added.

The committee also recommended that schools follow the examples of Wisconsin and Iowa by refusing to schedule contests against schools that use American Indian nicknames.

TrekMedic's Musings:

Boycott Wisconsin and Iowa ballgames this year,..

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``We believe hostile or abusive nicknames are troubling to us and it can't continue,'' committee chairman Walter Harrison said. ``We're trying to send a message, very strongly, saying that these mascots are not appropriate for NCAA championships.''

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Vernon Bellecourt, president of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media and a member of the Anishinabe-Ojibwe Nation in Minnesota, approved of the ban but had hoped the NCAA would take even stronger action.

``We're not so happy about the fact that they didn't make the decision to ban the use of Indian team names and mascots,'' he said.