Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Basketball - University will not return to Warriors nickname. Gee, they might upset someone with the name. I'm sure that it took thousands of manhours to come up with the decision to rename the team to "The Gold." "Golden Eagles" lost out, probably because it might offend the bird (if they had a losing season) or might not be considered environmentally friendly.
Just what sort of name is the "Gold?" Why not the "fuscha" or the "aquamarine." Come to think of it, "Gold" might offend American Indians, Aztec, Mayan or Toltec descendents because of the inference to the plundering of the America's by greedy Europeans. "Marquette" itself must offend someone. Pere Marquette was part of the European invasion. In fact, "America" must symbolize to some the conquering of a pure, idyllic hemisphere by those nasty Europeans since it was named for an Italian.
Wonder if there is an end to this Political Correctness?
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