NCAA - NCAA Executive Committee Issues Guidelines for Use of Native American Mascots at Championship Events
Eightteen schools cannot use the team mascots or names in post-season play, according to the Committee for Thought Control at the NCAA. Among those teams are the Florida State "Seminoles" whose use of the name has been approved by the Florida Seminoles. The College of William and Mary (The Tribe) has a year extension for self reflection. I will be in that area in a week and eagerly anticipate seeing the campus contemplating their navels. And, by the way, the Indians in the area approve of the use of "The Tribe" by William and Mary.
This does not deter the NCAA. Members of the board for the Control of Social Thought know best. The name and mascot of the school should be up to the school, not some board meeting in Indianapolis whose members are not associated with the school. This is a fine example of academic freedom on today's college campi: "we will tell you how to think, what to think and when to think it"
Well, no matter how hard they try, I still don't love Big Brother.
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