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Florida State to sue NCAA over mascot-nickname ruleThe NCAA can forget about Florida State University changing its "Seminoles" nickname any time soon.
Stung by an NCAA decision Friday to ban schools using Native American names and symbols from hosting championship events, Florida State President T.K. Wetherell said he will sue the organization for an "outrageous and insulting" decision.
"This university will forever be associated with the "unconquered" spirit of the Seminole Tribe of Florida," said Wetherell, who played football for the Seminoles 40 years ago.
The NCAA decided to ban the use of American Indian mascots by sports teams during its postseason tournaments, but will not prohibit them otherwise. Nicknames or mascots deemed "hostile or abusive" would not be allowed on team uniforms or other clothing beginning with any NCAA tournament after Feb. 1. Those schools also would not be allowed to host championship events.
Friday's decision comes after the Seminole Tribe of Florida's governing council unanimously approved in mid-June a resolution in support of Florida State's "Seminoles" nickname.
"It is unconscionable that the Seminole Tribe of Florida has been ignored," Wetherell said in a four-paragraph statement released by the university.
"That the NCAA would now label our close bond with the Seminole Tribe of Florida as culturally 'hostile and abusive' is both outrageous and insulting," Wetherell said. "I intend to pursue all legal avenues to ensure that this unacceptable decision is overturned."
This 'PC Offensive Name' crap has got to stop. The ironic thing is that when asked, most Native American tribes don't get bent out of shape over the usage of such names as 'Seminoles', 'Braves', 'Apaches', or anything else associated with Native American titles. But when look at who is behind this renaming crap, it's a small group of whiners that find offense in practically anything and everything in the world - especially here in the United States.
It's an epidemic that spreads like AIDS. Hell, even the president of my former college - Southwestern College - gave in to the paranoia and changed the name of the football team there (don't ask why a community college would have a fracking football team) from 'Apaches' to 'Jaguars'. And I remember when he came in and announced this to the Inter-College Council (of which I was a member of at the time) - I told him that he was looking for trouble by changing the name to 'Jaguars' in that he'd have PETA all over his ass about it sooner or later. He stared at me for a moment and then thanked me for my concern.
Now at the graduations we have all sorts of stuffed jaguars that make stupid noises being sold to guests.
There will be some anti-religious psychos that sue to have the San Diego Padres change their name or the New York/San Francisco Giants having to change their names so as not to offend the vertically challenged i.e., midgets or dwarfs.
Then there's the distinct possibility of Greenpeace suing to have the name of the Tennesee Oilers name changed to reflect concern for the environment. Oh wait - they did change their name.....to the Tennessee Titans. Well, that will just royally piss off the anti-Greek god crowd because it yet again implies a religious context.
So here you have another glaring example of the Pussification of America....
Great post.
I can never read the word "pussification" enough.
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Great post.
I can never read the word "pussification" enough.
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