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The NCAA has declared that it will begin banning schools from using "hostile" or "abusive" nicknames and logos during post-season sporting events, in an effort to force some 18 colleges and universities to drop team names such as the Braves and the Indians.(The Week ...)(National Collegiate Athletic Association)(Brief Article)
* The NCAA has declared that it will begin banning schools from using "hostile" or "abusive" nicknames and logos during post-season sporting events, in an effort to force some 18 colleges and universities to drop team names such as the Braves and the Indians. Unfortunately, the athletic association didn't bother to look past the views of self-appointed tribal activists, each one a specialist in politically correct grievance-mongering. Instead, the NCAA could have canvassed the opinions of ordinary American Indians. According to a Sports Illustrated poll, more than three-quarters of them don't object to these monikers-and many actually embrace the team names, just as Irish Americans have adopted Notre Dame and its ...
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