> Watching RabbitEarTV and seeing Toews, former "Fighting Sioux", wearing a
> Blackhawks sweater leads me to wonder if the name was changed to the 
> "Sioux"
> would it be more acceptable to the NCAA.
Nope! It will not be acceptable to the NCAA. Don't expect it to happen 
unless there is a 30 year agreement with the two Tribless (Spirit Lake and 
Standing Rock Sioux).


 They did allow the Seminoles but
> would they have allowed the "Fighting Seminoles".  And a time when the
> President of the USA is speaking to the "Fighting Irish", there seems to 
> me
> there is more to the problem than what comes to the surface.  With so many
> professional teams with "politically incorrect" mascots, names...., it 
> seems
> that this is more of an NCAA problem of unwarranted power and it is viewed
> as silly because that is a way to distract attention and avoid the deeper
> more substantive issue.  I believe it is all about money and the NCAA's 
> not
> wanting to be sued and lose the rights to their trademarks...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rowe, Thomas <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009 2:09 PM
> Subject: North Dakota
>
>
>>
>>I am not Native American so perhaps I am not one criticize.  Yet, I cannot
> help but feel the use of "Fighting Sioux" should not be offensive.  It 
> does
> not demean the tribe or people - sports teams are supposed to be 
> "fighters"
> and the logo, unlike Chief Wahoo of the Cleveland Indians, seems 
> respectful
> enough to me.  I just can't get my head around this one.  I was rooting 
> for
> ND to hold out on this one.  I still think they could win a court battle
> against the NCAA if sanctions were imposed.
>>
>>Still, if a change must be made, how about the "Fighting Sue" with a logo
> of a woman?  Or maybe to appease them, make it the "Fantastically
> Intelligent Great Hair Trying Important New Genres Sioux" with the logo of 
> a
> featherless, generic long haired male head.
>>
>>Please don't flame me for the stupid paragraph above.  Its merely a
> reflection of how stupid I think the whole thing is in the first place.
>>
>>Tom Rowe
>>Stevens Point, WI
>>
>