http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangemen

mike patten wrote:
> why does orangemen bother someone of irish-american decent? is it
> considered anti green?
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>> Time to climb on the soapbox.  First the ban from using the name/logo
>> during postseason events; then a ban from using the name/logo at all???
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>> I personally find the name of the Syracuse "Orangemen" offensive, my
>> ancestors having come from Ireland.  Where is the NCAA concern about
>> that?  Having an athletic team named the Orangemen is as offensive to an
>> Irish-American as having a team named the Ku Klux Klan would be to an
>> African-American.
>>
>> I would be very interested in hearing from persons of American Indian
>> descent on the issue referred to below.
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>>
>> Cathy Spreeman
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: - Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Indy Rutks
>> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 12:38 PM
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>> Subject: NCAA bans Indian mascots, nicknames from postseason events
>>
>> NCAA bans Indian mascots, nicknames from postseason events
>> Associated Press
>> August 5, 2005
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>> INDIANAPOLIS- The NCAA banned the use of American Indian mascots by
>> sports teams during its postseason tournaments, but will not prohibit
>> them otherwise.
>>
>> The NCAA's executive committee decided this week the organization did
>> not have the authority to bar Indian mascots by individual schools,
>> committee chairman Walter Harrison said Friday.
>>
>> Nicknames or mascots deemed "hostile or abusive'' would not be allowed
>> by teams on their uniforms or other clothing beginning with any NCAA
>> tournament after Feb. 1, said Harrison, the University of Hartford's
>> president.
>>
>> "What each institution decides to do is really its own business''
>> outside NCAA championship events, he said.
>>
>> Guidelines were not immediately available on which logos and nicknames
>> would be considered "hostile or abusive.''
>>
>> The NCAA two years ago recommended that schools determine for themselves
>> whether the Indian depictions were offensive.
>>
>> Among the schools to change nicknames in recent years over such concerns
>> were St. John's (from Redmen to Red Storm) and Marquette (from Warriors
>> to Golden Eagles).
>>
>> The NCAA plans to ban schools using Indian nicknames from hosting
>> postseason events. Harrison said schools with such mascots that have
>> already been selected as tournament sites would be asked to cover any
>> offensive logos.
>>
>> Such logos also would be prohibited at postseason games on cheerleader
>> and band uniforms starting in 2008.
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