So, The North Dakota Fighting Sioux have to get new jerseys if they make
the Tourney?

Englestad must be spinning in his grave about this!!!

-Carol
GO Gophers!!!

Indy Rutks wrote:

> NCAA bans Indian mascots, nicknames from postseason events
> Associated Press
> August 5, 2005
>
> 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.
>

--
Carol S. White  =^..^=

NEW Email:  [log in to unmask]