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I've always had a hard time understanding how team names like Seminoles, Illini and Utes were offensive, I mean, those are the names of particular tribes are they not? Do these groups really find the names of their own tribes offensive?
Or maybe I am just culturally insensitive.
That is the biggest load of bovine excrement I have ever seen. The NCAA said that the teams that continue to use those names will be banned from NCAA post season play simply because they have names that a small minority of Native Americans found offensive.The National Collegiate Athletic Assn. will ban the use of 18 Native American nicknames and mascots it considers "hostile or abusive" during its postseason tournaments beginning early next year, the organization announced Friday.
The move drew praise from groups that oppose such depictions but stirred controversy with a banned list that includes the Florida State Seminoles, the Illinois Fighting Illini and the Utah Utes, while granting exceptions to the San Diego State Aztecs and Cal State Stanislaus Warriors, among others.
I've always had a hard time understanding how team names like Seminoles, Illini and Utes were offensive, I mean, those are the names of particular tribes are they not? Do these groups really find the names of their own tribes offensive?
Or maybe I am just culturally insensitive.