The NCAA’s executive committee on Friday rejected appeals by Illinois, North Dakota and Indiana University of Pennsylvania to continue using Indian nicknames, mascots and imagery deemed “hostile” and “abusive” at NCAA championship events.
NCAA Declines 3 Appeals on Indian Mascots (AP)
NCAA upholds Chief restrictions (News-Gazette)
This comment thread on IlliniPundit is pretty entertaining. My fave so far: “What bothers me more than anything (if this is really over) - ‘they’ won.”
I uncharacteristically watched a teensy bit of local TV news recently, in which the talking heads were bemoaning the possible “Chief’s last dance.” And they showed some of the er … majestic … dancing. (Here’s video.) I had forgotten how utterly freakin’ ridiculous it was, and I thought to myself, Why would anyone care if this went away? Now I know why: it’s because “they” “win” if the Chief goes away. Yeeesh. (Extra E added for emphasis).
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