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In its never ending quest to be inconsistent, the NCAA has ambiguously ruled on the nickname of the
UNIVERSITY of NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING SIOUX.
The NCAA has asked the UND people to change their name, and yet the same NCAA that has hammered schools like Bradley with demands for change has seemingly never been bothered by other BCS schools with Native American connotations in their nicknames like Illini, Hawkeye, and Red Storm.
Other nicknames that usurp the names and imagery of various other subgroups of people like "Cowboys", "Irish", "Boilermakers", "Trojans", "Warriors", etc...have never seemingly bothered the NCAA as they focus only on one tiny subgroup of people (the Native American) to get all riled up over.
Even then, their ruling is ambiguous.....they give the North Dakota People a 2 1/2 year reprieve for no reason at all!!
In a recent development, the NCAA appears to be justifying allowing the school to at least for now - use the Native American nickname (Fighting Sioux), simply because
"The Spirit Lake Sioux tribe voted Tuesday to approve the University of North Dakota’s current nickname"
however, elsewhere it is simultaneously noted that
"Another tribal group, the Standing Rock Sioux, has not given its permission to use the name."
thus......
"If the university is unable to obtain approval from both tribes, the NCAA agreed
to give the university until August 15, 2011, to adopt a new name and logo."
By the way....here is the single MOST PROMINENT line in all of the recent NCAA News releases on this subject...
"The NCAA believes that the time has come to retire Native American imagery in college sports."
but then tell me why they allow the "Seminoles", etc.......it's money plain and simple....it all centers on money.
If Bradley or North Dakota would come up with the big time cash and pay off the NCAA and the tribes,
and if you still don't think money is the single thing that drive every NCAA action...then I dare you to read this one...
34 different (yes, 34 different) bowl games have asked to be certified by the NCAA and they approved them all!
if you come up with the $$ you could probably get approval for a Doggie Bowl or a Toilet Bowl....
UNIVERSITY of NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING SIOUX.
The NCAA has asked the UND people to change their name, and yet the same NCAA that has hammered schools like Bradley with demands for change has seemingly never been bothered by other BCS schools with Native American connotations in their nicknames like Illini, Hawkeye, and Red Storm.
Other nicknames that usurp the names and imagery of various other subgroups of people like "Cowboys", "Irish", "Boilermakers", "Trojans", "Warriors", etc...have never seemingly bothered the NCAA as they focus only on one tiny subgroup of people (the Native American) to get all riled up over.
Even then, their ruling is ambiguous.....they give the North Dakota People a 2 1/2 year reprieve for no reason at all!!
In a recent development, the NCAA appears to be justifying allowing the school to at least for now - use the Native American nickname (Fighting Sioux), simply because
"The Spirit Lake Sioux tribe voted Tuesday to approve the University of North Dakota’s current nickname"
however, elsewhere it is simultaneously noted that
"Another tribal group, the Standing Rock Sioux, has not given its permission to use the name."
thus......
"If the university is unable to obtain approval from both tribes, the NCAA agreed
to give the university until August 15, 2011, to adopt a new name and logo."
By the way....here is the single MOST PROMINENT line in all of the recent NCAA News releases on this subject...
"The NCAA believes that the time has come to retire Native American imagery in college sports."
but then tell me why they allow the "Seminoles", etc.......it's money plain and simple....it all centers on money.
If Bradley or North Dakota would come up with the big time cash and pay off the NCAA and the tribes,
and if you still don't think money is the single thing that drive every NCAA action...then I dare you to read this one...
34 different (yes, 34 different) bowl games have asked to be certified by the NCAA and they approved them all!
if you come up with the $$ you could probably get approval for a Doggie Bowl or a Toilet Bowl....
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