Hostile and abusive mascot update

[Da Coach]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2908824&campaign=rss&source=NCAAHeadlines

Arkansas State, whose nickname and mascot is the Indians, has finally concluded a committee review and recommended changing their name and mascot.

[Da Coach]

Re: Hostile and abusive mascot update

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2908824&campaign=rss&source=NCAAHeadlines

Arkansas State, whose nickname and mascot is the Indians, has finally concluded a committee review and recommended changing their name and mascot.

Arkansas State is moving right along with their movement to drop their Indian mascot. Their chancellor today announced they would officially retire their Indian mascot and form a Mascot Selection Steering Committee to solicit ideas for a new mascot.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2949099

The Arkansas State macot was a silly Indian caricature, similar to one Bradley dropped decades ago.--


This move shows that Arkansas State is a bit slower than all other schools to comply with the 2005 edict by the NCAA to ban ethnically or racially hostile or abusive mascots and nicknames. It has only taken them 2 years to decide they would comply with the mascot part of the ban.
But what about the nickname part of the ban? Despite their reluctant move to drop their Indian mascot, they retain their nickname The Indians and The Lady Indians. It seems to me that these nicknames are just as ethnically hostile and abusive as the mascot. Yet they have no plans to change them and the NCAA hasn't demanded it.
Well, nobody ever accused the NCAA of being consistent with this thing.--

http://www.asuindians.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7200&ATCLID=1136536

[BradleyBrave]

Until they require Notre Dame to change their mascot and name, then this is all hypocritical bureaucracy.

[amckillip]

Until they require Notre Dame to change their mascot and name, then this is all hypocritical bureaucracy.

Agreed! and I'm usually left leaning too...

[ph]

In light of the Vick case,
How long until some animal rights groups wans to ban using Bulldogs as a mascot as it "promotes hostile and abusive behavior towards dogs."
At least people were not lynching and killing Indians due to the "Braves"

[thefish7]

Until they require Notre Dame to change their mascot and name, then this is all hypocritical bureaucracy.

As an Irish-American I'm all for the ND mascot hehe, and agree it's all hypocritical... Though I think there's a much better example of the hypocracy.

SD State (I think) is the Aztecs. They are not required to change their mascot/name because the Aztecs aren't Indians from the USA.

[BradleyBrave]

Until they require Notre Dame to change their mascot and name, then this is all hypocritical bureaucracy.

As an Irish-American I'm all for the ND mascot hehe, and agree it's all hypocritical... Though I think there's a much better example of the hypocracy.

SD State (I think) is the Aztecs. They are not required to change their mascot/name because the Aztecs aren't Indians from the USA.

Great example fish. Also, surveys have found that most people with Native American heritage either a.) don't care, or b.) like the fact that teams are named after them. I don't want to open this Pandora's Box again because I don't have the time to discuss it at length, but I think you all know where I stand on the issue.

[tornado]

What about team names like Pioneers, Vikings, Norse, etc...
and even team names like Deacons, Padres, etc..

Many of us are direct descendants of the very people those shcools are characterizing and at times poking fun at.

Hypocrisy is the right word.

Until every school in America chooses a mascot that's a plant or tree, the argument will never be solved.

[Braves4Life]

Re: Hostile and abusive mascot update

The Arkansas State macot was a silly Indian caricature, similar to one Bradley dropped decades ago.--

Silly?! I thought ours was a great mascot

[Da Coach]

Don't you remember Brad E. Lee?

[Braves4Life]

Don't you remember Brad E. Lee?

Oh my God! Is that who you were talking about? That was the absolute worst...........................