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BU appealing to NCAA on nickname
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BradleyBrave
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The NCAA may already be circling their wagons, allowing themselves an out 'if' the respective schools get permission from said tribes.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2138372
What tribes would BU have to get permission from? The tribe Peoria was named after? Is the NCAA going to mandate that states named after Native American tribes change their name too? Hmm. Perhaps Mr. Brand should consider just what 'Indiana' and 'Hoosier' mean. I don't see them listed as one of the 18 schools.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2138372
What tribes would BU have to get permission from? The tribe Peoria was named after? Is the NCAA going to mandate that states named after Native American tribes change their name too? Hmm. Perhaps Mr. Brand should consider just what 'Indiana' and 'Hoosier' mean. I don't see them listed as one of the 18 schools.
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Another question is, what tribe would Ilinois need permission from? Since there is no official Illini tribe, you will probably see some Native Americans (Indians) band together and claim to be the official Illini tribe. Why? Because there might be a windfall profit in it for the Indians.
The reason Florida State is fighting this so vigorously, is the multi-millions of dollars they make each year off the Seminole Indian brand and merchandise. And the reason the remnant of the Seminole tribe approves of the use of the Indian is purely for profit. Florida State pays a portion of all the marketing monies they make to the Seminoles. So if there was an official Illini Tribe, they could sanction Illinois' use of the name and depiction, and cut a similar deal with Illinois to share the profits.
The Native Americans say they are against the use of their images and names, unless they are sharing in the profits. Then they are all for it!
Several years ago an Indian activist stirred up a bunch of trouble for Bradley and a few other schools with Indian nicknames. The schools all made "donations" to the activist's "charity" (probably his charity benefitted his own family, etc) and he went away and left the schools alone. Legalized extortion is what I would call it. And the Florida State situation with the Seminole support is nothing more than a massive hypocrisy.
The reason Florida State is fighting this so vigorously, is the multi-millions of dollars they make each year off the Seminole Indian brand and merchandise. And the reason the remnant of the Seminole tribe approves of the use of the Indian is purely for profit. Florida State pays a portion of all the marketing monies they make to the Seminoles. So if there was an official Illini Tribe, they could sanction Illinois' use of the name and depiction, and cut a similar deal with Illinois to share the profits.
The Native Americans say they are against the use of their images and names, unless they are sharing in the profits. Then they are all for it!
Several years ago an Indian activist stirred up a bunch of trouble for Bradley and a few other schools with Indian nicknames. The schools all made "donations" to the activist's "charity" (probably his charity benefitted his own family, etc) and he went away and left the schools alone. Legalized extortion is what I would call it. And the Florida State situation with the Seminole support is nothing more than a massive hypocrisy.
Did Bradley already change their logo?
FoxSports just bought out a pretty good site for college sports, Scout Hoops. I checked out their new team page for the Bradley Braves---
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/team?categoryId=71755
And noticed the new logo>>
My first thought was that Bradley had secretly changed their logo :wink:
But it appears to just be a mistake. That is actually the team logo for the Tennessee Volunteers>>>>
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/team?categoryId=71683
Here is their list of teams, and as far as I can tell, Bradley's is the only one I found that was not correct.>>>
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/teams
FoxSports just bought out a pretty good site for college sports, Scout Hoops. I checked out their new team page for the Bradley Braves---
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/team?categoryId=71755
And noticed the new logo>>
My first thought was that Bradley had secretly changed their logo :wink:
But it appears to just be a mistake. That is actually the team logo for the Tennessee Volunteers>>>>
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/team?categoryId=71683
Here is their list of teams, and as far as I can tell, Bradley's is the only one I found that was not correct.>>>
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/teams
BU fan said:
The palms have been greased and the NCAA has relented, and now Florida State can continue to use "Seminoles"
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/4802166
http://www.newsday.com/sports/natio...,0,7861290.story?coll=sns-ap-sports-headlines
BradleyBrave
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user1 said:
Hopefully BU can follow suit.
BU fan
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Hey! Fox Sports corrected the logo mistake on the Bradley page. They now have the correct BU logo! Thanks FoxSports!
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/team?categoryId=71755
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/team?categoryId=71755