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NCAA BANS MASCOTS AND LOGO'S
The NCAA has banned mascots and logo's from NCAA tournaments and states "...mascots, nicknames or images deemed hostile or abusive in terms of race, ethnicity or national origin should not be visible at the championship events that we control."
Click here to read NCAA statement
Click here to read NCAA core values
NCAA core values include: "Respect for Institutional Autonomy and Philosophical Differences." (guess they forgot their own core values!)
Eighteen Colleges were targeted by the NCAA decision: See the "so called" offensive logo's and nicknames below and read the reactions of some college officials willing to stand up to the NCAA
click to follow links to college websites
ALCORN STATE
UNIVERSITY (BRAVES)
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
(CHIPPEWAS)
FLORIDA
STATE UNIVERSITY (SEMINOLES)
"Florida
State to sue NCAA over mascot-nickname rule"
MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (INDIANS) (click on link and take the challenge to find ANY logo at all!)
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
(UTES)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PENNSYLVANIA
(INDIANS)
Isn't that a Bear?
CARTHAGE COLLEGE
(REDMEN)
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
(INDIANS)
UNIVERSITY OF
ILLINOIS-CHAMPAIGN (ILLINI)
UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISIANA-MONROE
(INDIANS)
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
(CHOCTAWS)
NEWBERRY COLLEGE (INDIANS):
"It
is the height of arrogance for the NCAA to presume to speak on behalf of all
Native Americans."
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA(FIGHTING
SIOUX)
"...our logo was designed by a very well-respected American Indian artist.".
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
(SAVAGES)
UNC PEMBROKE (BRAVES) WERE NOT TARGETED BY THE NCAA
But, here's what they have to say about their Indian image:
WHY IS THE NCAA TARGETING ONLY INDIAN IMAGES?
BELOW ARE IMAGES AND NICKNAMES THAT WERE NOT TARGETED BY THE NCAA.
