Crimson Red Sports

.....you ruled a player eligible after his father publically admitted shopping his son for the best payment.  Yet you're going to actually...and seriously....penalize a school over a name?  Regardless of a state law mandating that they keep their school's name?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=6391276

"BISMARCK, N.D. -- A new state law that orders the University of North Dakota to keep its Fighting Sioux nickname won't shield the school from penalties for continuing to use a moniker the NCAA considers hostile to American Indians, an NCAA executive told the school Tuesday.

The law, which says UND must use the nickname and a logo featuring the profile of an American Indian warrior, "cannot change the NCAA policy" against using American Indian nicknames, logos or mascots that are considered offensive, said Bernard Franklin, an NCAA executive vice president.

The letter means UND will be subject to NCAA sanctions after the new law takes effect in August. According to NCAA policy, the school will be barred from hosting NCAA postseason games and its teams will not be able to wear the nickname and logo on its uniforms in postseason contests."

Where is the emoticon that flips off the NCAA?  It's here somewhere....

Simple solution, sue the NCAA in a North Dakota court.     :D :D

And there you go!   #+

Why is that offensive to native Americans, but Fighting Irish is not offensive to Irish Americans? BTW, you'll get ripped off if you have Injun trouble in SC.

WOW! This is horrible. The NCAA has so much more to do with schools who are doing illegal and they pick on this school. This is biggest bunch of junk I have read. I thank you for posting this, it just breaks my heart that the NCAA is so stupid. I think we should go back to the old days of CFA(College Football Associaton). This is when games were great and there was no cheating cause you didn't drag out for years you was poof gone. Do ya'll remember, this was back in the 60's till the NCAA took over. Another stupid move, please pardon my attitude because the NCAA is becoming a Big Red-Headed Brother. RTR!

You're right WV. That would seem to be offensive to every Mick in a bar that's had more than a pint.
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Unbelievable.

That made me LOL.  The guy in the office next door hollered for me to keep it down because he was on the phone.

I yelled back that if it wasn't with the head idiot in charge at the NCAA, I'll LOL all I want to.   :D

Nice sig ssmithhhh.  I just noticed it.

#+ to you and Old Tider

Thanks.   I made mention of that in a thread earlier today; thought it was really clever.  Took my pea brain a full ten minutes to figure that would be a great sig line.    :crazy:  But with credit to Old Tider, of course. 

P.S.  I STILL get miffed about this whole issue with UND.  I need to quit thinking about it.  Starting...now.

Nope....still thinking about it.....  >:(

What about the mascot of the Auburn Tigers? That has to offen every tiger in the world to be assiciated with such a podunk piece of crap school. How come no one is standing up for tigers' rights? If I were a tiger I would sue teh NCAA for slander for allowing my species to be asociated with Auburn.  :P

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This one looks pi**ed about it.

:D

Somewhere DD is smiling.

#+ :lol:

Don't encourage him CB.  ;)

This, coming form an institution whos home office is in...

INDIANapolis INDIANa.

North Dakota doesn't make the NCAA enough money, its that simple.

I know. I wrestled with long and hard with it before I did it (that's what she said).

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