Pc Strikes College Sports Again

[Arkstfan]

The NCAA did not sue the school. The school sued the NCAA.

The NCAA rule only says you can't use Indian imagery or names in NCAA post-season events (on uniforms of the team, band, cheer, or dance squads) or host NCAA post-season events in facilities using those. ASU considered going forward just swapping out the headress logo for the stAte logo and accepting the fact that programs and PA announcements would just be "Arkansas State" with no team nickname.

The NCAA waives the rule if the name is that of a specific tribe and the tribe (or tribes) have specifically given permission for such usage.

The Ute and Seminole tribes granted that permission. The situation in North Dakota is little trickier. There are two Sioux tribes. One granted permission the other told the school and the NCAA they did not want their name used. The cited reason? The school had previously offered to create a number of scholarships for members of the tribe and to create a program of study in their history and culture. The "program" was listed on the school's web site at least for a time but they never actually offered any of the classes. The scholarship program was created but was never funded so while technically there were such scholarships, they were worth $0. Unsuprisingly broken white man government promises weren't particularly well received. Pissed off would be an accurate description of the reaction.

So the school having botched that deal, instead ended up spending over a million (that was the total over a year ago) on legal fees trying to get an injunction against the NCAA. The NCAA brokered a deal. We'll give you an extension to go smooth things over with the tribe and if you meet the deadline, you get the same waiver as Utah and Florida State. If you don't get it smoothed over, we'll waive the no hosting requirement since you don't control your hockey arena. The AP article is rather hysterical because most of the "Sioux" things listed aren't related to athletics and not relevant to the NCAA rule.

[NCMeanGreen]

Pur D Crap!

The hypocrisy kills me...