Another college team name bites the dust due to PC

Another college team name bites the dust due to PC#258477

By 4everfsu - May 15th, 2009, 9:01 am

- May 15th, 2009, 9:01 am #258477

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520248,00.html

Well I will never root for UND in anything in the future. Same goes for FSU if they ever drop their name. I used to be a Stanford fan when Plunkett played there but after they dropped their name, never again.

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart,
if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Sir Winston Churchill

Speak little, do much!
Ben Franklin

Lynchburg Baptist College class of 1975

#258478

By RagingTireFire - May 15th, 2009, 9:05 am

- May 15th, 2009, 9:05 am #258478

What does Presbyterian have to do with this?

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#258481

By 4everfsu - May 15th, 2009, 9:12 am

- May 15th, 2009, 9:12 am #258481

PC politicial correctness

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart,
if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Sir Winston Churchill

Speak little, do much!
Ben Franklin

Lynchburg Baptist College class of 1975

#258487

By Sly Fox - May 15th, 2009, 9:19 am

- May 15th, 2009, 9:19 am #258487

I think RTF was delivering a bit of subtle humor.

#258489

By RagingTireFire - May 15th, 2009, 9:22 am

- May 15th, 2009, 9:22 am #258489

A little too subtle apparently.

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#258503

By flamesbball84 - May 15th, 2009, 10:03 am

- May 15th, 2009, 10:03 am #258503

"It's not an easy step," His Horse Is Thunder said. "And it is full of controversy. But I think every great step in this country was filled with controversy ... The civil rights movements in the '60s didn't happen with a whimper."

He just compared THIS to the civil rights movement? What a joke...

#258513

By Chad4Life - May 15th, 2009, 10:14 am

- May 15th, 2009, 10:14 am #258513

flamesbball84 wrote:
"It's not an easy step," His Horse Is Thunder said. "And it is full of controversy. But I think every great step in this country was filled with controversy ... The civil rights movements in the '60s didn't happen with a whimper."
He just compared THIS to the civil rights movement? What a joke...

His Horse is Thunder would be a great name for a linebacker.

This doesn't really bother as much as it would have 20 years ago.

#258536

By matshark - May 15th, 2009, 11:46 am

- May 15th, 2009, 11:46 am #258536

Hey, we can just call the indian nations, "he who complains about name being used for great honor and daring in warfare on sports field" or "sits at home like squaw crying over name while real men gain glory"

either way. it's about right.

"The mat is my ocean. I'm a shark. Most people don't even know how to swim.... And your kung-fu floaties are no good here..."

Re: Another college team name bites the dust due to PC#258635

By Libertine - May 15th, 2009, 11:39 pm

- May 15th, 2009, 11:39 pm #258635

4everfsu wrote:http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520248,00.html

Well I will never root for UND in anything in the future.

Why? The article clearly states that this was decided by the state board and the NCAA. The university was actually resistant to this move.

"I invite all the young champions on Liberty Mountain to come up and rub my woolly mustache."

#258646

By 4everfsu - May 16th, 2009, 10:41 am

- May 16th, 2009, 10:41 am #258646

As I said if any U changes their names for whatever reason dealing with pc, I will no longer support them. Does not matter if they change it because the NCAA or some state board says to do, once done, no longer will I root for that school

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart,
if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Sir Winston Churchill

Speak little, do much!
Ben Franklin

Lynchburg Baptist College class of 1975

#258678

By ATrain - May 16th, 2009, 3:25 pm

- May 16th, 2009, 3:25 pm #258678

Just outta curiosity, how do you feel about W&M arguing to keep the Tribe, which the NCAA let them do, but acquiesing to removing the feathers from the logo in the name of PC?

4:28:2009-RIP Jeff Taylor

PAmedic wrote:you're absolutely right

#258692

By 4everfsu - May 16th, 2009, 5:37 pm

- May 16th, 2009, 5:37 pm #258692

I dont like it if that is what W&M did, bowing down to pc

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart,
if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Sir Winston Churchill

Speak little, do much!
Ben Franklin

Lynchburg Baptist College class of 1975

#258693

By SuperJon - May 16th, 2009, 5:39 pm

- May 16th, 2009, 5:39 pm #258693

4everfsu wrote:Does not matter if they change it because the NCAA or some state board says to do, once done, no longer will I root for that school

That's just silly.

#258704

By LUconn - May 16th, 2009, 7:29 pm

- May 16th, 2009, 7:29 pm #258704

"Bite the dust due to me 'Fighting Sioux!' All will bow to me!"

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

#258715

By Libertine - May 16th, 2009, 9:06 pm

- May 16th, 2009, 9:06 pm #258715

4everfsu wrote:As I said if any U changes their names for whatever reason dealing with pc, I will no longer support them. Does not matter if they change it because the NCAA or some state board says to do, once done, no longer will I root for that school

What if they had changed the name of the school or changed the color scheme on their uniforms because someone esle told them to? Would you not root for them then? It amounts to the same thing.

"I invite all the young champions on Liberty Mountain to come up and rub my woolly mustache."

#258733

By 4everfsu - May 17th, 2009, 10:06 am

- May 17th, 2009, 10:06 am #258733

Apple and oranges, now colors are going to be pc. Or names. Either way if it is done because of pc then I am againist it. I hope I made that clearer for you.

“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart,
if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
Sir Winston Churchill

Speak little, do much!
Ben Franklin

Lynchburg Baptist College class of 1975

#258741

By SuperJon - May 17th, 2009, 11:43 am

- May 17th, 2009, 11:43 am #258741

It's still silly. You would rather a school go against the governing body and not have any chance of postseason play just because you don't like PC things? They didn't want to change. They did everything they could not to change.

#258742

By LUconn - May 17th, 2009, 12:31 pm

- May 17th, 2009, 12:31 pm #258742

I'm against all of this crap of changing from Indian names, but I really don't think a school that you've most likely never given a dime to cares if you root for them or not.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

#258746

By Schfourteenteen - May 17th, 2009, 1:04 pm

- May 17th, 2009, 1:04 pm #258746

Im still offended that New England can call themselves the Patriots.

#258756

By Libertine - May 17th, 2009, 5:16 pm

- May 17th, 2009, 5:16 pm #258756

4everfsu wrote:Apple and oranges, now colors are going to be pc. Or names. Either way if it is done because of pc then I am againist it. I hope I made that clearer for you.

It's all just window dressing on the school you choose to root for, regardless of the reason you root for them. You may as well only be a fan of teams whose names might somehow offend someone.

"I invite all the young champions on Liberty Mountain to come up and rub my woolly mustache."

#258759

By SwissMilitant - May 17th, 2009, 5:26 pm

- May 17th, 2009, 5:26 pm #258759

Despite being completely confused by the title of this thread, it's cases like these that make me glad for a team mascot that's so bizarre that it couldn't possibly offend anyone.

#258780

By RagingTireFire - May 17th, 2009, 9:32 pm

- May 17th, 2009, 9:32 pm #258780

SwissMilitant wrote:it's cases like these that make me glad for a team mascot that's so bizarre that it couldn't possibly offend anyone.

Don't count on it.

Word has it she's pretty upset about the misogynist tone.

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#258785

By vabigpoppa - May 17th, 2009, 10:48 pm

- May 17th, 2009, 10:48 pm #258785

RagingTireFire wrote:
SwissMilitant wrote:it's cases like these that make me glad for a team mascot that's so bizarre that it couldn't possibly offend anyone.
Don't count on it.

Word has it she's pretty upset about the misogynist tone.

lol that was a good one

but seriously, if i was native american i would probably be offeneded too. i dont mind the states or ncaa making teams change their names. I mean some teams use the names in good taste like FSU. i believe FSU and the Seminole tribe have cut some kind of deal where FSU donates money and scholarships or something. But I mean, the Cleveland Indians logo characiture of an Indian? I think its time to update that. and im a diehard Redskins fan, but seriously, REDSKINS?? how in the world have they been able to get away w/ that this long haha. You can call it PC or you can call it being respectful to a race of people and catching up with the times.

#258795

By TDDance234 - May 18th, 2009, 7:42 am

- May 18th, 2009, 7:42 am #258795

The Redskins actually just won a big case. The judge ruled that because the 'Skins would lose millions of dollars with a name change, they could keep it.

#258813

By SwissMilitant - May 18th, 2009, 10:35 am

- May 18th, 2009, 10:35 am #258813

RagingTireFire wrote:
SwissMilitant wrote:it's cases like these that make me glad for a team mascot that's so bizarre that it couldn't possibly offend anyone.
Don't count on it.

Word has it she's pretty upset about the misogynist tone.

Ah, the requisite loose woman joke. No one has ever made that connection before. You, sir, are a pioneer.