And they sometimes use it for hockey, too.

surfish1961 wrote:

Whoever is in charge of college athletics has decided that the UND Sioux mascot is racist and derogatory, so they mandated that UND has to change it. If they do not, they will not be allowed to participate in college athletics.

Interestingly enough, the members of the Sioux tribe that live in ND have officially stated that in their opinion, there is nothing wrong with the Sioux mascot, and they don't have a problem with it.




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calavera wrote:

It must be tough to go through life as a thin-skinned loser that feels affected by a sports team mascot.

tailgater wrote:

You hit that nail right on the head. From the beginnings of sports to this day, sports teams have been given the nicknames of ethnic groups. No one has taken any offense until these ultra liberal crackpots came onto the scene.

My high school teams were called "The Vikings". I guess we didn't care if we pissed off the Scandinavians. Maybe we should ask Sven if he's offended.

surfish1961 wrote:

My alma mater's mascot was the Chiefs.
They are now the River Hawks.

tailgater wrote:

And it goes beyond mascot names.
No longer can you buy tickets from "Scalpers" because that is derogatory to Indians as well.
Now you have to call them "ticketmaster"...

tailgater wrote: