Banning Race-Based mascots

[centrarchidae]

The Political Correctness in this country is so out of hand. I didn't realize there was a "national debate on use of race-based mascot names for professional, local athletic teams"

It's not new. My dad and brother went to Illinois, which has the highly-offensive-to-native-americans Chief Illiniwek for a mascot and has been fighting about it for decades.

Yeah, we'll go with offensive, I guess. I had never heard so much about such a horrible tragedy that I cared so little about.

[KestrelBike]

It's not new. My dad and brother went to Illinois, which has the highly-offensive-to-native-americans Chief Illiniwek for a mascot and has been fighting about it for decades.

Yeah, we'll go with offensive, I guess. I had never heard so much about such a horrible tragedy that I cared so little about.

I bet 99% of native americans have never heard of Chief Illiniwek. My college had an indian name that white pampered liberals starting crying about in the late '90s, so they changed it. Fortunately this pissed off old alums who don't believe in that kind of nonsense, and they put on hold their donations/pledges until the school changes back the mascot. Serves them right, hated my school.

[kawiracer14]

My Alum is the "RiverHawks". Those hawks that don't go near rivers are PISSED!

[trlcavscout]

Haha that's good!

[jackthewall81]

Probably "Rebel = Confederate = Slavery = Hateful to blacks"

Yet that is not why the civil war was fought. "Yankee" should have the same racist implications seeing as the people of the "north" could of cared less for black people.

[ben4372]

Probably "Rebel = Confederate = Slavery = Hateful to blacks"

Rebels= Luke Skywalker & crew= Fighting The Empire= Barrack Obummer

[hatidua]

What's next, animal names?

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...rouper-goliath

[XC700116]

Yet that is not why the civil war was fought. "Yankee" should have the same racist implications seeing as the people of the "north" could of cared less for black people.

Yeap, one of the biggest lies in American "History" is the narative currently taught about the reasons behind the civil war.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I bet 99% of native americans have never heard of Chief Illiniwek. My college had an indian name that white pampered liberals starting crying about in the late '90s, so they changed it. Fortunately this pissed off old alums who don't believe in that kind of nonsense, and they put on hold their donations/pledges until the school changes back the mascot. Serves them right, hated my school.

Was this North Dakota?

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Rebels= Luke Skywalker & crew= Fighting The Empire= Barrack Obummer

http://collider.com/espn-star-wars-a...kbar-ole-miss/ (?) Admiral Ackbar?




I much prefer baseball to football personally, but the Redskins thing always makes me think of Cleveland. They are de-emphasizing Chief Wahoo more and more.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10...ief-wahoo-logo
I suspect in less than a decade, you won't get those classic Indians hats anymore, which I'll miss.
Having said that, their extremely plain uniforms they have been using (away and alt1) look great to me. Most teams dress terribly, these look good.


Edit: If Cleveland had to abandon the name, going back to the Naps would be awesome.