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Very interesting. I suppose the NCAA is entitled to do this, however, it will not be very well-received, I believe.
At least one school here that uses native american name/mascot (the Chippeawa) has been doing everything it reasonably do in the past 10 years to ensure the Chippewa image is promoted in an appropriate way.
And last night on the local news, a local school named the Warriors was mentioned. Their mascot looks like a green and yellow bug, something I'd hardly find offensive.
When the whole Native American logo issue started to become more of an issue ~20 years ago, my mom asked a relative-by-marriage who is native american what his opinion was. He rather bluntly stated that the tribes need to worry more about the poor education, joblessness, and drug abuse that is prevalent among native americans and not some stupid logo or cheer.
A lot of schools are more mindful of the need to promote their mascots appropriately, so why punish the schools that are taking those measures?
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