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Old Wed Oct 18, 2006, 06:11pm
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Yep. I believe last week that William and Mary was informed the school will be allowed to retain the word "Tribe", but the feathers in the logo and any other reference to Indians would need to go.

Personally, I'd just rather see the schools tell the NCAA to take a hike.
It's absolutely amazing that this "rule" is only being enforced against small schools. Florida State was granted an excemption, for example. I guess that was when they still expected their football team to be good. Maybe we should change the names of most of the midwestern states while were at it. My guess is not too many tribal members were consulted about the names Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas, ...

The initial subject of this thread says it all "Being Stupid Enough To Buy This Crap!"
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