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. . . If "Indian Nicknames" are outlawed? The NCAA is considering making a change.
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THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND COMPETITION Cabinet (of the NCAA), which ended a three-day meeting on Thursday, asked the Minority Opportunities and Issues Committee to study whether the use of Indian nicknames and mascots is appropriate.
Jean Lenti Ponsetto, the senior associate athletic director at DePaul, said the cabinet has heard ?passionate? arguments on both sides ? from those who believe the use of Indian nicknames is derogatory, and from those who believe it celebrates the culture.
?This is a bigger issue for some institutions than it is for others, and we?ve got to make a determination of whether it?s derogatory or celebratory in some shape or form,? Ponsetto said.
While Ponsetto acknowledged it?s premature to discuss what the report might conclude, she said the NCAA could take action against schools, if warranted.
?I think they could apply a similar standard to that on the Confederate flag issue, whether to go to cities for NCAA events,? she said.
The NCAA said last year it considered moving the 2002 and 2007 men?s Final Fours and the 2003 women?s Final Four from Atlanta if the Confederate battle emblem was not removed from Georgia?s state flag.
In January 2001, the state legislature agreed to remove the emblem and Gov. Roy Barnes signed the bill, leading the NCAA to drop its threat.
The NCAA did use the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, S.C., as a site for men?s first- and second-round games last March, even though the Confederate flag continued to fly at a Confederate soldiers? monument. Civil rights groups also asked the governing body to move the games.
Instead, the NCAA imposed a two-year ban on awarding championships to states such as South Carolina.
The cabinet also requested more input on a draft that would allow Division I-A football teams to count one game against a Division I-AA opponent toward bowl qualification each year, rather than once every four years.
Here's the story.
THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND COMPETITION Cabinet (of the NCAA), which ended a three-day meeting on Thursday, asked the Minority Opportunities and Issues Committee to study whether the use of Indian nicknames and mascots is appropriate.
Jean Lenti Ponsetto, the senior associate athletic director at DePaul, said the cabinet has heard ?passionate? arguments on both sides ? from those who believe the use of Indian nicknames is derogatory, and from those who believe it celebrates the culture.
?This is a bigger issue for some institutions than it is for others, and we?ve got to make a determination of whether it?s derogatory or celebratory in some shape or form,? Ponsetto said.
While Ponsetto acknowledged it?s premature to discuss what the report might conclude, she said the NCAA could take action against schools, if warranted.
?I think they could apply a similar standard to that on the Confederate flag issue, whether to go to cities for NCAA events,? she said.
The NCAA said last year it considered moving the 2002 and 2007 men?s Final Fours and the 2003 women?s Final Four from Atlanta if the Confederate battle emblem was not removed from Georgia?s state flag.
In January 2001, the state legislature agreed to remove the emblem and Gov. Roy Barnes signed the bill, leading the NCAA to drop its threat.
The NCAA did use the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, S.C., as a site for men?s first- and second-round games last March, even though the Confederate flag continued to fly at a Confederate soldiers? monument. Civil rights groups also asked the governing body to move the games.
Instead, the NCAA imposed a two-year ban on awarding championships to states such as South Carolina.
The cabinet also requested more input on a draft that would allow Division I-A football teams to count one game against a Division I-AA opponent toward bowl qualification each year, rather than once every four years.
