"NCAA upholds Fighting Sioux as abusive nickname" (North Dakota)
- As seen in todays USA Today
Apparently appeals we're granted to Florida State, Utah & Central Michigan.
PETA has now asked that the Unirsity of South Carolina "Game Cocks" change their name as it promotes animal cruelty.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish however got a pass.......
What's next.........PC taken to far here?
Craig,
I know what I experienced in 1981, drinking with the coach, has completely changed today. My old school now prohibits that kind of fraternization. However the memory is a good one and I still have a great deal of respect for him. I currently coach masters at the University of Denver and their Varsity coaching staff is very professional and they would never go out drinking with there swimmers as a matter of course and by rule. Part of this is a cultural change. We were legal at age 18 and it was part of college life. It's now illegal at that age. At the time we actually had two 3.2% bars on campus. Additionally professors would routinely meet students at these bars have a beer with there student and discuss papers and projects. Again a different era.
Craig,
I know what I experienced in 1981, drinking with the coach, has completely changed today. My old school now prohibits that kind of fraternization. However the memory is a good one and I still have a great deal of respect for him. I currently coach masters at the University of Denver and their Varsity coaching staff is very professional and they would never go out drinking with there swimmers as a matter of course and by rule. Part of this is a cultural change. We were legal at age 18 and it was part of college life. It's now illegal at that age. At the time we actually had two 3.2% bars on campus. Additionally professors would routinely meet students at these bars have a beer with there student and discuss papers and projects. Again a different era.
