The nickname has cost us games with both Wisconsin and Minnesota for football and has the potential of costing us conference membership for all of our other sports. It's hurting our recruiting by making it impossible to get games against the three most high profile schools in the our region (Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin) and it's denying opportunities to our athletes. In my opinion there is no way the nickname is worth the price we're paying and could pay in the future. I'll be sad to see it go but there comes a time when Sioux fans need to be pragmatic in their thinking about the nickname. We have our backs against the wall on this issue as the powers that be have stacked the deck against us. We will not win this fight and the only people we punish is our athletes by continuing our hopeless crusade. It's time to drop the nickname and move on.