ScottM

On a somewhat related note, NBC Sports had a wonderfully slavering look at the "greatness" of Notre Dame hockey last night. You'd think they were UND, or even Minnesota.

Well, in the Italians' defense, they really haven't been very good seafarers since Columbus "discovered" India.

Rebuttal? I didn't even know there was an argument.

I'm guessing you had to "cut and paste" that little tidbit, since you're obviously too inept to spell it correctly. I'd also guess you had to look up "acolyte" in a dictionary, stared at the definiton for a few minutes, picked your nose ... and still didn't get it. I'm sure Cluess Al would be proud of you. And yes, you and the rest are "clueless". Cut and paste to your heart's content ...

Saved for my own amusement. Thanks for the laughs.

And he can turn water into really good 15 year old scotch ... Rocco only played a few games. Can he red-shirt this late in the season?

Oh, don't get all butt-hurt, it's just the internet.

I was part of a study group formed by the NC$$ to ensure that no group of thin-skinned, bed-wetting individuals would be excluded from its crusade to cleanse "insensitivity" from the land. So, naturally in the spirit of comradeship and good faith, I decided to help our mentally deficient friends from 'su see the error of their hateful ways.

I think obese women might be offended by the "Bison" moniker ...

For a minute, I thought that article was from "The Onion".

Speaking of lacrosse ... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-19/lacrosse-players-used-drugs-most-among-athletes-ncaa-reports.html

Even assuming SL and SR gave their consent now, or in 2007, what's to prevent them from pulling it at some point when the tribal winds change? They're sovereign nations. What would Clueless Al and some others do? Sue them? Trot out a few petitions? Write an angry "expose" on Say Anything?

If this board is any indication ... mmm, probably none.

I just wanted to save this "logic" for my own amusement.

I wouldn't call those people "stakeholders". They only have a "stake" in the Sioux moniker, not the university itself. UND can't really control its own moniker as long as certain people insist on treating the issue as a political one. That goes for Clueless Al, and his equally clueless acolytes passing out petitions, etc.

In my own case, I've increased my own kick to UND, and the employer match. I would expect some run-off. However, I think most alums and others who hate seeing the moniker go will still contribute as they see their money benefitting the school as a whole, and not the NC$$ or some other political hacks.

"LSU" = "Louis' School of Undertaking" .. Frankly, watching Alabama beat LSU was a bit of a snore for two "top tier" programs.

He also forgot the University of Kentucky and their vaunted hockey program poster ...

Even companies that file publicly with the SEC report material pending litigation that may impact their businesses. I'm especially surprised they didn't report the anti-trust litigation regarding former players' likenesses and the putative class-action involving players' concussions. As for SL, I'm not sure their lawyers would consider it "material" at this stage, regardless of the local histrionics. However, given the NC$$' own business practices, they won't report litigation like that unless so compelled by their membership or the feds.

I I wonder about Attorney Soderstrom's role in this. On one hand he's representing SL's attempt to gain rights to the Sioux moniker, and on the other he's pushing signatures that would take away that right.

The problem I see with the 'state actor" designation is that it may give the NC$$ immunity from certain types of claims, like anti-trust, and give them a degree of legitimacy afforded to regulatory agencies, e.g., deference of the courts, administrative discretion, etc. I'd rather the NC$$ be pillioried and exposed in front of a Congressional committee on C-SPAN than giving them any governmental platform to make and enforce rules at their own whim.

It would raise some interesting issues if somebody claimed "Sioux suck" is "hate speech", and possibly subject to a school's own Code of Conduct ...

Agreed. Basically a case of "we told ya so" by the local media, while quietly trumpeting the demise of the Sioux moniker at UND ...

Cow-tipping? Manure smoking? A Ph.D. program in Tobacco Spitting? Inbreeding?