From the Grand Forks Herald:
VIEWPOINT: Sociology may explain NCAA view
This line of thinking totally baffles me. Because UND can't control the racist tendencies of opposing schools, the NCCA must punish UND by censoring a name and logo that the university uses with respect.
It's true that some of the most racist misuses of UND's name and logo have come from our opponents. In fact, I remember the incidents that occurred at one of the last women's basketball games at NDSU during which UND's basketball players were called "whores" and "sluts" to their faces by Bison fans and were spat upon as NDSU's AD looked on. I remember how a Bison fan singled out a UND black assistant coach for racial taunting.
Therefore, following Janet Kelly Moen's logic, UND should drop women's basketball, fire its minority coaches and not hire any others. After all, UND has no control over the racist and sexist comments that opposing teams direct at its, players, coaches and fans. We might as well take Moen's and the NCAA's reasoning to its logical conclusion.