JMissile Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 Well, A friend of mine pointed out the article that was in the Grand Forks Herald today dealing with the NCAA ruling on "hostile and abusive" team names throughout the NCAA. As a quick post, I'll make this brief in an effort to vent a little bit... I think many people would agree with me here that the Fighting Sioux name and logo is one soley based on honor and tradition. I truly find it sad that the NCAA is taking action to break that...and in many ways I feel that by making these rulings ironically is one of the most DISRESPECTFUL things they could do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZSIOUX Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 already a thread on this issue.... http://siouxsports.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4536 Well, A friend of mine pointed out the article that was in the Grand Forks Herald today dealing with the NCAA ruling on "hostile and abusive" team names throughout the NCAA. As a quick post, I'll make this brief in an effort to vent a little bit... I think many people would agree with me here that the Fighting Sioux name and logo is one soley based on honor and tradition. I truly find it sad that the NCAA is taking action to break that...and in many ways I feel that by making these rulings ironically is one of the most DISRESPECTFUL things they could do. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmrg74 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Hell, there is a forum for the issue here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondie5504 Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 This whole situation is incredibly ridiculous!! If anything UND is representing the Native American tradition. Before every basketball game at least there is a speech about how the Sioux was the strongest and bravest of all the warriors. I mean, how proud am I to be a part of the Fighting Sioux tradition??? When fans say home of the sioux at the end of the national anthem....greatest feeling in the world to me. Another point to make is that when it comes down to it, the NCAA is punishing the student-athletes of UND and other universities. These athletes work hard all year long so they can represent their schools and it's tradition. If the NCAA is going to make a ruling, do it! Don't sit there and say "oh, you can have the name, but sorry you can't host any post season tournaments!" that's BS!!! there are a lot of our athletics teams that could host everything this year, for one the women's basketball team, home court/field/whatever advantage is huge!! when i first heard about this, i could not sleep that night i was so upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinnesotaNorthStar Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 This whole situation is incredibly ridiculous!! If anything UND is representing the Native American tradition. Before every basketball game at least there is a speech about how the Sioux was the strongest and bravest of all the warriors. I mean, how proud am I to be a part of the Fighting Sioux tradition??? When fans say home of the sioux at the end of the national anthem....greatest feeling in the world to me. Another point to make is that when it comes down to it, the NCAA is punishing the student-athletes of UND and other universities. These athletes work hard all year long so they can represent their schools and it's tradition. If the NCAA is going to make a ruling, do it! Don't sit there and say "oh, you can have the name, but sorry you can't host any post season tournaments!" that's BS!!! there are a lot of our athletics teams that could host everything this year, for one the women's basketball team, home court/field/whatever advantage is huge!! when i first heard about this, i could not sleep that night i was so upset. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Helluva first post, blondie Keep it up (There's also a Sioux Name forum, with a more expansive discussion) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringDeanBack Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Well after the logo is taken away, I guess we can do away with all of the native american scholarships, the indian studies dept, the native american cultural center, etc. Because without the logo and nickname, none of those would be at UND. Look at NDSU, no native american logo or nickname and how many indian programs do they have? I have worked on multiple indian reservations, including Red Lake, Leech Lake, White Earth, Turtle Mtn and Spirit Lake. And believe me, there is some personal housekeeping that needs to be done at all of those places before they should start worrying about UND. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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