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UND hopes to rename athletics building after former Olympian Fritz Pollard

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/6890159-UND-hopes-to-rename-athletics-building-after-former-Olympian-Fritz-Pollard

"The board’s approval would change the name of the High Performance Center, which was completed in 2015 and sits next to the soon-to-be removed Memorial Stadium, to the Fritz Pollard Jr. Athletic Center."

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21 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

UND hopes to rename athletics building after former Olympian Fritz Pollard

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/6890159-UND-hopes-to-rename-athletics-building-after-former-Olympian-Fritz-Pollard

"The board’s approval would change the name of the High Performance Center, which was completed in 2015 and sits next to the soon-to-be removed Memorial Stadium, to the Fritz Pollard Jr. Athletic Center."

See you at the "Fritz"!  Love it.  What a great human being to have a building named for!

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1 hour ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

UND hopes to rename athletics building after former Olympian Fritz Pollard

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/6890159-UND-hopes-to-rename-athletics-building-after-former-Olympian-Fritz-Pollard

"The board’s approval would change the name of the High Performance Center, which was completed in 2015 and sits next to the soon-to-be removed Memorial Stadium, to the Fritz Pollard Jr. Athletic Center."

What is his connection to UND?

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1 hour ago, Teeder11 said:

See you at the "Fritz"!  Love it.  What a great human being to have a building named for!

You would think that the school would be very careful with this...   we have seen that original intent and receiving extensive permissions can very much be twisted and maligned and retracted in the future.  The track record from "Honoring" to "Appropriating or Using" is very well documented.  I would pass.

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1 hour ago, FSSD said:

You would think that the school would be very careful with this...   we have seen that original intent and receiving extensive permissions can very much be twisted and maligned and retracted in the future.  The track record from "Honoring" to "Appropriating or Using" is very well documented.  I would pass.

Just a reminder about the ends justifies the means crowd.

Terry Morgan, another anti-nickname organizer, said Friday that opponents had a "signed affidavit" from a witness who allegedly heard the damning quote but that he'd have to find it.

The Herald could not reach him Saturday to see if he found the document.

Days later he was contacted and admitted that there was no affidavit and he rationalized all of it as "Ends justifies the means".  All it takes is one person and the New York Time will be here again - setting the record for the nation by taking only one side of the story and printing lies.  I live in the cities and same stuff is going on right now.. Ends/Means no discussion.

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4 hours ago, FSSD said:

Just a reminder about the ends justifies the means crowd.

Terry Morgan, another anti-nickname organizer, said Friday that opponents had a "signed affidavit" from a witness who allegedly heard the damning quote but that he'd have to find it.

The Herald could not reach him Saturday to see if he found the document.

Days later he was contacted and admitted that there was no affidavit and he rationalized all of it as "Ends justifies the means".  All it takes is one person and the New York Time will be here again - setting the record for the nation by taking only one side of the story and printing lies.  I live in the cities and same stuff is going on right now.. Ends/Means no discussion.

Yeah, HPC sounds pretty good to me.

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13 hours ago, siouxweet said:

What is his connection to UND?

https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/1066668-From-the-archives-Learn-more-about-former-Olympian-multi-sport-athlete-Fritz-Pollard-Jr#.YCxEFcC3NUU.twitter

"Given the time, the era and the social issues of the time, not only what he accomplished, but when and where he accomplished it and who he accomplished it in front of, it's extraordinary. It's really one of the most underrated and forgotten stories of UND athletics history." - Jason Hajdu

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1 hour ago, The Sicatoka said:

Literally nine seconds from search to find:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Pollard_Jr. 

thanks for doing the leg work instead of a douchy comment.   A discussion online a while talked about the human desire for fame and recognition driving poor situations.  Not sure where it ended up going, but an interesting take.

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4 hours ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

Fitting name to attach to the HPC. I do find it interesting, however, that J. Hadju had to weigh in on it via twitter calling the naming "long overdue." Really Hadju? The building opened in 2015. Nothing about it has been long. So glad that smug SJW moved on from UND. Blame Canada, ya hoser.

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