Not Worth A Sioux
Lofty principles re noble savages compromised for cold cash. CQ:
A University of Minnesota policy discouraging the school’s athletic teams from competing against the University of North Dakota in any sport except hockey will stand.The school’s Advisory Committee on Athletics said in February that it would reconsider the policy, which was prompted by UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname.
Committee chairman Douglas Hartmann now says that won’t happen.
… The U’s best sport these days, and the most popular locally, is the hockey team. It competes for the national title almost every year. Refusing to play UND would create a backlash among Gopher fans, as the rivalry between the two schools generate tremendous interest — and no small amount of cash.
Topics: academia
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:39 am on Thursday, October 11, 2007
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October 11th, 2007 at 10:00 am
With academics, it’s always a close race between love of money and fear of confrontation.
October 11th, 2007 at 11:30 am
Yup. A moral dilemma on the order of a kid discovering that the delicious brownie he’s devouring includes pureed spinach as an ingredient. And as much fun to watch!
October 11th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Objecting to teams named in honor of Native Americans is about as PC ridiculous as you can get. Oh, and it won’t change what happened in the 19th century one iota.
If libs really cared about indigenous people, they would be trying to wean them off the raw socialism they’ve been subjected to in the last hundred years and which has destroyed their self reliance and moral fiber.
But that won’t happen, because its not about moving mankind forward, its about the libs themselves and how they “feel”.