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October 10, 2006
2 Feathers Are the Price of Compliance With NCAA Mascot Rule at William and Mary
The College of William and Mary plans to remove the two feathers from its athletics logo that the NCAA considered hostile and abusive to American Indians, the college said today in a written statement.
Fourteen months ago,, the NCAA’s Executive Committee named William and Mary as one of 18 colleges and universities that had to wipe out their American Indian imagery—or face sanctions restricting their postseason opportunities (The Chronicle, August 5, 2005).
The NCAA ruled this year that William and Mary may keep its nickname, the “Tribe,” but must get rid of the two feathers in its logo to participate in or play host to postseason events.
William and Mary is changing its logo to avoid costly litigation against the NCAA, the statement said.
But university officials clearly still believe the NCAA’s policy is misguided. In the statement, Gene R. Nichol, William and Mary’s president, issued this parting shot at the NCAA: “It is galling that a university with such a consistent and compelling record of doing intercollegiate athletics the right way,” he said, “is threatened with punishment by an organization whose house, simply put, is not in order.”
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Universities such as William and Mary and the University of Illinois owe it to the nation to fight the NCAA and its politically correct tyranny. It’s the “brave” thing to do.
— William Oct 11, 12:15 AM #
courage seems notably lacking at w&m. principle yielded to pragmatism. i’d thought w&m a place where leadership was taught by example. i was wrong.
— bud Oct 11, 07:26 AM #
If W&M had a mascot called the Hood or the Honkies, would there be a question? As an alum I am appalled that their mascot has stayed for so long. Kudos to the NCAA for advocating tolerance and eliminating blatant racism. Sports are not as important as people’s dignity…sticking to racist crap isn’t courage..
— Kris Oct 11, 10:59 AM #
Another fine victory for the PC Taliban. The right wing is laughing as the left wastes its time on this sort of nonsense. Let’s pay attention to something important in our politics.
— Bill Oct 11, 11:48 PM #
Bill, you’re obviously someone with no cultural identity or pride. Degradation of a race of people is important. Time spent fighting this fight is not a waste of time but life-changing.
— Ted Oct 16, 10:38 AM #
People like Bill might only take offense if a team was called the “racially-insensitive mindless flock,” but that would be too long a name, and a logo would be hard to think of (though an obnoxiously large red, white, and blue elephant with stars might work).
But after all, W&M is in the state with George Allen as one of its senators, I guess you can’t expect too much
— Alphonse Oct 23, 11:06 AM #