The NCAA removed the Florida

State Seminoles on Tuesday from a list of 18 college and

university nicknames subjected to restrictions because of

their hostility to American Indians.

 

The NCAA said it was recognizing the relationship Florida

State has long enjoyed with the Seminole Tribe of Florida,

which assists the university with its pageantry and

celebration of its culture and supports the school's use of

its name.

 

??The staff review committee noted the unique relationship

between the university and the Seminole Tribe of Florida as a

significant factor,'' the NCAA said Tuesday. ??The decision

of a namesake sovereign tribe, regarding when and how its

name and imagery can be used, must be respected even when

others may not agree.''

 

Florida State President T.K. Wetherell had threatened to

sue the NCAA immediately after its Aug. 5 announcement that

the school's highly visible nickname, ??Seminoles,'' was

defined as ??hostile and abusive'' by a committee.

 

The NCAA said it would handle reviews from other schools

on a case-by-case basis. The Illinois Illini, Utah Utes and

North Dakota Fighting Sioux are among other prominent school

nicknames that remain affected by the edict.

 

Under the NCAA restrictions, teams with hostile nicknames

would not be able to use them in postseason tournaments or

bowl games.

 

Source: AP

 

it was just a matter of time before the went against the intentions....FSU has the permission from the Seminole Tribe of Florida....they put in way too much money into the NCAA for this issue to have been forced

It wouldn't suprise me if Illinois' ban was waived as well, I dont think the association is quite as close as FSU and the Seminole tribe, but the state of Illinois goes out of it's way not to defile the Illini name(incidentally, my town was named after a regional leadar of the Illini tribe, Patoka). There is Illini tribe murals in the state house and other things paying tribute. I am not saying it is for sure that it will happen, but Illinois being reinstated wouldn't come as a shock.

Well by that logic, Illini can't be banned either, seeing as the remaining members of the Illini tribe have endorsed the nickname as non racial and something they have no problem with. However, money talks, and money isn't switching hands in the case of the Illini tribe and the school, so maybe it will stay banned.

The NCAA should force states with names based on Indian names to be changed. Say good-bye to:

 

Mississippi

The Dakotas

Iowa

Indiana

Illinois

Utah

Wyoming

Missouri

Kansas

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Etc.

Source: AP

 

it was just a matter of time before the went against the intentions....FSU has the permission from the Seminole Tribe of Florida....they put in way too much money into the NCAA for this issue to have been forced

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No they don't.

 

FSU pays a s*** - load to the tribe in order for them to use the name.