Hey everyone, so I know it has been forever since I have posted so since I am on a train headed back from spring break and it looks like I am gonna be on this bitch for a long time, I felt I should write a little bit for you this lovely blog. So here is the first blog that I am going to post.
I go to the University of North Dakota and as you may or may not know our mascot has recently been called out. We are currently the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux and the NCAA made a rule that universities cannot have Indian nicknames for their athletic program. Please Note: I don’t know the exact wording or anything exact about the rule. All I really caught on from it is that they don’t want offend anyone so they are forcing any school with a tribal nickname to stop using said nickname. Currently UND can’t change or stop using the nickname because there is a state law that makes UND keep the nickname.
I think that NCAA is wrong in their request to get rid of the nickname. I mostly think they are wrong because honestly if you get rid of tribal nickname so as not to offend the tribe itself they who is to stop the NCAA from getting rid of the use of any other nickname because it offends somebody?
The way I see it is the NCAA abuses their power of collegiate sports and nicknames are only the beginning of it. I have heard of many athletes from different colleges being investigated or barred from playing for the tiniest of rules. There are two stories that I have read and remembered and I want to re-tell to you.
The first being of a women’s basketball player who originally went to school in the U.K. and took an exam over there that I believe is the equivalent to our ACT(I could be wrong, I don’t know much about the British school system). Then this player came to America and because she didn’t do as well in school as she wanted to she went to an American school and repeated her junior year. This player is now not allowed to play in any of her collegiate basketball games because according to NCAA ruling she had to enroll in college by a certain time after taking her test overseas to qualify to play.
Now on this one, I kind of get it, rules are rules. But Really? Who was the asshole who made that rule?
The next story comes from my school’s hockey team. One of our freshman hockey players was not allowed to join our team this year because he went to an online school that had a paperwork mishap. Now, I’m sure there was more to that story, but that is what I got out of it and I just find both of these to be absolutely ridiculous but nobody is going to stand up to the NCAA because they are the NCAA but come on. There needs to be some lines drawn with the organization themselves so they are checked into power and not completely power hungry.
Ok, so obviously I don’t know everything about the NCAA, in fact I try not to even care what they are doing because in all reality what they say and do has little to no effect on my life. I do know that I am not alone in thinking the NCAA is being a little stupid.
So do you guys have your opinions, stories, and comments whatever? Let me know and remember to look up the facts and everything else for yourself as well, don’t just take my half-assed stories above, do your own reading and let me know.
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