Sensitive Mascots
Just three weeks after banning what it deemed to be “hostile” or “abusive” Indian nicknames and mascots in post season play the NCAA has backed down and granted a waiver to the Florida State Seminoles. Why the change of heart? According to the NCAA Florida State has a unique relationship with the Seminole Tribe of Florida. Well duh! It wasn’t exactly a state secret that the university had an agreement with the tribe on the use of the name.
So now the NCAA probably figures that now that they granted the waiver to the most vocal critic of this silly rule that all is well and other colleges and universities will fall in line. Not so fast. There are still the Utah Utes, the Central Michigan Chippewas and the North Dakota Fighting Sioux who all have the backing of the various tribes. Of course the use of the word fighting may be politically incorrect in the eyes of the NCAA.
The NCAA in its zeal to be politically correct actually made things worse (big surprise) and they need to rescind this policy immediately and let the teams play ball.
Don Irvine is the chairman of Accuracy in Media, Accuracy in Academia’s parent group.
Don Irvine
Donald Irvine is the chairman of of Accuracy in Academia (AIA), a non-profit research group reporting on bias in education. Irvine follows his father’s legacy, Reed Irvine, to critically analyze the liberal media’s bias and brings over thirty years of media analysis experience. He has published countless blog posts and articles on media bias, in context of current events, and he has been interviewed by many news media outlets during his professional career. He currently hosts a livestream weekly show on AIA’s Facebook page which discusses current events.
Irvine graduated from the University of Maryland and rose up the ranks to become chairman of Accuracy in Media until his transition to AIA.
He resides in the suburbs around the nation’s capital and is a proud father and grandfather.
