University Of Iowa Decides That UND’s “Fighting Sioux” Nickname Isn’t Offensive Anymore
Because the NCAA said it was so.
GRAND FORKS, N.D.—The University of Iowa says it will resume scheduling the University of North Dakota in athletics, after a settlement in UND’s legal battle with the NCAA over postseason use of its Fighting Sioux nickname.
Under the settlement, UND has three years to win tribal support for the nickname and the school’s American Indian-head logo or retire them.
“We follow whatever the NCAA’s rulings are,” said Mark Abbott, Iowa’s associate athletic director. “So if you’re on their list of restricted teams, we won’t play you. If you’re removed from that list, for whatever reason, then we’d follow the NCAA’s direction on that.”
It seems to me that the very definition of absurdity is allowing what is and is not “offensive” to be defined by legal wrangling and not, you know, what actually is and is not offensive.
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