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The NCAA has gone too far, again, on this Native American thing. Why can’t they focus on sports and leave political correctness to the politicians? This is America for crying out loud ,let ’em sue! If the Native American’s are insulted, let them ask the schools to change mascots and images.

Mary Katharine Ham had a nice piece on this topic called Mascot mayhem. I got such a kick out of it I had to email the NCAA about their silliness. My email is below.

Has the NCAA considered that redshirting is offensive? I find it highly offensive for it brings to mind images of redskins, which we all know is offensive. I therefore ask the NCAA to immediately either 1) eliminate the term “redshirt” from college football or, 2) grow up and give up on this left-wing, radical, political correctness stuff.

And when should I have PETA contact you. After all there are teams that have animal names which offend some. Perhaps we should eliminate them?

I also find it amusing that you consider Alcorn State University to be a racist institution because they have the “Braves”.

When were “savages” determined to be Native Americans? If I recall Vikings have been referred to as savages, Nazis were seen as savages, and some even saw the KKK as savages. How nice of the NCAA to redefine words for us.

But why no ban on the Trojans? Could those of Greek ancestry not possibly be offended by the Trojans? Or is just not politically correct to be “outraged” by groups that reside outside the US?

You might also want to evaluate the name of your Copyright Royalty Tribunal. It does sound a lot like it involves that banned “tribe” word. (Yes, I know the origin of the word but since when is the NCAA concerned with facts? It is only appearances that matter. Right?)

I know all of this looks silly, and it is. But I do hope that you all also realize how silly the NCAA looks to those of us who live in the real world. Only for me it is more a feeling of sadness than silliness.

So please, ask the NCAA leaders to please be leaders. What they are doing now is NOT leadership.

We’ll see how it goes but I don’t have expectations of the NCAA doing the “right” thing anytime soon.