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Updated: Nov. 11, 2005, 4:56 PM ET
NCAA rejects Illinois' appeal of mascot ban


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<!-- begin text11 div --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top><!-- begin leftcol --><!-- template inline -->CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois lost its appeal of the ban on the university mascot Friday and will remain on a list of schools prohibited from hosting NCAA postseason events after February.

The NCAA will allow Illinois to keep its "Illini" and "Fighting Illini" nicknames. The university contended those nicknames derived from the name of the state.

The governing body, however, said Chief Illiniwek remains a "hostile and abusive" image of American Indians. The mascot is a student dressed in buckskins and headdress who dances at halftimes of home football, basketball and volleyball games. The tradition began in 1926.

"The NCAA staff review committee found no new information relative to the mascot known as Chief Illiniwek or the logo mark used by some athletics teams that depicts a Native American in feathered headdress, to remove the university from the list," said Bernard Franklin, the NCAA's senior vice president for governance and membership.

School spokesman Tom Hardy says the university will study the decision before determining how it will proceed. The university can appeal to the NCAA executive committee.

Hardy said the university was gratified about the NCAA ruling on nicknames.

"I'm sure that will be comforting to the students and hundreds of thousands of alumni who are proud to call themselves Illini," he said.

The NCAA's decision on American Indian mascots, issued Aug. 5, bars universities on its list of schools deemed to use hostile imagery from hosting postseason championship events. It requires those schools to remove any offensive nickname or logo from team, cheerleader and band uniforms when participating in postseason tournaments.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2221165
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[MililaniBuckeye]

Total [censored]ing bull[censored]. If I were one of these schools with the banned nicknames, I'd take the NCAA to court and sue their sorry asses for every cent they had...

[jwinslow]

you know what I find offensive? that all native american tribes are lumped together under one banner. There are such drastic differences between the tribes, yet there is one blanket ruling that applies across the board.

The Fighting Irish is a remarkably ironic comparison. Not only do they represent a people group, but an oppressed one, and they do so with an unflattering stereotype of irish people as their mascot.

Someone should sue the state of illinois because their name is offensive.

[BuckeyeInTheBoro]

Originally Posted by TheDeacon

The Blue Devils are named after a French military unit.

That explains their offensive and defensive lines, but how the heck do they win basketball games?

[hoat]

This doesn't really belong here but didn't want to add a thread when it sorta coincides.


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Being Brutus
West Muskingum grad is the man inside the mascot
By DAVE WEIDIG
Sports Editor



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COLUMBUS - When the Ohio State cheerleaders led the band onto the field Saturday for the Buckeyes' final home game, Zanesville's Jay Umbleby was right up front.
You see, the West Muskingum graduate and fourth-year Ohio State student is one of three Brutus Buckeyes who take turns carrying the OSU flag into Ohio Stadium and representing perhaps the most visible symbol of OSU athletics, at not only games but tailgate parties and other events.
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</TD><TD width=10></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>"It's a huge time-consumer and a lot of work," Umbleby said, noting that the other two "Bruti" are from Shelby and Dublin. "When you play sports, you know your schedule, but when you do this, you get a calendar of 15 to 20 events per week that we have to cover between the three of us.
"Add that in to your class schedule, and it's hard to plan things," he added. "You're like a doctor, on-call all the time. It changes week to week. But it's definitely helped my time-management skills."
"It cracks me up that he doesn't get paid for it," said Jay's younger brother Steve, who lives with him in Columbus. "Because it's really like a job. It takes up a lot of his time. He's lucky he doesn't get more homework than he does. I know his sleep was messed up last year, but he's doing a lot better with it this year."
At a typical noon football game, like yesterday against Northwestern, the "Bruti" and cheerleaders begin their day at least three hours before kickoff. They attend the President's Brunch, College of Business tailgate and also hit the Drake Union. They're in costume at least an hour before the kickoff, at St. John Arena right before the band comes in. dweidig@nncogannett.com
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Originally published November 13, 2005


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