What a fine stand to take. But wait a second, oops, he seems to have forgotten that wrestling competed against Central Michigan....the Chippewas. And, oops, forgot to check that pesky Golf schedule on their web page....where they played in the "Fighting Illini Invitational."

You want an example of a stand? Find someone who isn't also a hypocrite.

Lucky for Minnesota their football team won't be good enough to meet Florida State anytime soon.... Imagine the backpedaling he???d have to do then!

So when's the NCAA going to dump Pontiac as a sponsor? That's the auto manufacturer that uses the name of a famous American Indian chief for profit and a stylized arrowhead logo for marketing purposes. Or are economic factors more important than high-minded principles to the NCAA?

When is the NCAA going to change the name of its Theodore Roosevelt Award? After all, it was Roosevelt who once said: "I suppose I should be ashamed to say that I take the Western view of the Indian. I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn't like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth."

Why does the NCAA continue to honor a man who engaged in hate speech and advocated the genocide of American Indians?

Of course, Minnesota itself is an American Indian word. The University of Minnesota rests upon land once occuppied by the Santee Sioux tribe, a tribe forced off its land by broken treaties at the point of a gun. Other Sioux tribes in Minnesota suffered the same fate. Many of their ancestors now live in North Dakota and attend UND because of its 25+ programs for American Indians. Perhaps the good citizens of Minnesota could better display their sensitivity and sense of social justice by returning that stolen property to its original owners.

If you think that the the University of Minnesota, which has four times the number of students as UND, actually enrolls more American Indian students that its "hostile and abusive" neighbor to the west, you'd be wrong.

The hypocrisy displayed by the NCAA and the University of Minnesota on this issue is nothing short of stunning.

Good points PCM, of course on one from the NCAA will ever have the courage to answer your question/comments because they know their case is weak and just a matter of time before they will be slapped in court and probably by Congress.

It will be interesting to see how they respond after they lose the lawsuit next December. Actually Minnesota doesn't probably want to play UND in any other sports, they run the risk of losing for one. If Minnesota is lucky the Gophers won't have to play FSU, I don't see any sports they could beat them in right now anyways.

Patrick,
Political Correctness is stock in trade for the liberal/leftists in Minnesota. Their PC behavior is nothing new. I have a hockey program from a game in 1968 between North Dakota and Minnesota at Williams Arena in Minneapolis. In the entire program there is not a single reference to the "Fighting Sioux." Only once are they referred to as the Sioux.

Instead they are referred to as North Dakota or The Nodaks. Not much has changed since then as far as the PC behavior at Minnesota. Another thing that hasn't changed apparently is the Fighting Sioux assessment of the team???s scoring ability.

Coach Bill Selman has expressed some dissatisfaction with Sioux goal scoring. "We're getting good opportunities, but we just aren't connecting," he says. Sounds familiar.

Hey, Josh, if Minnesota REALLY wanted to take a stand, don't you think that Joel would REFUSE to play North Dakota in ANY sport? That would take some cahoonas, though. Big Ten football team won't play D1-AA wanna-be North Dakota. Ooooh...big stand, Joel. Pat yourself on the back and anoint yourself a hero of the PC movement.

Scott,
A long time ago Minnesota couldn???t beat Denver in hockey and some speculated it was because DU used too many 25-year-old Canadians???the Gophers decided not to schedule them for some time (that made them look petty IMHO). However, Minnesota won???t be so silly this time around, for one it would make them look petty just like they did when they wouldn???t play DU in hockey, but the real reason the University of Minnesota doesn't want to forgo playing the UND Fighting Sioux is because they would be cutting off their nose to spite their face, they would lose too much money.

Don???t let the Gopher administrators fool you???UND is one of their biggest rivals in hockey. So when the Fighting SIOUX play the University of Minnesota they play the games in arenas packed to the rafters. Almost every game between UND and UMN that I can remember has been sold out. Second UMN doesn't want to forfeit the games. If some ridiculous school doesn???t want to play UND one of the other sports so be it, it???s their loss. However, notice no one is saying hey, we don???t want to play UND in hockey. The athletic director apologized to her minions for scheduling UND in hockey (a move that she has since been lambasted for) but notice she didn???t pull UND invitation, because she knows UND is a big draw in college hockey and will pack her arena.

When this is all said and done we will really find out that political correctness run amuck will be met with severe pushback from the rest of the non-liberal elites. The majority of people are sick of liberal social engineering. The Minnesota issue just proves how far out of touch with the rest of mainstream society the NCAA and hand wringing liberal elites are.

The whole Minnesota not playing UND because of their name is the stupidest publicity stunt the U has come up with yet. UND is by far one of, if not the best, team in the WCHA and has been for many years ??? this is just Minnesota's way of trying to get rid of the competition. They already have the WCHA officials in their pockets, but that???s not enough. They still lose, so now they have taken to refusing to play. Do they know that for anyone to take them serious they must also refuse to play Notre Dame (Fighting Irish) and for that matter Purdue, for someone might take offense to them being known as the Boilermakers. I have been a diehard fan of the University of North Dakota as well as many of the other schools in the WCHA, for many years. But in the past 3 or 4 seasons I have lost faith not only in the officiating but also the WCHA itself for allowing such nonsense to go on.