N. Dakota ready to drop Fighting Sioux

[Falcon Fanatic]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... x-nickname
Kind of surprised this hasn't happened before now. How long ago was it that Eastern and Miami changed their nicknames?

[footballguy51]

Are they going to the Fighting Cree?

[h2oville rocket]

Didn't they have some deep-pocket guy who funded their hockey arena who said "No $" if they changed the name? I remember something aobut that several years ago.

[1987alum]

So Fighting Sioux = No good.
But Fighting Irish = Good.

[Falconfreak90]

PC bullcrap hits again. Sheese....

[h2oville rocket]

PC bullcrap hits again. Sheese....

For some people a synonym for PC is "nice". If it truly is offensive to a tribe then why have it? On the other hand if the Sioux were OK with it then let it ride. I know the guy who put up the bucks for the hockey rink put Fighting Sioux all over in the floor, on walls anywhere he could work it in that it would be nearly impossible to remove so there will be remnants no matter what.

[Falconfreak90]

PC bullcrap hits again. Sheese....

For some people a synonym for PC is "nice". If it truly is offensive to a tribe then why have it? On the other hand if the Sioux were OK with it then let it ride. I know the guy who put up the bucks for the hockey rink put Fighting Sioux all over in the floor, on walls anywhere he could work it in that it would be nearly impossible to remove so there will be remnants no matter what.

For some. For others, PC is one reason this country is in the mess its in.

Seems like CMU and the Chippewa tribe don't have this problem. The tribe is perfectly fine with it.

[h2oville rocket]

For some. For others, PC is one reason this country is in the mess its in.

For yet others, "PC" is one reason we aren't in even worse shape but we're probably treading on dangerous "Free For Many but Not Really All That Free" ground here!

[Falcon Fanatic]

I know the guy who put up the bucks for the hockey rink put Fighting Sioux all over in the floor, on walls anywhere he could work it in that it would be nearly impossible to remove so there will be remnants no matter what.

You KNOW that guy?????

And since when did you start following hockey news?

[h2oville rocket]

I know the guy who put up the bucks for the hockey rink put Fighting Sioux all over in the floor, on walls anywhere he could work it in that it would be nearly impossible to remove so there will be remnants no matter what.

You KNOW that guy?????

And since when did you start following hockey news?

Yeah, I know him- he did the same thing to my house- Fighting Sioux plaques all over the place-you didn't see them when you were here? I came home one day and the lawn was mowed into the Fighting Sioux logo...I gotta do something about him. ANd its not hockey news-it's ARENA news. I follow about any game played on solid ground and any sport in the water but ya gotta make up your mind- playing on top of a thin layer of water on top of solid water, well, that's just too many surfaces to deal with.

[BGFan]

I know the guy who put up the bucks for the hockey rink put Fighting Sioux all over in the floor, on walls anywhere he could work it in that it would be nearly impossible to remove so there will be remnants no matter what.

You KNOW that guy?????

And since when did you start following hockey news?

Yeah, I know him- he did the same thing to my house- Fighting Sioux plaques all over the place-you didn't see them when you were here? I came home one day and the lawn was mowed into the Fighting Sioux logo...I gotta do something about him. ANd its not hockey news-it's ARENA news. I follow about any game played on solid ground and any sport in the water but ya gotta make up your mind- playing on top of a thin layer of water on top of solid water, well, that's just too many surfaces to deal with.

It's all about the challenge! Where's your sense of adventure?

[h2oville rocket]

I know the guy who put up the bucks for the hockey rink put Fighting Sioux all over in the floor, on walls anywhere he could work it in that it would be nearly impossible to remove so there will be remnants no matter what.

You KNOW that guy?????

And since when did you start following hockey news?

Yeah, I know him- he did the same thing to my house- Fighting Sioux plaques all over the place-you didn't see them when you were here? I came home one day and the lawn was mowed into the Fighting Sioux logo...I gotta do something about him. ANd its not hockey news-it's ARENA news. I follow about any game played on solid ground and any sport in the water but ya gotta make up your mind- playing on top of a thin layer of water on top of solid water, well, that's just too many surfaces to deal with.

It's all about the challenge! Where's your sense of adventure?

Did I mention its always cold at hockey games? that sucks.

[Falconfreak90]

For some. For others, PC is one reason this country is in the mess its in.

For yet others, "PC" is one reason we aren't in even worse shape but we're probably treading on dangerous "Free For Many but Not Really All That Free" ground here!

So a difference of opinion...what do you know?

Feel "free" to hang on the ut boards more often!

[VDub26Falcon]

It's not that the Sioux Tribes in the area don't support the name. It is against their bi-laws to vote on things like this. The one Tribe voted for it and the other Tribe abstained from voting so it shows as "against."