The First Domino Has Fallen

[SW_Mustang]

Dixie State to consider changing their name.

https://www.thespectrum.com/story/ne...ts/6540190002/

If the stakeholders wish it to be so, then it's cool with me - though it doesn't really affect me at all, nor do I really care.

From a marketing perspective, every time I hear the name "Dixie" I think of something kinda cheap, southern, and not very reliable. I also think about groceries and dogs. Not my personal choice for naming an institution of higher learning, but I'm also not the one in charge.

I'm just hoping people don't realize that SMSU has changed names at least twice in the last 40 years. Given how upset people get about this kind of stuff, I'd really hate for it to affect us.

[SW_Mustang]

And a lot of counties out there? In Washington we have several named after the tribes that lived on the lands.

It's just like any other language, but having something named after a Native American person, tribe, place, or word isn't offensive by nature. Context matters. A lot of people just like to turn it into an "all or nothing" scenario to make it "go away." Same thing applies to every ethnicity/language.

We'll survive either way. It's just a team name, afterall. Folks will forget about it quickly. It happens every time.

[crixus]

Cleveland Indians are dropping their nickname.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/s...?smid=tw-share

I think Cleveland should have dropped the nickname and moved on like Washington did in the NFL, without the fair well tour of another season.

[crixus]

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? No!

[Wildcat Khan]

It does not make sense now. But I'm sure one hundred years ago, it did. Different times and different generations.

But I'm with you. It says more about the willingness to adapt and change than stubbornly holding on to the past.

I'm wondering how long it will take before the state of Indiana will have to change its name [/QUOTE]

And a lot of counties out there? In Washington we have several named after the tribes that lived on the lands.

[4nick8]

The name just didn't make any sense.

Why would a team from Cleveland name themselves after the people of a country in Asia that they have no connection too? Even more bizarre was the hammed up Native American mascot they gave them. I never understood it.

Kinda be like if I started a hockey team called the "Colorado Russians" but gave them a cartoonish, stereotyped Japanese mascot. I wouldn't make much money doing that - it doesn't make any sense.

It does not make sense now. But I'm sure one hundred years ago, it did. Different times and different generations.

But I'm with you. It says more about the willingness to adapt and change than stubbornly holding on to the past. [/QUOTE]

I'm wondering how long it will take before the state of Indiana will have to change its name

[laker]

Well they are in SOUTH of Utah, so there's that. Still confused about the Buffalo mascot and Trailblazers nickname ???

Mormons, many from the South, grew cotton there in the 1850's so southwest Utah became known as Dixie. They were the Flyers until 1951 when they changed to Rebels but that wasn't PC enough so then they were the Red Storm. Hard to have a mascot with that so they became Trailblazers which got them in trouble with the Portland Trail Blazers and I suppose wanted to avoid the Daniel Boone type mascot and used a Bison instead.

I wonder if they will change it to U of Utah- St George? Then they could become the Dragons.

https://www.thespectrum.com/story/ne...nges/77927222/

[CALUPA69]

Dixie State to consider changing their name.

https://www.thespectrum.com/story/ne...ts/6540190002/

Well they are in SOUTH of Utah, so there's that. Still confused about the Buffalo mascot and Trailblazers nickname ???

[laker]

Dixie State to consider changing their name.

https://www.thespectrum.com/story/ne...ts/6540190002/

[laker]

[wssuram]

Tolly Carr of HBCU Gameday reports that the CIAA has canceled the seasons for men's & women's basketball and volleyball.

https://hbcugameday.com/2020/12/14/c...on-called-off/

Financially, it makes sense. The CIAA Basketball Tournament is the bread and butter for the conference. The tournament was going to have all games prior to the semifinals played on campuses. Limited, if any, fans would be allowed at the semis and finals.

WSSU beat writer John Dell of the Winston-Salem Journal posted a column yesterday on why the CIAA should cancel the season.

https://journalnow.com/sports/colleg...688c48190.html

[SW_Mustang]

Not COVID related but UF's Keyontae Johnson collapsed during their game on Saturday. He's in the hospital in a medically-induced coma. Scary thing is, doctor's don't know what caused this.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nca...rtan-ntp-feeds

[laker]

[SW_Mustang]

It does not make sense now. But I'm sure one hundred years ago, it did. Different times and different generations.

But I'm with you. It says more about the willingness to adapt and change than stubbornly holding on to the past.

Absolutely - I was just being sarcastic, to an extent.

It was a misidentification of indigenous island communities off the coast of Central America - if I am correct. The term is inefficient at best. I like to think we've evolved past the point of needing to hang onto it, but a lot of folks don't feel the same way.

Folks will be angry for 2-3 days before forgetting about this to be angry about something else.

[njmav1]

Maybe they should pick a name like the Buttercups or the Rosebuds. These are nice, non-threatening, non-offensive names. Nobody is offended by flowers, right?

The name just didn't make any sense.

Why would a team from Cleveland name themselves after the people of a country in Asia that they have no connection too? Even more bizarre was the hammed up Native American mascot they gave them. I never understood it.

Kinda be like if I started a hockey team called the "Colorado Russians" but gave them a cartoonish, stereotyped Japanese mascot. I wouldn't make much money doing that - it doesn't make any sense.


[/QUOTE]

It does not make sense now. But I'm sure one hundred years ago, it did. Different times and different generations.

But I'm with you. It says more about the willingness to adapt and change than stubbornly holding on to the past.