Thursday, May 06, 2004 :::
Adhering to a policy instituted 10 years ago, but not always followed, the UI athletics department recently canceled a baseball game with Bradley University of Peoria, Ill., because of the school's mascot.
The game was originally scheduled to be played today, but the athletics department canceled the nonconference game in February, recognizing that Bradley's nickname - the Braves - falls under the university's policy to not schedule nonconference games with teams that have American Indian mascots. The Iowa Hawkeyes have a policy of avoiding teams with American Indian nicknames?
Even if there weren't a wee bit of hypocrisy in that, shouldn't they expand coverage to all ethnicities, rather than single out American Indians? How often do they play Notre Dame, anyway?
::: posted by Steven at 6:42 PM
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