The Game Is the Name
Title:
The Game Is the Name
Word Count:
1404
Summary:
Sports is best when it is viewed for what it is, which is sports. It’s not politics and it sho
Keywords:
sports mascot, mascot, NCAA mascot policy, NCAA mascot rules, politically correct, political c
Article Body:
Shakespeare could wax poetic about ’What’s in a Name?’ because he didn’t have to contend with
It’s the politically-correct issue in America that refuses to subside. I consider myself to be
A quick check of Webster’s Twentieth Century Unabridged Dictionary defines ’mascot’ as ’any pe
One of the earliest attempts at humor in mascot-anointing was made by the Brooklyn nine of bas
Ironically, that drift toward the whimsical --- probably intended to portray sports in its pro
The social upheavals of the 1960s and early 1970s were certainly justified, in my view. Civil
Personally, I’ve always thought the issue had as much relevance to their legitimate concerns a
Think about it. Native Americans aren’t alone in being designated as mascots. In accordance wi
Don’t even try to broach the ’caricature’ argument as a reason why the Native American situati
Cleveland’s baseball team sorted through a number of mascots in their early days. ’Spiders’ ju
Yes, the team uses a caricature of a Native American as its logo now. In fact, Chief Wahoo is
There are many more examples. I simply don’t see Native Americans being unduly isolated in thi
The Washington Redskins originated in Boston, home of baseball’s Red Sox and Braves in the 193
The point here is that the Redskins name wasn’t derived as a slur, but as a facilitation to di
My impression, then, remains that the mascot controversy has its sole value in the publicity i
The matter isn’t going away anytime soon. Now the NCAA --- college sports’ governing body --Mascots, no matter how commercialized, are still nothing more than whimsical symbols. Society
Nowhere in the country do such topics remain in a lighthearted perspective more than in Orofin
No one protests, unless the teams don’t play hard.
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The Game Is the Name
Word Count:
1404
Summary:
Sports is best when it is viewed for what it is, which is sports. It’s not politics and it sho
Keywords:
sports mascot, mascot, NCAA mascot policy, NCAA mascot rules, politically correct, political c
Article Body:
Shakespeare could wax poetic about ’What’s in a Name?’ because he didn’t have to contend with
It’s the politically-correct issue in America that refuses to subside. I consider myself to be
A quick check of Webster’s Twentieth Century Unabridged Dictionary defines ’mascot’ as ’any pe
One of the earliest attempts at humor in mascot-anointing was made by the Brooklyn nine of bas
Ironically, that drift toward the whimsical --- probably intended to portray sports in its pro
The social upheavals of the 1960s and early 1970s were certainly justified, in my view. Civil
Personally, I’ve always thought the issue had as much relevance to their legitimate concerns a
Think about it. Native Americans aren’t alone in being designated as mascots. In accordance wi
Don’t even try to broach the ’caricature’ argument as a reason why the Native American situati
Cleveland’s baseball team sorted through a number of mascots in their early days. ’Spiders’ ju
Yes, the team uses a caricature of a Native American as its logo now. In fact, Chief Wahoo is
There are many more examples. I simply don’t see Native Americans being unduly isolated in thi
The Washington Redskins originated in Boston, home of baseball’s Red Sox and Braves in the 193
The point here is that the Redskins name wasn’t derived as a slur, but as a facilitation to di
My impression, then, remains that the mascot controversy has its sole value in the publicity i
The matter isn’t going away anytime soon. Now the NCAA --- college sports’ governing body --Mascots, no matter how commercialized, are still nothing more than whimsical symbols. Society
Nowhere in the country do such topics remain in a lighthearted perspective more than in Orofin
No one protests, unless the teams don’t play hard.
This is a demo version of txt2pdf v.10.1
Developed by SANFACE Software http://www.sanface.com/
Available at http://www.sanface.com/txt2pdf.html