SANITY IN THE JUDICIARY!

The NCAA, in their effort to sanitise the sporting world, banned the use of the images of indians as mascots for their member schools. This proscription was effected because a white lefty, whose only connection to any indian nation was gambling at Foxwoods, took offense at the tradition of college athletes having images of proud warriors on their caps, helmets, or uniforms. (Think FSU's Chief Osceola, UND's Fighting Sioux, or CMU's Fighting Chippewa), calling them "hostile and abusive."

This was problematic for the University of North Dakota, whose mascot is the Fighting Sioux. This is, perhaps, one of the coolest mascots in all of college sports, right up there with Cocky (University of South Carolina's stylised fighting cock), Colonel Reb (the now unofficial mascot of Ole' Miss) and the Leprechaun (of Notre Dame). So, UND filed suit against the NCAA...and sanity prevailed.

http://www.uscho.com/news/id,13026/JudgeGrants
InjunctionAgainstNCAA.htm

Judge Lawrence Jahnke issued an injunction against the NCAA, which is not being appealed. This is good news, not only for UND, but for sanity in the war against political correctness, too.
The Judge has set the trial date for late April, after the college football and hockey seasons have ended. USCHO has covered the story, given UND's pre-eminence in college hockey.

One can only hope that, buoyed by this decision, other colleges will fight the NCAA's ban, and win. That Dartmouth and Stanford will return to the Indian (on hiatus since 1971 and 1972, respectively), and that Syracuse will regain the Saltine Warrior (on hiatus since 1978) as its mascot. [Alternatively, Dartmouth could go to "Keggy", which would be acceptable.]

Congratulations to UND for their victory, for fans of college sports, everywhere.