Must Be a Woke Thing: Going After Three More Colleges: Bradley, Florida State and Utah

I tell you, this Woke Thing is something else.  How could you go that long and not be upset enough to really make a protest.  Now, it is everyone jump on the bandwagon.

BRADLEY

The NCAA targeted Bradley in 2005 for its use of the Braves moniker.  The team has continued to hold firm in keeping the nickname and in 201 asked alumni if he name should stay.  (I wonder what they had to say.  Again, changing a school's historical bane should always be put to a vote of alumni and current students.)

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FLORIDA STATE

The Seminoles were asked this summer about their name but said it wasn't offensive, citing a partnership with the Seminole Tribe of Florida.  Tribe spokesman Gary Bitner said it was a "multidimensional collaboration."

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UTAH

Utah has a similar agreement with the Ute Indian Trobe to honor the tribe with its nickname.  In March, the university and tribe reached a five-year agreement to use the name Utes.

--Cooter

March Madness Began in Illinois-- Part 3

The motto "March Madness" remained largely a Midwest regional thing for dour decades until CBS broadcaster Brent Musburger, a former Chicago newspaper reporter began referring to the NCAA's  basketball tournament.  The term caught on.

But, in 1996, the IHSA sued to stop the NCAA corporate sponsor GTE from distributing a video game bearing the March madness title.

Later that year, the IHSA and NCAA hammered out a joint venture called the March Madness Athletic Association, which now holds all trademark rights to the term.

They go on the prowl when all those brackets start going viral.

So, Give me That M.M. Bracket.  --Cooter

Ten Things About Harvard-- Part 2: Eight Alumni Signed Declaration of Independence

Guess I ought to finish this post since it started September 10th.

7. Eight alumni SIGNED the Declaration of Independence, including John Hancock and John Adams.

6. They are well-ENDOWED WITH MONEY, the most of any college. As of 2012, $30 billion.

5. NCAA FIRST-- had the first black player from 1892 and 1893.

Four to Go. --Cooter