Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Are The Fighting Sioux Becoming The Fighting Sioux...??? 2/8 Update

 UPDATE 2/8/12--

It appears the University of North Dakota is planning on challenging the NCAA. They decided Wednesday morning that they are going to keep the "Fighting Sioux" nickname in part because of the 17,000 plus signatures gathered to repeal a law passed in November that required the school to change their name and make the NCAA happy.

An explanation from Inforum.com is RIGHT HERE

And our friends at Valleynewslive decided to spend a lot of time on the issue- naturally, so that discussion starts hyah...

The original story from Tuesday--below
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((HT: Valleynewslive.com))

All over again...

In the on-again, off-again quest to see whether or not the University of North Dakota is going to stay the Fighting Sioux or something else altogether seems to be reverting to the old nickname.

Again...

Here's the latest in the Siouxing game...


The next move happens when the signatures on the petition are verified. If they are, then it's game on all over again with the NCAA, the Big Sky, and anyone else who wants to hold the school and its athletics hostage.

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