The Cleveland Indians have sent their long time mascot, Chief Wahoo, to the graveyard of dinosaurs.
The Tribe will not sport their logo no any uniforms forever. So what? Wait until open day. There won't be one Clevelander in attendance without their mascot emblazoned somewhere on there person.
Someone today on the radio asked if the Florida State Seminole will go the way of Wahoo. The answer is no. The Seminole tribe of Florida wants to see an Indian(if he is one) ride into the stadium on his steed holding a feathered staff while sporting a headdress of feathers.
The Atlanta Braves might be in trouble. Do they still do the tomahawk chop at Fulton County Stadium?
Think back to something I wrote about Indian mascots a few years ago. There are over 400 high schools in the U.W, with the nickname of Indian.
Sometime around 1988 while preparing to coach a football game against Moline, Illinois High School I happened to be standing next to a Cyclone fence and struck up a conversation with the University of Illinois mascot, Chief Illiniwek. He performed with the university band and they were playing at the halftime of our game on their way to Iowa City the next day. The faux Indian told me he received a full ride scholarship to do a war dance. Pretty neat gig, I'd say. Noy any more.t
Illinois got rid of the dancing chief a few years ago along with his name. For now they're just the Illini. They call them The Losers because they never win a sporting event.
This PC stuff is getting tedious. Today, on ESPN a sports announcer by the name of Kellerman declared the mascot for the Notre Dame Fightin' Irish is offensive to, who else, Irish people. If ESPN didn't have college sports they'd go the way of MSNBC.
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