Toni Sanchez, a senior student at Florida State University with Seminole and Hispanic, implies that the real reason behind the National Collegiate Athletic Association ban is a mixture of Anglo guilt and regret.
Sanchez implies that banning the new indian statues, as well as other Native American imagery in college sports is a result of political correctness and a campaign of public relations. If the N.C.A.A. was actually concerned with the abuse or discrimination faced by the Seminole and other Native Americans, it should address other problems related to alcoholism, suicide or high scholl dropout rates which are more harmful than representations in football mascots.
