<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State University's mascot, Pistol Pete, is being disarmed. University officials have also stripped the word "Pistol" from Pete's name. The new logo shows Pete twirling a lasso. The old Pete toted a pistol. The changes are part of a marketing plan to remake the university's image on the national stage. Officials have been working on a redesign of Pistol Pete for months. Athletics director McKinley Boston said the university plans to unveil the new Pete later this month. The decision to remove the pistol had more to do with a consensus when picking from several designs of the new logo, rather than any push for the mascot to stop brandishing a weapon, Boston said. He acknowledged there are mixed feelings among alumni, but said he has heard more positive feedback than negative.</div> Source
That's crazy. The NCAA in my mind is going too far to edit these teams mascots. I know how possibly anyone can be offended by a mascot tossing a pistol. The Indian ban from the post season I can some what see but for this I am just baffled. Soon the name Bluedevils will be banned if this continues.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting C.K.:</div><div class="quote_post">That's crazy. The NCAA in my mind is going too far to edit these teams mascots. I know how possibly anyone can be offended by a mascot tossing a pistol. The Indian ban from the post season I can some what see but for this I am just baffled. Soon the name Bluedevils will be banned if this continues.</div>
That's just NCAA bureacracy for you. They'd rather crackdown on trivial matter of political correctness than address some of the real issues, like school corruption and sliding academic standards. In many cases, the mascots and logo's can be demeaning and should be changed, but Pistol Pete isn't offensive and doesn't seem to sned any wrong messages.
