
Valpo dropping Crusaders name, mascot, logos
Valparaiso announced Thursday that is dropping the team name Crusaders, the school mascot and all logos associated with the term that it says has been embraced by hate groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan.
CHC is still the Crusaders. They only changed their logo.Holy Cross also
Soft served!Very sad what's happening in this country these days.
Very ridiculousGuess Bergen Catholic is in trouble......
So ridiculous.
It’s cretinousIt's a good move. Groups that the schools doesn't want to be associated with have co-opted the mascot. They are being proactive. Good for them. No one is forcing them to do anything.
It’s cretinous
It's a good move. Groups that the schools doesn't want to be associated with have co-opted the mascot. They are being proactive. Good for them. No one is forcing them to do anything.
Come on man. You know how many names we can play that game with? The “Patriots” has been co-opted by certain nutjob groups. The “Panthers” has some negative history. We can go on and on. No one would ever associate the school with any nutjob organization that uses the phrase Crusaders.
It won’t be too much longer before Pirates is unacceptable... it’s coming
by some idiot lady who had a giant tattoo of a buccaneer on her arm... well maybe not an idiot she literally had her phd in "pirates of the atlantic"I did see a few days ago that there was an article written about TB Buccaneers' name. Some mention of glorifying Pirates. Dum dee dum dum.
Right, there are lots of names that could be considered problematic, and every organization makes that decision. In this case, Valpo decided this was the direction they want to go.
This doesn't hurt/effect anyone on this board either way.
Only White.What happen if someone has the last name White, Black, Brown, Grey, etc, do they change their last name?
Actually, it's marketing.
Names change. Buildings, teams, etc. What's cretinous is the reaction here. This doesn't hurt anyone, especially other teams fans.
Majority needs to step up and say - no more. Everybody needs to grow a set and stop hiding in the bushes.How long before all teams names , mascots and logos are eliminated because someone finds them offensive and what will replace them . Numbers so the NY Giants will become team 23 , the Jets team 24 , the Mets team 84 , Seton Hall team 157 . Sounds silly but on this very slippery slope of censorship we’re on who knows where it stops.
It doesn’t hurt anyone in a particularized, direct manner. But the sentiment is part of a trend and thought-process that is absolutely hurting society as a whole. Either the name is so offensive and harmful that it matters, or it doesn’t. And if it doesn’t, we should be focusing on important stuff, not the BS. Too many people increasingly devote their time and energy to worrying about this nonsense, when they could focus it instead on real issues, or real ways to make things better.
Having an opinion is cretinous ? A small number of people in this country are pushing for the termination of everything that is the least bit controversial in our culture, we're eliminating everything in our history that might offend some. This mentality leaves the door open for cancelation of everything that a small group deems offensive. Pirates were marauders, thieves and bad people in general, yet, Seton Hall represents none of what an actual Pirate was known for. This is my opinion and it certainly isn't cretinous.Actually, it's marketing.
Names change. Buildings, teams, etc. What's cretinous is the reaction here. This doesn't hurt anyone, especially other teams fans.
The point is, until it does impact you...they’re comingRight, there are lots of names that could be considered problematic, and every organization makes that decision. In this case, Valpo decided this was the direction they want to go.
This doesn't hurt/effect anyone on this board either way.
Father, not for nothing, but when you start sounding like Tucker Carlson, it might be time to reboot.I don't fault you, but I don't think you see what's happening. There is a marxist-style assault going on, which seeks to erase history, to implement rigid, politically driven rules that are based on concepts of class warfare and are ever changing, and to sanitize whatever offends marxist sensibilities. Those who don't go along with the new totalitarianism are canceled, fired, ostracized, shunned, labeled, ridiculed, criminalized, destroyed financially, and possibly imprisoned. This is being done to both institutions and individuals. It essentially is not about marketing.
Small group pressures University presidents and they cave in like little sheep.Its refreshing to see that most people think this is ridiculous. Who is driving these decisions at universities?
Thinking of this brings into question another murderous group. The Vikings. Is the Minnesota NFL franchise next in line for a change?Having an opinion is cretinous ? A small number of people in this country are pushing for the termination of everything that is the least bit controversial in our culture, we're eliminating everything in our history that might offend some. This mentality leaves the door open for cancelation of everything that a small group deems offensive. Pirates were marauders, thieves and bad people in general, yet, Seton Hall represents none of what an actual Pirate was known for. This is my opinion and it certainly isn't cretinous.
I totally agree. An institution makes a decision about itself --no one held a gun to their head--and we have people seeing this as a serious threat to the future of society. Ridiculous.Right, there are lots of names that could be considered problematic, and every organization makes that decision. In this case, Valpo decided this was the direction they want to go.
This doesn't hurt/effect anyone on this board either way.
I totally agree. An institution makes a decision about itself --no one held a gun to their head--and we have people seeing this as a serious threat to the future of society. Ridiculous.
How do you know that a majority of people said that they no longer wanted the mascot name? The article states that they have been having these discussions for years. They also said the alumni board, the student senate and University officials all said they wanted a different name. That sounds like a majority to me and frankly the students/alumni/officials of Valpo are the only people who should be making the decision regarding this because it is their school. If this only bothered ten people at the school, they probably wouldn't give this idea any further thought.Majority needs to step up and say - no more. Everybody needs to grow a set and stop hiding in the bushes.