School fighting to keep its logo design

Added on: 5/27/2006 | Source: Times Dispatch

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William and Mary could remove itself from NCAA cross hairs by removing the two feathers from its Tribe logo design. The school has no intention of doing so, however, because W&M maintains that its logo is not offensive to Native Americans.

Earlier this month, the NCAA in- formed W&M that the feathered school logo design coupled with the nickname "Tribe" constitutes a "stereotypical reference to Native Americans" and that it is unacceptable. W&M is subject to a pair of sanctions: inability to serve as a host for NCAA postseason play and prohibition from using the logo design in any NCAA postseason competition.

"We do not believe our logo is hostile and abusive to Native Americans, and that's fundamentally what this is about," W&M Athletic Director Terry Driscoll said. "In essence, we're just continuing through the appeal process what we have said from the very beginning.

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