The Fighting Sioux fight back

An interesting wrinkle in the ongoing academic squabble over sports teams named after native-American tribes: North Dakota officials sue NCAA over 'Fighting Sioux' ban (First Amendment Center)

From the Chronicle of Higher Ed.'s subscription-only article on the story:

North Dakota officials also contend that the NCAA's policy is unfair because it does not hold all institutions to the same standard. For example, the Executive Committee did not single out colleges and universities with non-American Indian ethnic references, such as the "Fighting Irish" of the University of Notre Dame, as being subject to the policy.

And the committee has failed to apply the same standards to all of the institutions that have appealed its policy, the complaint says. The committee reversed its ban on one university's use of American Indian imagery after the institution received support from one Indian tribe, the suit says, whereas the NCAA sought more than one tribe's input when deciding North Dakota's fate.