Encouraged by the NCAA’s crackdown on Native American-themed sports teams, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has launched a campaign against the “Gamecocks” of Jacksonville State and the University of South Carolina. “Our problem with “Gamecocks” is it promotes cockfighting,” said PETA’s Dan Shannon. “With the NCAA decision about Native American nicknames, we hope that might spur them on—no pun intended—to adopt a nickname more respectful to animals.”
Next:
- San Antonio Spurs, because fighting cocks use spurs.
- Chicago Bulls, because bulls makes people think of bullfighting.
- Washington Wizards, because wizard implies affinity with black magic and the devil.
- Arizona State Sun Devils, for obvious reasons.