While the there are not many people or teams who agree with the use of Native American mascots, there are some who stand by them. For example, the Florida State University Seminoles. Alessandra Potenza (2014) claims that “the Seminole Tribe granted permission to the Florida State University to keep using its Seminoles name… in return, the school provides scholarships and reduced tuition for tribe members.” Other teams like the Washington redskins also stand by their mascot. Owner Daniel Snyder points out that the team’s first roster in 1933 included four Native American Players (Portenza 2014). These are good reason provided by the teams to why they stand by the mascots they have chosen, but in reality these mascots are still offensive to
