The release reads, “Colleges and universities may adopt any mascot that they wish, as that is an institutional matter, but as a national association, we believe that mascots, nicknames or images deemed hostile or abusive in terms of race, ethnicity or national origin should not be visible at the championship events that we control," (NCAA 2005). The release goes on to state that in 2004, 33 teams were asked to evaluate their use of Native American imagery around their athletics programs and their campuses. By the time the 2005 press release came out 18 schools still used names derived from Native Americans, 14 had removed all references to Native Americans, and one was still doing its self investigation. This release then goes on to encourage that the 18 teams makes efforts to remove the imagery from their…