Florida State SGA Votes To Ban Fans From Wearing Native American Headdresses To Games
9 years ago

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Update 1: A member of the SGA notified me that FSU News had some inaccurate information. The Senate has the opinion that headdresses should be banned and that we recommend the administration to take action. So now the ball is in FSU’s court.

For years, Florida State fans have donned Native American headdresses to games to show their support for the Seminoles. In fact, in 2005, FSU and Seminole Tribe of Florida came to an agreement that the school could use the Seminole name, logos, and images.

Well, the headdress wearing is coming to an end, as we all knew it eventually would, thanks to the Student Government Association at FSU. On April 20th, they voted to ban all headdresses from being worn in any athletic arena.

From FSU News:

Resolution 15, as described in a document obtained by the FSView, states that “the wearing of any Native American headdresses shall no longer be permitted into athletic arenas at FSU.”

The resolution was voted yes by 27 members, no by four and five abstained.

Okay, I get where they are going with this. The headdresses that fans typically don are not the ones that the Seminole tribe historically wears, so the fans are not portraying them correctly. Yes, it’s nice in theory to stop wearing them altogether, but this ruling does infringe upon the First Amendment rights of FSU students. There is no law in America that limits a person’s choice in attire, so why should there be one on FSU’s campus? Besides, what if an actual member of the Seminole tribe wanted to wear a headdress to the game?

Get it together, FSU.

[via FSU News]

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  2. irk14

    I go to Florida State. I don’t really care if people wear headdresses or not. I just think they’re annoying because they block people’s views. Also it looks really dumb because the Seminoles never even wore feathered headdresses like the ones sorority girls wear to music festivals.

    9 years ago at 2:52 pm
    1. Tits McFrattee

      I go there too. I’ve never really seen anyone with a full on headdress on. If anything, a sorostitute with a rope tied around her head with some beads and a single feather

      9 years ago at 8:21 pm
  4. BufordBrew

    Dear Social Justice Warriors,

    You can mess with our sports, but don’t you dare fuck around with tacobell and toga parties.

    9 years ago at 3:20 pm
  6. nolenation44

    FSU and the Seminole Nation didn’t come to any agreement. FSU and the Seminole Tribe of Florida came to an agreement. Yes, there is a difference.

    9 years ago at 3:31 pm
  9. ButterBar

    In other news: the six GDIs that actually wore headresses to the game are upset

    9 years ago at 7:09 pm
  10. Drunk Chris Berman

    Yes PC culture, ban Native American headdresses to avoid offending the Seminole tribe who gets PAID MILLIONS by FSU to use the name Seminoles.
    Morons.

    9 years ago at 10:32 pm