How can S.C. keep their mascot?

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b_gann said:
I'll do you one even better. My high school is Cocke County Fighting Cocks. Hard to get much better than that. We did have to change our logo recently though. Copyright laws w/ SC's logo.
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I had a friend who wore the mascot outfit there back in the 70’s
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Interesting. I never once equated SC's mascot to the illegal act of cockfighting.
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This might be an important issue; that of ignorance. Probably a lot of people simply wouldn’t know what “game” is referred to by their name. Hard to be offended if people don’t even know what you are talking about.
 
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jarhead said:
If you put two Game roosters in the same area (enclosed or not) they are going to fight. Anyone who has ever owned Game or "Banty" Roosters know this is a fact. You don't have to be a "cock fighter" or a gambler to see two roosters fighting. Just walk by any place where the roosters roam free and you will see it. It's the same with any male animals especially at mating time. Roosters fight; Game roosters just happen to be better at it than other breeds.
I don't endorse cock fighting as an organized gambling sport but then again I don't lose any sleep over it either.
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Yep, but that message is lost on the woke snowflakes of today. Gotta turn over every stone to find something to be offended by. Real or imagined, it's all the same to 'em. Simply an "injustice" that needs to be remedied.
 
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Reminds me of a joke from years ago. Did you hear about the Polack who was invited to a cock fight? Spent the night before greasing his zipper. Larry Wilde published that one.

Most of his jokes got converted to blonde jokes, but not that one.
 
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Godfatha said:
Just stop.

I swear some wake up in the morning looking for new things to find offensive.
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I don't think the OP is offended or looking for something to complain about. I have sometimes thought about how interesting it is that most other "controversial" mascots at least get heat for their name or mascot, but the Gamecocks have been largely ignored.

Also his second point was making fun of their choice of name.
 
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Firebirdparts said:
This might be an important issue; that of ignorance. Probably a lot of people simply wouldn’t know what “game” is referred to by their name. Hard to be offended if people don’t even know what you are talking about.
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Yeah well my "ignorance" about this has been obliterated and I still don't care. It's a friggin mascot! It's just not something I've ever devoted any brain power to reconciling. I just dont spend a lot of time pondering the origins/symbolism of nicknames/mascots of schools I dont give a rats ass about.
 
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Panthro said:
You don’t have to be “woke” to recognize that cock fighting is messed up.
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Very popular in Puerto Rico. Used to stay at a Hampton Inn right next to a cockfighting arena. Family friendly, no cover charge for women or kids.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
Brave, that's what a game cock is. The "game" in the name is cockfighting.

break/break

I don't mind it. If South Carolina wants to honor the dude Fort Sumter was named after by adopting his nickname, that's fine.

Way too much political correctness these days. We don't need to erase the past, we only need to grow from it.


EDIT and p.s.: Kind of reminds me of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Just as our enemies, the British, gave General Sumter the nickname "Fighting Gamecock," and South Carolina now embraces it, our later enemies, the Germans, called soldiers of the 504th "those devils in baggy pants," after running into them a couple of times on the battlefield. That is now the 504th's regimental nickname. I don't think using it means the 504th is condoning the devil, any more than the Gamecocks are condoning cockfighting. :)

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I kinda like them both.
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As a white Devil. Here is the story behind the name.

Story Behind Devils in Baggy Pants
 
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dobre_shunka said:
Very popular in Puerto Rico. Used to stay at a Hampton Inn right next to a cockfighting arena. Family friendly, no cover charge for women or kids.
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Just to the left of #2 at Sweetens Cove is a house/barn that raises roosters for Cock Fighting. Just right there, out in the open.................
 
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It’s stupidity like this that got rid of the Indian on Land o lakes but kept the land
And no one on the woke brigade caught the irony of THAT!
 
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Brave Volunteer said:
Interesting. I never once equated SC's mascot to the illegal act of cockfighting. Should all schools with a dog mascot change because of illegal dogfighting? I'm just not understanding the connection I guess. I mean, I wouldn't want my school's mascot to be poultry either but, to each their own.
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They are proud of it. They sell fighting spur gear, they greet each other with "Spurs up", and their live chicken mascot is "Sir Spur".
 
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peaygolf said:
Just to the left of #2 at Sweetens Cove is a house/barn that raises roosters for Cock Fighting. Just right there, out in the open.................
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In the 90s, there were several little farms around Tellico Plains that raised them. Beautiful birds!
 
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