GREELEY, Colo. - The University of Northern Colorado intramural basketball team has been inundated with T-shirt requests in the wake of publicity about its name: "The Fightin' Whites."
The team chose the moniker after players were unable to persuade a local school to change a mascot name that offended them. The players said they want to raise awareness about cultural stereotypes.
On Tuesday, the team set up an e-mail account to start taking T-shirt orders. They plan to charge $20 per shirt and will donate profits to a yet-to-be-determined American Indian organization, player Jeff Van Iwarden said.
The players are trying to figure out how to mass produce their shirts, and are working with copyright and university rules.
The T-shirt bears the team mascot — a 1950s-style caricature of a middle-aged white man — and the phrase "Every thang's gonna be all white!"
