JohnCenaFan28
11-18-2008, 09:54 PM
A university frisbee team has been told to change its Mental Discs nickname to avoid causing offence.
Staffordshire University's Ultimate Frisbee Club uses the name as a logo, printed on its kit, reports the Daily Telegraph.
But the university's Students' Union, which sponsors the club, has told the team to re-brand to avoid offending mental health patients.
Fiona Wood, president of the Students' Union, said: "Mental is a derogatory word and we are pre-empting any complaints because there are a few people unhappy with it.
"The club itself is happy to change its name. We are helping them out with the re-branding."
Team captain Lee Priest, a 20-year-old English literature student, told The Sentinel newspaper: "Mental Discs has been printed on our t-shirts for the past six years so we were amazed when the union requested we change it.
"We've never had any complaints. We respect people's opinions if they think it could be offensive, but we don't think it is."
-Nova
Staffordshire University's Ultimate Frisbee Club uses the name as a logo, printed on its kit, reports the Daily Telegraph.
But the university's Students' Union, which sponsors the club, has told the team to re-brand to avoid offending mental health patients.
Fiona Wood, president of the Students' Union, said: "Mental is a derogatory word and we are pre-empting any complaints because there are a few people unhappy with it.
"The club itself is happy to change its name. We are helping them out with the re-branding."
Team captain Lee Priest, a 20-year-old English literature student, told The Sentinel newspaper: "Mental Discs has been printed on our t-shirts for the past six years so we were amazed when the union requested we change it.
"We've never had any complaints. We respect people's opinions if they think it could be offensive, but we don't think it is."
-Nova