"You Can't Please Everyone so .." Part IV

According to Thursday's WaPo

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah sought permission from the NCAA to keep using its Utes nickname and requested a decision before Friday's nationally televised football game against Arizona.

The university sent a seven-page appeal to the governing body Wednesday, asking that it be removed from a list of 18 schools with American Indian nicknames, mascots or images.

I wonder if the NCAA people realize that they major political impact of this effort will be to reinforce the public framing of the liberal wing of the Democratic party. It seems to me that the NCAA is undercutting the efforts of the Democratic leadership Council to reframe the party's image and move towards the center.