Chief Osceola won't ride high at anymore Florida State bowl games. Scott Halleran/Getty Images

Being a stand-up comic, I am no stranger to falling victim to political correctness. I have seen the people of PC nation go from strange to overzealous to downright crazy, especially when it comes to the NCAA's recent ban on 18 Native American nicknames, mascots and logos in college sports during the postseason. I was grateful to read here at SI.com that Florida governor Jeb Bush lashed out at the yahoos trying to legitimize their existence by rallying against the proud logos of proud institutions.

Apparently the rich white men whose forefathers tried (and nearly succeeded) to commit genocide against the Seminole tribe of Florida now deem Florida State's Seminole logo "hostile and offensive." Come again? The logos in question are not the red-faced, grinning Chief Wahoo of the Cleveland Indians. Nor do they use the disturbing moniker ("Redskins") that the NFL team housed in our nation's capital does. No, the "hostile and offensive" logos that the NCAA finds so troubling include such "slurs" such as "Seminoles" and "Utes" and "Fighting Illini." I ask you, what do these three team names have in common? They all are respectful nods to the people who were run off the land long before the student unions were built.

The Seminole tribe of Florida was led by a fierce warrior, Chief Osceola, who fought bitterly with the white man. While routinely outnumbered, Chief Osceola had the whites in fits as he led his warriors deeper and deeper into the Everglades, where they hid and then defended themselves. Chief Osceola died at 34, roughly the same age another proud Seminole, Chris Weinke, entered the NFL draft.

The student who rides Renegade, Chief Osceola's Appaloosa, through Florida State's stadium on game day, only earns that honor after studying the heritage of the tribe. The Seminole Nation is happy the university is using its name for its sports teams -- so much so that it actually designs the team's costuming and rigging. So what's the problem with using the name Seminole? Why are rich white men putting their noses in business that Native American Seminoles find honorable and fitting?

Native American logos aren't the only ones taking a hit these days. I recently performed at Elon University in North Carolina. The Elon sports teams are known as The Phoenix. Seems fine enough. I learned while on campus that until a few years ago they were called The Fighting Christians. "Fighting Christians" is one of the cooler nicknames I've heard. Too cool, I guess. It fell under the PC inquisition and was changed. Why? Was that also deemed "hostile and offensive"? What is offensive about a Christian defending himself?