School Vetos Cougar Mascot Due To Offensive Nature

January 19, 2012 12:30 PM

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(WSCR) The cougar may be one of the most furious animals on Earth, but it won’t be the mascot for one Utah high school.

According to a report, a new high school’s hope to call its team the Cougars was rejected because the members of the school board thought it would be offensive to some middle-aged women.

The word cougar has taken on a new meaning lately to describe an older woman who chases after a younger man.

So, it appears there will be no cougars at Corner Canyon High in the city of Draper when it opens in 2013.

Me

W T F!!! This is taking PC too far. Naming a school mascot after a fierce creature isn’t allowed anymore because it has a secondary term that most middle school kids don’t give a rat’s a– about.
SPAULDING!

Call them the Fluffy Rainbows. Or the Endagered Owls.
Lame.
Danielle Rossi

This is ridiculous. This is what the students want. The community needs to grow up.

How many middle-aged women are truly offended by this term? It is less offensive than the other feline term used to refer to women.