The Rainbow Warriors

Prior to 2000 all the men's sports teams at the University of Hawaii were referred to as the Rainbow Warriors.

The logo was a rainbow.  I liked that a lot since Hawaii does seem to have a rainbow floating around the sky almost everyday, especially in the rainy months.  Besides, I love colorful flags!

Then the UH decided to change its logo to the stylized H and each team was able pick their own name. The baseball team chose The Rainbows.  The basketball, swim and tennis teams are the Rainbow Warriors and the football, golf and volleyball are the Warriors.

Now it's been announced that as of June, 2013 all the Men's teams will be The Warriors and the Women's teams will be the Rainbow Wahine (Wahine means woman).

Why all this controversy?  Apparently the name change in 2000 happened because the UH athletic department felt the rainbow logo looked too much like the flag of the gay community.

I think it's all about as silly as you can get.  We should go back to the days when I was a college student and call everybody the Rainbow Warriors (Men and Women).  And here's the flag I propose.

Then again, I've never been a dedicated sports fan so I suppose nobody will listen to me.  Ah well...