Obviously there are numerous Indian tribes in Louisiana. We're going to be in contact with those organizations to get — hopefully — a letter of affirmation. That will be a part of our appeal. We're starting that process right now.

We appreciate everything that Mark was able to accomplish in his one season at ULM. The program is definitely headed in the right direction and we are grateful to him for his leadership. We wish him the best in his future endeavors.

We received information from the NCAA about the appeals process and that's what we were waiting on. Now we're collecting that data and we're going back to our committee that was involved in our mascot self study to begin with. They are formulating their plan to submit an appeal.

I grew up in the shadow of organizations like the Urban League and NAACP, where guidance and focus for African-Americans came from.

That is the framework we should use with this.

We surveyed about three times as many organizations and focused more on new technologies, where attacks originated, and how organizations responded.