NCAA Bans Indian Mascots...in Post-Season

The NCAA has decided to ban Indian nicknames and mascots from post-season play. Why? Because they are "hostile" and "abusive." So, the Florida State's nickname "Seminoles" is hostile and offense when they appear in a post-season basketball tournament, but perfectly fine during the regular basketball season? College football teams are exempt from the ban because there is no post-season tournament, so having fans run around in Indian dress during Florida State's football games is totally inoffensive? It's only when the basketball team plays in March Madness that it becomes offensive?

We are talking about colleges here, right? In other words, places extolling higher education and intellectual development? And this makes sense?