Redskins considering name change

[Georgepithyou]

I don't support giving into mob demands because it just incentives them to keep throwing more tantrums.

But in this case it might actually be kinda cool cause Native tribes have some of the coolest names: Apache, Comanche, Lakota, Mohawk, Sioux, Cheyenne, Huron, Mojave.....

Apache would be badass

 

[EyeBRollin]

I'm done...This is bs of the highest order. The feminine imperative has gone too far. I will be removing ANYONE who is close to me in real life that supports this from my circle entirely.

What exactly is BS? A team no longer being named a racial slur?

 

[EyeBRollin]

Dude there is a song called "cry me a river" go and enjoy it for yourself...

That doesn’t answer the question. What exactly is the BS?

 

[zekko]

How about the Washington Woke?

 

[redskinsfan92]

What exactly is BS? A team no longer being named a racial slur?

You are bs of the lowest order

 

[redskinsfan92]

That doesn’t answer the question. What exactly is the BS?

I despise you. Get off my thread

 

[EyeBRollin]

You are bs of the lowest order

I despise you. Get off my thread

It’s a simple question. No need for insults. What is BS about the name change?

 

[Bible_Belt]

What exactly is BS? A team no longer being named a racial slur?

Red wolves is in the running, which is dumb to make them red anything, because that is the slur itself.

I won't miss that idiotic tomahawk chop, either, the atlanta braves stole that from fsu. The cardinals have a relief pitcher of native American heritage who they did that to last season, a new cultural low point for baseball.

 

[zekko]

Red wolves is in the running, which is dumb to make them red anything, because that is the slur itself.

I thought the skin was the slur. People get very offended about skin.

 

[Bible_Belt]

I thought the skin was the slur. People get very offended about skin.

From what I read, the first documented use of the word was on bounties advertised on native americans. The "red skin" was the scalp turned in to receive the bounty.

Washington Swamp Rats?

 

[Lookatu]

The rest of the world is laughing at Americans even more...

You can make any word offensive these days. You're never going to please everyone unfortunately.

I really wish we could go back to the "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can't hurt me" society. Everyone was more calm back then and people knew how to ignore words and fist fights solved a lot of things too. Now you got butt hurt weaklings threatening lawsuits as their only strength because they aren't real men and can't fight, coinciding with how woman do things. Bring back the 'say it to my face and duke it out days. Only baby boomers and Gen X will probably remember those days.

As far as this specifically, changing names is just a political and PR move. If government really wanted to do something for the Native Americans, forget name changes and just give them back more land. I'm sure they would much rather have that. My $.02

 

[zekko]

From what I read, the first documented use of the word was on bounties advertised on native americans. The "red skin" was the scalp turned in to receive the bounty.

I had heard it originated with the Beothuk tribe, who would paint their skin with red paint, but who knows?

 

[zekko]

I heard that redskins was a warriors title??

I've heard that one too. I don't think anyone really knows what the origin of the word was, it's lost to time.

 

[SW15]

The rest of the world is laughing at Americans even more...

You can make any word offensive these days. You're never going to please everyone unfortunately.

I really wish we could go back to the "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can't hurt me" society. Everyone was more calm back then and people knew how to ignore words and fist fights solved a lot of things too. Now you got butt hurt weaklings threatening lawsuits as their only strength because they aren't real men and can't fight, coinciding with how woman do things. Bring back the 'say it to my face and duke it out days. Only baby boomers and Gen X will probably remember those days.

As far as this specifically, changing names is just a political and PR move. If government really wanted to do something for the Native Americans, forget name changes and just give them back more land. I'm sure they would much rather have that. My $.02

Millennials are a sissified generation. By the 1990s, when the Millennials were in their formative years in school, the schools were ineffective at doling out harsh discipline, and there was no harsh discipline for anything. At the same time, the schools highly discouraged physical fighting and there were threats of suspensions that could impact permanent records and college admissions. Millennials were pushed into the college track more than previous generations, and college was the holy grail.

You're exactly right that this is a PR move. It's a saving face move. The Washington football team was squeezed by the sponsors and retailers. Daniel Snyder needed the merchandise money and if Walmart, Target, and Nike weren't selling Redskins apparel, that's a loss of money. If FedEx was not going to pay the team the naming rights annual payment and sponsorship money, that's a loss of money. If Pepsi wasn't going to pay sponsorship money, that's a loss.

Washington Swamp Rats?

In the mid-1990s, the NBA's New Jersey Nets nearly changed their name to the New Jersey Swamp Dragons.

When the New Jersey Nets moved back to New York City in 2012, they should have gone back to New York Nets instead of Brooklyn Nets. The Nets were the New York Nets during their 1970s heyday in the ABA.

 

[zekko]

Millennials are a sissified generation. By the 1990s, when the Millennials were in their formative years in school, the schools were ineffective at doling out harsh discipline, and there was no harsh discipline for anything.

How about the Washington Millenials? Instead of the Lombardi, they all get a participation trophy every year.

When the New Jersey Nets moved back to New York City in 2012, they should have gone back to New York Nets instead of Brooklyn Nets. The Nets were the New York Nets during their 1970s heyday in the ABA.

New York Nets sounds a heckuva lot better than Brooklyn Nets.

 

[SW15]

How about the Washington Millenials? Instead of the Lombardi, they all get a participation trophy every year.

New York Nets sounds a heckuva lot better than Brooklyn Nets.

The Washington football team hasn't done much since the 1991 season. They've spent 3 decades just deserving participation trophies. That sounds a lot like 1980s born Millennials.

The New York Nets were awesome for the 3 years that they had Julius Erving in the 1970s. They've been mostly inept since then, except for fleecing the Phoenix Suns in the Jason Kidd trade in Summer 2001, which led to Finals berths in 2002 and 2003.

 

[zekko]

The New York Nets were awesome for the 3 years that they had Julius Erving in the 1970s.

I thought it was cool when New York had the Jets, the Mets, and the Nets. They had a theme going on there.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Washington NFL team to use 'Washington Football Team' for 2020 season

Washington will call itself the "Washington Football Team" until it adopts a new name, the franchise announced Thursday.

www.espn.com

 

[Stoic]

It meant more to me than just football. I was a Redskins fan because of my grandfather, who meant a lot to me when he was around. This makes me feel cold toward this whole country.

It's not the whole country man. It's the left. The left is determined to destroy everything.

 

[HyenaPrince]

For instance the Slavs get their name from the word slave. Maybe we should cancel them.

No, they don't. The ethnonym was already mentioned in the 6th century AD. It's derived from the word "slovo" or "word", implying "people who speak".